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Originally Posted by EdTuBrutus
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The only time NEC/SHM offers more power than MNK/SHM is when there is absolutely no access, at all, to decent gear. And the thing is, for a MNK in this era, decent gear is very, very cheap. There is lots of very very good AC gear for a MNK costs 50pp to 100pp a piece, with a haste item only costing 2k and decent weapons well under 1k a piece, there is just no way that a NEC can complete.
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I think you are underestimating Necromancers quite a bit here. A Necromancer in rags can stack three low resist dots for 350 hp/tick. Add in a pet and some poison/disease dots or lifetaps here and there and they can easily sustain 100+ dps for several minutes. Defensively, don't underestimate 125 hp/tick heals forever, which will make up a large part of the level difference between the monk and the spectre. The only loss will be in pulling, where sneak, instant FD, and improved durability will always give the monk an edge. But Necromancers can hack it decently there as well with a bag full of stalking probes.
Sure, a raid monk is going to smoke any Necromancer regardless of gear. Defensively such monks with 5000HP/1400AC are as tough as Warriors, and offensively they put out ~100 dps in Sebilis with NTOV weapons and Avatar. But a leveling monk with cheap EC gear that gives them 3500 HP and 1K AC raid buffed? And maybe 50 dps? I'm just not seeing it.