Omni-Gearing for Melee Jobs

The melee DPS in this game fall into one of three categories - Maiming, Striking, and Scouting. Maiming includes Dragoon and Reaper, Striking includes Monk and Samurai, and Scouting is only technically a melee, since they have the same Role Actions, but they share gear with no one. Ninja need not be included for this reason. Below, we have gearsets designed to be used if you want to flex between the two Maiming or the two Striking DPS with minimal need to re-meld gear.

The buttons linked below will lead you to the job specific gearing pages.

Dragoon and Reaper share the exact same stat considerations, and their basic best-in-slot sets are actually fully compatible by default, to make everyone's lives easier. We specifically planned these sets out (meld-wise) to make sure that it was painless to swap between the two. The accessories used here are also fully compatible with the Samurai Best-in-Slot lists, as well. Monk is the only unfortunate outlier when it comes to these considerations.

Monk and Samurai are extremely incompatible. They utilize different Skill Speed values to properly execute their rotations, which makes it very difficult to build a "one-size-fits-all" sort of gearset for the two classes at the same time. As such, the two sets listed below are unfortunately the way it is. The Samurai set has full meld compatibility with the Maiming Jobs (Dragoon and Reaper) and the Monk set stands alone, due to different meld priorities.

Ninja and Viper share very similar desires when it comes to setting up their stats, and they have an identically-potent speed buff baked into their rotation. While Viper, in general, prefers a 2.11 or 2.10 GCD spin, their 2.12 GCD speed option perfectly aligns with the Ninja's favored gearset. As such, it's recommended that you run 2.12 on your Viper if you intend to swap between Viper and Ninja with any regularity.

Samurai (Striking) shares full meld overlap with Dragoon and Reaper (Maiming) this tier. Monk needs to meld far more Skill Speed than either Maiming job would prefer to use, so swapping between the two with any regularity will require creative use of saddlebags and retainers or consistent re-melding of your accessories.