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i think i remember someone told me around level 70 they become really great DDers including there already great healing abilities and other enhancing magic(aerial armor and the stoneskin one.. forgot the correct name for it though)getting merit points you can get your avatars to do pretty good damage

/ja "Spinning Dive" Tiamat

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The End-Game life of a SMN

xP

Well also, there's the new avatar Diabolos and he has a fairly amazing Blood Pact called Nether Blast, Lv65. It does a -fixed- damage. Aka: Same damage every single time (Unless Magic Bursted, then it does more ;D) And it's awesome vs. HNMs with high defense and such. Also, it's ranged so don't worry so much about keeping them still. ^^

All depends on the party you're in

Melee - You're the Stoneskingga b***h
Mages - You're the DDers and back up healers



And forewarning: Diablos is now a must have for most HNM shells on my server, because SMN can now attack Tiamat and other Dragons when they're flying

You guys are so mean, Don't make me

/ma "Horde Lollaby"

all of you >.>

SMN endgame is one the best, IMO, it's getting it there that's the hard part.

I know, in my end game ls, smns are pretty crucial for the following:
1. Steady damage on Kirin. After parsing the Kirin fight, Diabolos did twice the damage of every melee and about 1 1/2 the damage of our MNKs with Chi. Each Diabolos blood pact did 508 dmg, take that ever minute, you get the drift. In a high HP mob like Kirin that you're running around, a steady Ranged attack BP is awesome.
2. Tank buffs on gods. Fenrir's EVA + ACC up, plus stoneskin, and um they use something else but my mind is tired. Also on Seiryu who uses dispelling wind, Fenrir's buffs that give + to all stats is very nice, it reduces the chance of a good buff being dispelled.

SMNs also do sick dmg with leviathan and garuda. There are lots of possibilities.