[Mirrinus]

I've got nothing better to do nowadays than blow my time and money on unorthodox ballista combos . . . so right now, I'm trying to plan a 30 cap melee WHM setup. I know WHM can be quite formidable in uncapped with Reverand Mail, Sea Wolf and Sea Robber Clubs, etc., but how well can they fare at 30? Feedback is appreciated!

I plan to go as WHM/NIN (although considering the benefits of other subs as well), and here's my setup:

Weapon: Royal Squire's Mace
Sub: Genin Aspis
Ammo: Balm Sachet
Head: Empress Hairpin
Neck: Holy Phial
Ears: Beetle Earring +1 x2
Body: Mercenary Captain's Doublet
Hands: Custom M Gloves
Rings: Courage Ring x2
Back: Sarcenet Cape
Waist: Mercenary Captain's Belt
Legs: Martial Slacks
Feet: Custom M Boots

This setup should afford me with:
Attack +16
Evasion +12
MP +25
STR +8
DEX +7
AGI +9
INT +5
MND +3
CHR +1

I also plan to eat Meat Jerky, just because it's cheap, and gives nearly optimum attack bonus at this level, as well as +3 STR.

Now, for a bit of explaining. I refuse to dual wield clubs because the delay would be crippling, and I need to swing faster to interrupt people who want to recast Utsusemi. WHM have 93 skill in clubs without merits at level 30, on par with other melee's best weapons. I admit, I won't be a physical powerhouse like other melees, but that is made up for with a generous MP tank and lots of buffs/debuffs. Stoneskin + Utsusemi is pretty potent, while Dia, Slow, Paralyze, and Silence can turn fights in my favor. With aquaveil up, most of my spells won't be interrupted either, which makes it easy to recast buffs or cure myself. Speaking of which, being able to cure for 160+ in one spell at level 30 is a big deal. DS Curaga is also great for mass battles. Diaga is awesome for removing shadows.

I can see this combo holding up well on 1v1 fights, but of course in times where I get mauled by lots of people (which is bound to happen to a WHM), I'd have to focus on alternating Utsusemi, Blink, Stoneskin, and Cures. It's still mostly up for conjecture, but I see myself using this combo in smaller Ballista matches, prefering RNG instead for large-scale ones.

I do not profess this combo to be better than the traditional WHM setup for Ballista, which I also find quite intriguing. However, at level 30 WHM don't have much MP gear outside of Astrals, so I only traded away about 32 MP and a few points of MND for a lot of melee stats. And of course the lower the level, the smaller the gap is between mages and melee in terms of physical might. Meh, it's worth a shot . . . I haven't tested it yet, but I'd love to hear advice as to make this combo better.

Disclaimer: this is only a quirky idea I had for ballista, and I would NEVER melee in an exp party on my WHM. >.>

[Kauna]

It can work. I've done it, and so did a taru last night's 30s match. I'd take dodge earrings over the beetle, though, but that's just me.

[darkhell87]

Yeah whm/nin is an annoying combo and works well, pack all evasion where you can.

[olandu]

yea whms pwn 30 cap theyre the only job that has stoneskin

[Squirrels]

Top Scorer/5th place total out of all ballista people in Meriphtaud Mountains as 30WHM/15NIN :con bring Hyoton tools its great if someone is on the loosing end of a battle and they're almost dead just hit them with one of them

[Grimsta]

Yeah it can work my cousin was trying it couple days ago and he did pretty good. ^^

[Tubbers]

Do WHM have Silence? (I'm pretty sure they do at level 30...) Dual wield the clubs. It is stupid not to take advantage of that, you get double bonuses if its a stat boosting wep, your dps goes up, just Silence people to stop Utsu.

Diaga > Silence > Own

Charge up Seraph strike to 150%+ before firing it off IMO, or use Brain Crusher to stun someone casting some crap on you. Thats just my opinion.

Any job is good in 30 cap, but they are going to be small battles always always always!

I might try out WHM/NIN in 30 cap myself, but the last time I did a 30 cap Ballista, the other team quit.



In round one they scored 0 Petra and my team scored a total of 24. 3 vs 3.

[Reifes]

Hell, i took my 71 whm into dio-ghelsba, and nearly owned a drg.

When i say owned, i felt pretty proud i got him to 49% before he could finally spam penta thrust and own me

id personally sub blm though for 30 cap, blind can save your backside too many times.