Melee Gaiters  

i have both the dune boots and full af2 - 1 peice, being the head peice.

if you have merits into counter, that alone will be better than the dune boots.
yes its nice to have the extra dmg on the kick attk

but with enhanced counter, you will counter more on higher level mobs than you will with kick attk dmg

but, at lower level mobs, the dune boots will be better, reason being, the lower level monsters hardly hit you period.
in order to successfully counter an attk, the mob has to be able to land that hit, then you will counter.
i personally counter tank in my exp static, but we do the krt mnk burn and they go down fast anyhow, i love the af2 boots

to sum it all up, BOTH boots are very good, it just depends on your situation

if farming, or killing lower level mobs, then dune boots

exp/higher level nm/mobs, then the AF2 boots are better, you will counter more often than the kick
or at least that is what it is for me, but then again i have counter capped, 60+ merits and "almost" full counter gear (even though i dont use all of it, i have it for those just in case senario's)

anyhow, i hope this will help a tad, both boots are really nice.

Sky