[Slydria]

Agreed, the Youkai themselves aren't the issue so much as the ones Evoking them.

Personally, I'd like to either see a penalty for Summoners doing the Evoking without Bonded Youkai or Installing that Youkai. (Say 25% less damage?)

Or taking particular cases and tuning them down, now the ones I think need a look at the most are the ones I've mentioned from the start, here's why:

Hunter Wind (CEL scaling, deals damage and applies Hunted, increasing damage by up to 30% for subsequent attacks)
Parraeta (VIT scaling, deals damage and heals yourself by half, no cooldown like most heals these days)
Ruby Beam (DEF scaling, deals damage and has a chance to Blind)
Black Rose (RES scaling, deals damage and has a chance to either Blind or Charm)
Drown (VIT scaling, deals damage and has a chance to Silence)

Now there are other skills that scale with defensive stats (Mare Wing, Whirlpool, Shatter Beam and partially Deathtouch but I don't find their effects to be as overbearing so they could probably be excused or at least not hit as hard as the ones I've listed.)

As for Ice Jet, I think that's less Ice Jet's fault and more the fact that you can use two Arctic Spine Leashes (giving you +30 Ice ATK for both) and Verglas being able to strip Ice Resistance to allow it to deal it's hefty damage without being as impeded as some other elements are.