Ninja DPS Frequently Asked Questions — Dawntrail 7.1

This page will cover common questions regarding the job based on obscure gameplay interactions and other miscellaneous questions.

The reason why our BiS does not follow the stat priority exactly is that all stats work on a stat tier system, where if you do not get to a certain breakpoint, the gain of a stat is useless. Like if the stat tier for Critical Hit is 2400 and then the next stat tier is 2406, if we only get to 2405, then those last 5 points were essentially entirely wasted. Simulations show us that wasting points is a big deal, so we work to waste the least amount of points possible, on top of showing us that having a more even stat distribution is often times better for overall damage.

Yes, Kassatsu's damage increase applies to Hyosho Ranryu and Goka Mekkyaku.

After level 76 when you gain access to Goka Mekkyaku, you should use Kassatsu on Goka Mekkyaku instead of Doton.

Bunshin should be used on cooldown. Gaining more uses of the ability is way more potency than putting it into buffs. You should save Phantom Kamaitachi for buffs though.

The only Ninjutsu you should use outside of Kunai's Bane is one Suiton in order to set up Kunai's Bane. The other uses should be used for Ninjutsus inside Kunai's Bane.

This happens because ground effects have an instant tick to make sure that defensive buffs from other jobs were responsive. This applies this to all ground effects, not just the defensive ones, so Doton does an extra tick as you place it. This means we now get one tick instantly, and then the next six ticks of damage happens every 3 seconds for the 18 second duration.

Most of the time you should save it for Kunai's Bane. On the two-minute Kunai's Bane windows, you should not try to save it for Kunai's Bane because it will not fit in the window, but you want to save it for the odd minute Kunai's Bane windows.