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Originally Posted by sammoHung
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The holy Quadrumvarite (Monk, Enc, Nec, Shm) is hard to beat, because I believe them all to be objectively leagues above every other class for group / exp / small op dungeon crawls.
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I don't think Warriors are S tier, but they are actually surprisingly good.
Discs + high HP/AC make them great for easy raid/epic targets, e.g. I used to farm Demon Fangs with Liia by simply fighting Xenevorash straight up WAR/CLR using damage shield potions and well timed complete heals, and there was definitely quite a bit of excitement watching the HP bar go up and down.
For the same reason, you can just ignore slow, even in fairly high-level areas, which really helps avoid warrior threat problems. Even Sakuragi could handle the myconid shroom camp with a single cleric without slow; if I had 255 STA and a dain hammer and more hp rather than AC gear (which doesn't really help versus XP mobs) it would have been significantly better.
Warriors with a Palladius/Gaudralek/Rocksmasher weapon should be only a little behind Monks for damage. Of course they don't get FD, which removes all of the artistry, but there is a surprising amount of moving around, taunting, positioning, and weapon swapping to do. Plus, warrior pulling is just more fun for the group than hanging around waiting while the monk tries to get singles.