So you’re back with Eos and Selene for Transformers II?! I suppose you’re here for the SCH BiS for 3.2 – if so you’ve found something useful! Shoutout of thanks to my co-healer: Giggly Giggles!
Quicknotes: Healers don’t care about ACC cap, so I’ll be writing the BiS for those first. I will try to put up a preliminary BiS for all other classes.
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3.2 Scholar Best-in-Slot
| SCH | Item | Meld 1 | Meld 2 | Crit | Pie | Det | SS | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon | Prototype Midan Metal Codex | PIE V | PIE V | 123 | 112 | 0 | 0 | |
| Offhand | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Helm | Augmented Hailstorm Crown of Healing | CRIT V | CRIT IV | 69 | 72 | 0 | 0 | |
| Body | Midan Coat of Healing (ANY) | CRIT V | CRIT V | 102 | 0 | 0 | 112 | ANY |
| Hand | Augmented Hailstorm Gloves of Healing | PIE V | PIE V | 69 | 72 | 0 | 0 | |
| Belt | Augmented Hailstorm Belt of Healing | PIE V | - | 51 | 49 | 0 | 0 | |
| Legs | Midan Trousers of Healing | PIE V | PIE V | 112 | 104 | 0 | 0 | |
| Boots | Midan Boots of Healing | CRIT V | CRIT V | 24 | 72 | 46 | 0 | |
| Neck | Augmented Primal Choker of Healing | CRIT V | - | 12 | 38 | 49 | 0 | |
| Earring | Midan Earrings of Healing (ANY) | CRIT V | - | 48 | 0 | 0 | 51 | ANY |
| Wrist | Midan Bracelet of Healing | PIE V | - | 51 | 49 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ring | Midan Ring of Healing | CRIT V | - | 12 | 54 | 34 | 0 | |
| Ring | Augmented Primal Ring of Healing | CRIT V | - | 48 | 0 | 0 | 51 | |
| Food | Bakes Pipira Pira | - | - | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stats | Totals from items -> | 758 | 622 | 129 | 214 | |||
| Totals w base, melds, gear -> | 1112 | 883 | 347 | 568 |
>>> MELDS CAN BE CHANGED TO ACC V IN ALL SLOTS <<<
SCH BiS Discussion
Crit > Pie > Det > SS is pretty clear cut for most Scholars out there. Sadly, the gear we’re given in this patch forces quite a bit of SS on us.
A more stable evolution and one I prefer more (as noted in the table above) is to change up the Body and Earring to –
- Augmented Hailstorm Coat of Healing
- Augmented Primal Earrings of Healing
- Lose Crit (BAD), Lose SS (GOOD)
- Gain DET (GOOD), Gain Piety (GOOD)
So as we see from the above, the swaps result in 2 GOODS vs 1 BAD 1 GOOD, which is a gain IF YOU DON’T WANNA STACK CRIT LIKE A MADMAN. (In this case the tradeoff is justifiable, man!)
Accuracy Melds? Are totally legit. It’s the premiere DPS stat for healers (Piety probably second…), then of course CRIT for SCH. Given this factoid Melding Accuracy in all gear is OK, and probably gonna be a popular choice.
I know it’s massively unpopular – but I myself highly value DET on SCH. If this belief is more widespread than I think, please comment so I can add a tab for that.
SCH Lore Tomestone Buy Order
- Weapon: Is a decent “filler”, and gives the most bang for buck…
- But you have to time it with the Hypercharged Tomestone, so you’ll likely go further down the list before actually buying weapon.
- Helm: Getting leftside first, with the hardest to obtain being top priority.
- Hand: –
- Belt: This marks the end of left-side.
- Ring: Since we’re likely stuck with a 210~
- Neck: Marks the end of all Lore buyable BiS.
Everything ELSE IS OPTIONAL! The next best things are Body, Earring for the swap mentioned above. After than Complete Leftside > Rightside.
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SCH Crafted Gear Viability
So I can quickly work on all BiS pages, I’ll come back to discuss every detail on the second pass. But of course, 90% of your informational needs are here already.
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GL decking our your Scholar for BiS! I hope deez gob bots drop the loot you need!
I’m JP and based on JP players analysis, “Crit > Pie > Det > SS is pretty clear cut for most Scholars out there.” this is old info. What you should boost is actually MND ＞ PIE(14k)＝Acc ＞ SS ≧ Crit ＞ Det. (Ref. http://ku-so.hatenadiary.jp/entry/2016/01/23/160905)
And based on this your BiS gear will be http://jp.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/character/1580993/blog/2771681/
Personally I change some part tho.
MND goes without saying. ACC is obviously penultimate to those SCH’s that wish to deeps. Although its sources are few (Melding, custom relic). While I agree with that JP stat, it goes against popular (but admittedly well-founded) public opinion. In my next BiS tier (3.4) i will be making a separate table for that exact type of stat itemization. I completely concur with what you’ve said.
SS does so little to DoTs it may very well be as useless as piety is.
If you have money, get the relic. Or you can either get the sephEX or the Lore weapon and meld two CRIT V into it.
Personally, I’m melding acc wherever I can’t meld Crit -melding pie is kind of useless, I’ve found it better to meld either det or ss if you don’t care about acc-.
Also, pentamelded crafted boots and neck are good.
I would consider melding ACC>DET>SS over PIE, but this is again purely dependent on if/how much your group relies on your deeps, + the demands of the encounter.
CRIT & PIE is still the best and safest option leading up to an A8S kill
Today I read an article about it on facebook saying that to make AS8 serves 600 accuracy. This should be to change the melding, and why not, all equip best in slot?
Then, because the food is not the creme brulee and instead the baked pipira pira?
Or if we want to talk about the food better for accuracy and determination, why not the Urchin Loaf + 32acc NQ?
There is a line stating – ALL MELDS TO ACCURACY is a legitimate option.
***ALL COMMENTS BELOW ARE PRE 3.2***
I go crit focus for my sch, but the weapon thing irks me. I have the i190 weapon from Ravana (83 crit <3) but my static is saying I should get my eso weapon (whm stats eww) because of the +2 weapon damage on it…I'm very torn here since 3.1 and new relics are right around the corner.
You also have to understand the spell speed isn’t a WHM only stat anymore. It affects how much damage all DoT ticks do, including SCH DoTs going in to HW. Crit>SS is widely accepted now, with Piety under importance for progression.
Why the dreadwyrm tonbans of healing… i have the pants but i personally see more scholars using the demon skirt a little loss in stats but the extra crit and det are worth it… plus who piety on a sch is helpful but not needed imo
The SCH pants slot is very flexible. The observation you made is correct, but the same statement can be said for the reverse: “VIT to survive mechanics, a larger MND stat overtakes the DET in demon” etc etc
Shouldn’t the BiS for hands be ironworks? When it boils down to it SCH is never really hurting for MP and the DET from ironworks not only increases heals but also increases shields. SpS is the outlying stat which ironworks has more of as well (granted I don’t know any SCH’s that gear for SpS lol).
Hand slot is very iffy for SCH. It comes down to preference. My SCH partner uses the Kirimu with some ACC!
Have you considered the Demon Gloves of Healing? A small loss in mind, but with Crit and Det they’re VERY attractive.
Alot of options on the gloves – Kirimu, Demon – they’re basically up to what’s best in-line with your goals and needs as the SCH of your group.
please make BiS for Warrior and Black Mage for patch 2.4 thank you =)
Sylla gloves of healing would be new lesser alt for gloves as they give crit :)
And also any sylla pieces would be better as they are i100
also Ramuh ring have good base stats and crit.
the links to the pre-turn 6 BiS don’t work for the updated lists. :'(
Ah they go to WHM. fixing…
still havent fixed it yet?
hmm it should be working. Try it now i refreshed some caches.
I, for one, just wanted to say thank you for compiling this! Best guide on the internet.
Agreed