Bunzi has not only better survivability than Ayanmo, but also better than Nyame (more DT and MDB at cost of lower DEF), so I have no idea why it's not in conversation in the first place.
Good call, Bunzi just slipped my mind because I don't personally have it yet (no Bunzi jobs on my main so never bought it, didn't get the win yet on mule/alt that could use it... but yeah I need to do that!)
Still... even without choosing path A, Nyame on
path B is basically a sidegrade to Bunzi for most slots as hybrid TP gear. You said Bunzi is better than Nyame defensively, but that's a small difference at best:
- Meva is identical on each slot.
- For DT-, Bunzi has a DT-1% advantage on 3 pieces (that may or may not be relevant to your overall build, it isn't in mine at the bottom of this post), head is the same DT-7% on both, and Nyame feet actually have 1 more DT.
- Bunzi has a MDB+3 per piece advantage for all 5 slots
- Nyame has significantly higher amounts of DEF, HP, VIT, and Evasion on every piece.
And as getting RP requires prioritization (and everyone wants Nyame), it seems far more likely to me that people will work on Nyame augments to help out offensively (overwhelmingly so for WS, and with some Atk/DA that help TP too) before they have a chance to do much augmenting on Bunzi. Certainly will be the case for me. Inventory strain is also a thing to consider when you're talking about pieces that are so similar.
To break the slot by slot comparison down a bit (thinking mostly from a BRD perspective here)...
Body/Legs/Feet: Really not much difference at R0, and when you add augments to the mix it favors Nyame B due to the additional DA+2~3% per piece.
Head: Again the difference is minor at R0 and either piece serves the same purpsoe. Bunzi gets better augments (STP) that would make it my choice once augmented... if/when I can spend limited Gaol time actually upgrading Bunzi gear.
Hands: That's the one slot I'd go Bunzi over Nyame B at any augment level, thanks to the very nice base DA+8%
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Ashera covers BRD body slot for TP, tho it's not easy to get I guess.
Legs and Feet are the problem to get anything that cover DT, meva and some dd stats for mages tho. Outside of Nyame A ofc. That being said I would probably just use Nyame B and call it a day. They still have +5%DA in those 2 slots, which isn't much, but still something.
While they don't have DT, Volte Tights/Spats have STP&Acc paired with strong Meva/MDB. Though those are also pretty hard to get (I did manage to get Ashera, but no luck on those Volte pieces), and arguably not worth giving up the DT- for better offense (I'd just go Bunzi or Nyame myself). It's a possible option for some people though.
I'm thinking I'll probably end up defaulting to the following BRD hybrid TP set:
Head: Nyame B for now (to replace with Bunzi if/when I ever get Bunzi RP)
Body: Ashera
Hands: Bunzi
Legs: Nyame B
Feet: Nyame B
That's 37% DT-, and I like to use 2x Moonlight Rings and DT-5% cape to cap.
Also worth calling out that the above set is only 21% haste, so need to remember to pick that up somewhere else (like Sailfi Belt+1 for me on BRD), which may force other accessory changes. Losing DW from belt = I'm comfortable using DW+10 cape and just accepting being 1 DW under capped delay, YMMV.