What people need to stop doing is thinking that Out Of Body is your main damage. That’s where the problem lies. Sadhu’s are MATK damage classes which whole kit revolves around their classes(and all other classes at other ranks skills) to become very capable close range magic casters, especially on single targets.
One of your spells, Out Of Body, allows you to auto attack at much higher extents while casting 85% of your spells you have. Not only that, since your auto attack has been heightened by at least 8x the damage you would normally swing for, it becomes way more potent. This is of course if you aren’t daft and not using a mace, which is less helpful for MATK than rods.
Hold on, I bet you want the math on that one, maybe? I auto attack for near 200. That’s with a Rod, Arde Dagger, and one elemental headgear. I OOB for currently, 500x3, up to 700-800x3 depending on weaknesses. So 200 vs 1500-2400. That’s where that x8 comes from currently, at Lv 133.
That’s the point @Delcas is making. You are worried about his health? Oh well, I know I’ll still be perfectly competent with 20k base health with his same ideas and utility of skills. And yes, I am going kaballist and not using Ein Sof on myself before you ask.
So no @ophiuchu, you don’t need to be a bubble boy to play Sadhu, the fact of the matter is, most of the time You’ll be fading to or around your tank anyway, setting up safety wall for him, sitting in it with him, and then Prakriti-ing out before it fades.
Also, with your silly and obnoxious hypothetical @ophiuchu, Owl Statues get knocked away, or the mob moves away from them very quickly in a lot of cases. The fact is you can re-position your damage much easier than an owl statue, even if you as a class play similarly to that of an Owl Statue with your mega spam of multihits on the target. The other fact is that Sadhu’s fill a minor support role with more focus on damage than Dievdirby, who is a support role with some focus on damage. Their owls aren’t their kit, it’s the 20% CD rate, Less SP consumption, invincibility when needed, and then finally, owls.
Once again, I’m not telling you how to play Sadhu, I am just letting you know that optimal play is based around using OOB in conjuncture with your other skills. It takes this thing called effort. You got to get used to it if you want to be good, no matter what class, especially in Earth Tower.
If anyone can disprove that statement, have at it. But I don’t think you will be able to. OOB moved from staple damage, to supplemental damage, and if you don’t like that, Sadhu, no matter how cool of a class it might seem to you, might not be something you can play to your hearts content.