By Alexander.Necrosigh 2010-04-13 03:48:26
It is a very nice support job for sword/dagger and shield solo as RDM. With Genbu's Shield, Cheviot/Umbra Cape, Jelly Ring, a good defense set, the buffs you mentionned above aswell as a defensive food, you can melee solo some NMs, or skill up very efficiently (I'm thinking at Shield and Parrying skills against mandragoras in Boyahda Tree). Just be careful to keep cocoon and phalanx up all the time, because if the mob(s) hit hard or very fast, your HP can go down very quickly - and cocoon lasts about one minute, if I remember.
I have a RDM friend who almost plays only in RDM/BLU, really, it is a good sub for tanking ; I remember duoing with him Mission 5-1 (cap 50) with 1 RDM/BLU and 1 RDM/BLM.