Would you not skillchain the statue first? They hit pretty hard and gaining TP while you're killing others feels a bit of a risk. I learned this while soloing on DNC. x2 Primal Rend should wreck a statue.
you can go for statue first or last. I prefer First
Statues can hit a bit harder than the normal mobs, but as long as you not feeding them tp, they are moderate risk.
Ankusa axe works fine instead of pangu and costs much less. In fact there are many alternative builds that can be used. I just showed what I already had a itemset on bg-wiki made of.
the point was that adapa shield and counter make an incredible tanking set which can hold all the mobs you worried about.
you could use any axe and murky ring, defending ring, alabaster earring to have just as much damage reduction. lots of other combinations as well.
edit: looks like others replied already.
I like gleti's for dancer counter build too... but there are other options. Not sure what jobs you take seriously or not based on posts. if you don't want to gear up your jobs well, then goin w/ a group is alot more reliable. Soloing activities requires better gear than w/ a group.
I think counter set is very good option for any of the jobs that can do it. may of the pieces are all jobs anyway: amar cluster, cryptic earring, bathy choker, and cornelia's belt. None of these are high cost or hard to get. bathy choker most expensive... but I farmed it all myself. Its not niche use for just bst solo'ing dynamis.
the jobs I know worth making counter sets: Mnk, bst, blu, dnc, drg, sam, nin
not sure but I think would be great for:
Pup, Drg, War, thf, drk
I really should figure options for pld and run too, but they seem to have less need.