Of note, apart from the obvious subtle blow increase is the fact that this is straight EVASION, not skill. Therefore this is vastly better than torque on eva alone.
Dropped off a biotechnical weapon in abyssea uleguerand range. Similar to proto-omega.
Sublte Blow is great for an Almace BLU to help minimize TP feed (BLU cannot use Agasaya's). The attack loss from Fortitude is minimal, so provided you don't need the Acc. it's a nice trade.
A great piece for all jobs that wants to solo mobs.
However, I'd say the jobs that would mostly benefit from this piece of equipment are NINs MNKs THFs DNCs and LUs.
Being that I'm NIN main. pair this with Myoshu: ichi, Yurin: ichi, and like Arcon stated, Heed ring, Rajas ring, Ninurta's sash, (optional) slither gloves and you'd hardly TP feed anything.
Auric Dagger, Slither Gloves, Heed Ring, Rajas Ring and Ninurta's Sash, quite a lot of Subtle Blow around for THF these days. Not enough to cap yet, but this is definitely a good addition, plus, I'll take any excuse to get rid of my Evasion Torque ><
Even though I wish there were more Evasion items this update, the only other thing is Alcide's Harness +1, which isn't as good as Antares Harness, but close. And it has Subtle Blow on it. With Loki's Kaftan for SA/TA, can happily sell Antares Harness for that.
It seems that after years of doing things all wrong and completely alienating their player base by ignoring our cries for improvement that Square is deciding to pull their collective head from their ***.
This, to me and Karb at least, seems to be a piece that any Thief worth her salt should strive for. Especially given that Thief SHOULD get more use now with better (hopefully) Treasure Hunter.