Shiva.Tahngarthor said:
»wouldnt a WS damage belt (i.e. snow belt affects GoT) be better in that slot?
(edit: I realized the fotia belt is the combined WS belt)
Thanks for indulging me, by the way.
Debatable. The Fotia items increase fTP by 0.1, not the 10% weapon skill damage it claims. GoT is a 3.0 fTP, so fotia takes things from 3.0 to 3.1. I'd wager it's still probably better than the belt offered, simply because of the free WS 1% of the time with damage being fairly even between the two.
As for Retri vs GoT it would require a total gear differential as well, including weapon (Retri going to want the Ambu staff). Retribution is also MND/STR, not INT, so you'd want a different stat priority too. But if you're able to get your attack high enough, GoT will regularly beat it, because the biggest benefit is Retribution has a 1.5 attack mod, so if you have enough attack, it's not as big of a deal.
Llewelyn's gearset is likely best you can find. With maybe the belt change, and the Adoulin WSD ring for slot 1 as upgrades. Actually kinda surprised SMN relic+3 has melee attack in every slot, but I guess it makes more sense than MAB like some mage jobs have.