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FFXIV 3.2 Bard (BRD) Best in Slot (BiS) Gear

3.2 UPDATED! BRD Best in slot guide! “Paeon again!?”. BRD Lore buy order, Melding, Pages & Normals, more!

A song of venom and wind to rust and ruin deez rampaging robots! Back as Bard in 3.2? Well, you’ve found the right place for 3.2 BRD BiS! Shoutout to Tiffany Faye!

Quicknotes: Of course, is very similar to MCH BiS. 3/29/16 I UPDATED THE BiS! I wrote this one quite early, and underestimated Skill Speed on BRD. I was stuck in the Gordias mindset and if given the choice choose DET over SS with a small stat weight difference. MORE ON THIS IN THE NOTES SECTION. The list below reflect the better stat weights of SS and actually being able to USE it. The change from the original list I posted is TWO items (chest) and 2-4 melds.

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3.2 Bard Best-in-Slot

BRD	Item	Meld 1	Meld 2	ACC	CRIT	DET	SS
Weapon	Midan Metal Bow	CRIT V	CRIT V	-	110	118	-
Offhand	-	-	-
Helm	Midan Goggles of Aiming	ACC V	ACC IV	69	69	-	-
Body	Midan Coat of Aiming	CRIT V	CRIT V	-	102	-	112
Hand	Augmented Torrent Armguards of Aiming	ACC V	SS V	60	69	-	12
Belt	Midan Belt of Aiming	ACC V	-	12	51	34	-
Legs	Augmented Torrent Tights of Aiming	CRIT V	CRIT V	-	102	-	112
Boots	Midan Boots of Aiming	CRIT V	CRIT IV	69	24	-	48
Neck	Midan Neckband of Aiming	ACC V	-	48	51	-	-
Earring	Augmented Primal Earrings of Aiming	ACC V	-	12	51	34	-
Wrist	Augmented Primal Bracelet of Aiming	CRIT V	-	51	48	-	-
Ring	Augmented Primal Ring of Aiming	CRIT V	-	-	48	49	-
Ring	Midan Ring of Aiming	CRIT V	-	36	12	-	51
Food	Steamed Staff	-	-	-	40	-	16
Stats	Total stats from gear			357	777	235	351
	End value			711	1131	453	705

BRD BiS Discussion

Bard best-in-slot ain’t so bad this time around. This set features the ‘PRACTICAL’ absolute maximum critical hit chance a Bard can attain without gimping themselves.

— UPDATED BiS NOTES —

My original BiS list favored DET over SS even if SS had a tiny tiny edge over DET in terms of stat weight, due to reasons no longer valid in 3.2.

Skill Speed is actually pretty good these days! Why the change of heart? Well, the main reasons are its TP, Stat weight, Cast time and Scaling.

Lesser TP costs and encounter uptimes in 3.2 – TP isn’t really an issue these days. so that’s a tiny nod for SS.

Stat Weight? Even on its own, SS beats out DET by a tiny tiny margin.

Cast Time is a “non-tangible” bonus that you can move out of AoE faster, and may be able to get your skill off safely as compared to DET in some niche cases, providing a practical DPS boost that isn’t seen on the sheet.

Scaling? Det scales poorly, while SS scales better the more you have of it (but not quite as good as CRIT still). So in effect, if you’re gonna dump your other stats that “aren’t crit” into one pile – it’s better off in SS.

Do we really have to buy lore weapon? Yes, it’s a bitter pill to swallow but yes you do. The Sephirot Bows stats aren’t exactly magical… delay the weapon no later than after left-side purchases.

BRD Lore Tomestone Buy Order

The below spending strategy is purely to obtain BiS fastest:

Weapon: Horrific stats, luckily you’re forced to buy other items due to waiting on Hypercharged Tomestone… “what do”. You’ll have to buy this at some point, man.
Legs: Since Midan filler is A7.
Hands: Ahh some much needed accuracy…
Ring > Wrist > Earring in that order of value.

***THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE DELAY to buy WEAPON is after you’ve completed left-side items!***

ANYTHING ELSE IS OPTIONAL: left-side fillers first Body > Boots > Head > Belt, then accessories Neck > Ring(Unupgraded).

USING UP PAGES AND MIDAS NORMAL PARTS

Click on the expandables below to see how you should spend pages, and which Midas Normal parts to get first –

Midan Savage Pages

MIDAN SAVAGE PAGES

Page spending detailed below is to get BiS fastest:

A5S: Belt > Neck > Ring > Any
A6S: Head > Boots > Illuminati Dark Gobcoat x 3 > Any
A7S: Illuminati Taut Gobtwine x 2 > Any
A8S: Body > Weapon > Any. (Gobdip and just wait for bow drop is OK too)

Midan Normal Parts

MIDAN NORMAL PARTS

“what should BRD’s pick up in Midas normal”! Is a common question, so here it is! This is a general thing, and people might have varying levels of gear or goals but as a catch-all good enough recommendation:

BRD	M1N	M2N	M3N	M4N
Week 1	chain	bolt	spring	spring
Week 2	pedal	pedal	spring	spring
Week 3	bolt	lens	crank	crank
Week 4	bolt	bolt	lens	ANY

With this setup we’re trying not to get body as we’re buying lore chest ASAP. All the other body pieces have pretty amazing stats and will serve you or a long time! BOLTS = Ring > Neck > Any. Week 5+ ANY.

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BRD Crafted Gear Viability

I’ll update this later on so I can finish all the other BiS lists. Pretty much 90% of what ‘yer lookin’ for is here already anyways.

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Blood let the robots fool you – your loot is definitely out there! GL gearing your Bard 3.2 BiS!

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FFXIV 3.2 Paladin (PLD) Best in Slot (BiS) Gear

3.2 UPDATED! PLD Best in slot guide! “THE SHIELD IS BACK!”. PLD Lore buy order, Melding, Pages & Normals, more!

So some of you are back from being Paladins from previous tiers sadness huh? Welcome to the 3.2 PLD BiS! In case you missed the memo – as of 3.2 tanks stack VITALITY! Thanks to Claes Henrietta for the help!

Quicknotes: All tank BiS pages are quite similar to each other, but the PLD BiS will “avoid as much SS as practically possible, and get as much Crit”.

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3.2 Paladin Best-in-Slot

PLD	Item	Meld 1	Meld 2	Acc	Crit	Det	SS	Parry
Weapon	Prototype Midan Metal Sword	CRIT V	-	-	12	84	61	-
Offhand	Prototype Midan Metal Shield	CRIT IV	-	-	35	-	-	35
Helm	Augmented Hellfire Mask of Fending	DET V	DET V	-	69	66	-	-
Body	Midan Coat of Fending	CRIT V	CRIT V	112	102	-	-	-
Hand	Midan Gauntlets of Fending	CRIT V	CRIT V	48	24	-	69	-
Belt	Augmented Hellfire Belt of Fending	DET V	-	-	51	12	-	36
Legs	Midan Breeches of Fending	DET V	DET V	-	112	99	-	-
Boots	Augmented Hellfire Sabatons of Fending	CRIT V	CRIT IV	69	69	-	-	-
Neck	Augmented Primal Choker of Fending	STR V	-	-	36	-	-	51
Earring	Midan Earrings of Fending	STR V	-	-		49	-	36
Wrist	Augmented Primal Bracelet of Fending	STR V	-	51		34	-	-
Ring	Midan Ring of Fending	STR V	-	36		-	51	-
Ring	Augmented Primal Ring of Fending	STR V	-	51		34	-	-
Food	Steamed Staff	-	-	-	40	-	16	-
Stats	Total stats from gear			367	550	378	197	158
	End value			721	904	596	551	512

PLD BiS Discussion

Why STRENGTH melded in accessories? While VIT beats out STR in value, STR beats the secondary DPS stats (Crit, DET, SS…). So while yes, tanking primary stat is undoubtedly VIT – it’s not like STR became WORTHLESS! Aside from Parry, we cannot meld any more defense on the right side…

THE ABOVE BiS IS MISSING 2 POINTS ACCURACY. It’s 99.9+% hit rate, but this can be bothersome. Ultimately, there are many ways to get that last 2 points –

Food: Steamed Stafff -> Baked Pipira Pira (Most brainless solution)
Materia: Change one DET meld into ACCURACY (Laziest solution)
~~Swap certain pieces of gear with an ACC one (more on this later on…)~~

Of the above, I’d recommend AGAINST gear swaps, as the food or materia change are the best (Personally I’d go the materia route).

PLD Lore Tomestone Buy Order

The below spending strategy is purely to obtain BiS fastest:

Boots: Acc Crit – it’s just the smarter buy at this point.
Mask: by order of savage floor obtained…
Belt: by order of savage floor obtained…
(Preference) Any other left-side filler (Chest>Legs)
Weapon: On tanks, I’d say weapon AFTER left-side is complete.
Ring > Wrist > Neck (Buying the acc pieces is safer…)

ANYTHING ELSE IS OPTIONAL: As mentioned earlier any left-side filler would be considered first (Chest, Legs) then Earring, Ring (Unupgraded).

Using up Pages and Midas Normal Parts

Click on the expandables below to see how you should spend pages, and which Midas Normal parts to get first –

Midan Savage Pages

The below spending strategy is purely to obtain BiS fastest:

A5S: Belt > Ring > Earring > Any
A6S: Hands > Illuminati Dark Gobcoat x4 > Any
A7S: LEGS > Illuminati Taut Gobtwine x 2 > Any
A8S: Body > Weapon > Any (Gobdip then wait for Sword is OK)

Midan Normal Parts

MIDAN NORMAL PARTS

“what should PLD’s pick up in Midas normal”! Is something I get asked often so here it is. This is a general thing, and people might have varying levels of gear or goals but as a catch-all good enough recommendation:

PLD	M1N	M2N	M3N	M4N
Week 1	chain	lens	spring	shaft
Week 2	bolt	lens	spring	shaft
Week 3	bolt	bolt	spring	shaft
Week 4	bolt	any	spring	shaft

We ditch the boots since we buy it ASAP, and since we have to choose between head and hands, head is a lot better. Basically it’s all about getting as many BIG body pieces as we can! And as much VIT as possible!

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PLD Crafted Gear Viability

As mentioned earlier, I update this a little later on just so I can update all lists ASAP. 90% of the info you need is already in the page, the rest is details…

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Well, good luck on gearing your Paladin for 3.2, and I hope the robots drop the loot you need!

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FFXIV 3.0 Dark Knight (DRK) BiS for Heavensward

HEAVENSWARD UPDATED! DRK Best in slot guide! “I need BALLAD AND PAEON!”, DRK Esoterics buy order, melding and more!

Sadly, there isn’t any Piety on ’em! Welcome to our Dark Knight Best-in-slot gear guide! We discuss here gearing options for BOTH DPS CENTRIC DRK’s and PARRY/EHP CENTRIC DRK’s. So no matter which camp of tanking you follow, or whatever your group needs – you can see both options right here!

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Heavensward Dark Knight Best-in-Slot

TANK BiS DISCLAIMER: I don’t buy into the whole ALL TANKS SHOULD DPS or ALL TANKS SHOULD HAVE MAX EHP! It all depends on your group, level & speed of progression, and personal preference. As such, I will list both options. (Related Read: Parry vs DPS)

For the sake of “interchangeable filler slots”, Chaos <-> Gordian serve as natural replacements to each other (May or may not be discussed within guide, but take that as an ‘unspoken truth’).

DRK Slot	DPS	No gil to meld?	Parry & EHP
Weapon	Deathbringer	-	Gordian Greatsword
Offhand	-		-
Head	Chaos Burgeonnet		Chaos Burgeonnet
Body	Gordian Plate Mail of Fending		Chaos Cuirass
Gloves	Chaos Gauntlets		Gordian Gauntlets of Fending
Belt	Fabled Belt of Fending		Gordian Tassets of Fending
Legs	Gordian Breeches of Fending		Chaos Flanchard
Boots	Chaos Sollerets	Best 210 Mix	Gordian Sollerets of Fending
Neck	Fabled Necklace of Slaying	Gordian Neckband of Fending	Fabled Necklace of Fending
Earrings	Gordian Earrings of Slaying	Gordian Earrings of Slaying	Gordian Earrings of Fending
Bracelet	Fabled Bracelet of Slaying	Fabled Bracelet of Slaying	Gordian Wristbands of Fending
Ring	Gordian Ring of Slaying	Gordian Ring of Slaying	Gordian Ring of Fending
Ring	Fabled Ring of Slaying	Fabled Ring of Slaying	Fabled Ring of Fending
Food	Baked Pipira Pira	-	Almond Cream Croissant Liver Cheese Sandwhich

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SINCE MELDED RIGHT SIDE IS SO STRONG FOR TANKS, tank gear should be thought as two separate entities: Leftside (armor) and right side (accessories). There’s a million ways to setup the right side, but the left is pretty much set in stone given your goals. (Purely ignoring the top accessories and using melded is A GREAT CHOICE / OPTION)

Dark Knight Accessories: Choices & Melding

Considering crafted right as BiS for tanks is 100% legit…

Equip on	Slot 1	Slot 2	Slot 3	Slot 4	Slot 5
Citrine Choker of Slaying	VIT IV	VIT IV	VIT IV	CRIT III	VIT III+
Chrysolite Earrings of Fending	STR IV	STR IV	STR IV	STR IV	STR III
Chrysolite Bracelets of Fending	STR IV	STR IV	STR IV	STR IV	STR III
Chrysolite Ring of Slaying	VIT IV	VIT IV	VIT IV	FREE	VIT III+
Chrysolite Ring of Slaying	VIT IV	VIT IV	VIT IV	FREE	VIT III+

For the (FREE) Slot, you can put ACC, DET or SS (rings).

Here’s how it works. Melded accessories will always have the highest overall power level. However, they will never be as tanky as a Fending accessory, and never be as strong as a Slaying one. The melding strategy above makes it so you can wear crafted from A1S to A4S no problemo.

DRK BiS Discussion, Notes & Options

DPS DRK Set

Going for PURE SLAYING right side is a bit greedy, but definitely possible with a competent team. So we identify the suckiest accessories to replace with crafted.

Fabled Ring of Slaying: It has accuracy… so it has that goin’ for it. Personally, I wouldn’t waste eso on these.
Fabled Wristband of Slaying… SS/DET. Again, I wouldn’t buy these and just go for crafted.

The A3S legs are a KEY PART of this set, and hopefully you’ll get em! The Chaos counterpart is a poor filler – I wouldn’t waste eso on it.

Tanking / Parry DRK Set

Legs & Head – interchangeable: In the tanking list above we use Chaos Head and Chaos Leg. Keep in mind that this can be changed for Gordian Head, Gordian Leg. So if you’re lucky enough to get one of the gordian pieces early, just shoot for the gordian counterpart as well. A small but worthwhile to note value point, thay may save you over 1k ESO.

Chaos Cuirass is a MASSIVE increase in HP, Armor, MRes, Parry… basically a huge part of your defensive game. Tanks who choose to Gobtwine the chests over weapon are very common, and you should be one of them!!!

3.0 Dark Knight Esoterics Buy Order

“What should I purchase first with Esoterics for my DRK!?” Well, here you go!

DPS Dark Knight

Weapon: The Deathbringer should be bought FIRST for DPS DRK’s. No question.
Chaos Helm: Might as well, plus save A3 pages for Legs!
Chaos Boots
Fabled Belt
Fabled Necklace, Ring (Any Order)
EVERYTHING ELSE IS OPTIONAL, and NON-BiS
Chest can be bought if you want to help your raid group. It’s quite the upgrade still.

With very few pieces needed, this set is powerful and easy to obtain.

On belt: If you have the Illuminati Gobcoat, buy it sooner than you would have.

PARRY / EHP Dark Knight

Chest: Get these first and Gobtwine it if you can!
Legs: Hmm.. (If you have the A3S legs – you can push this waaaaay down or optional)
Weapon: You can buy this at any point during 1-3.
Fabled Necklace, Ring (Any Order)
EVERYTHING ELSE IS OPTIONAL, and NON-BiS

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I hope you don’t break your back in search of your Dark Knight gear!

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FFXIV Alexander Loot List & System, Accuracy Caps

Loot list and loot system of Alexander: Gordias (Normal). Accuracy caps will be included!

Here we track various information regarding the current FFXIV Endgame raid: Alexander Gordias (Normal). Naturally, two weeks from now this very page will contain Alex ‘Savage’ information. Stay tuned!

How do I unlock Alexander normal? The quest details: “Disarmed”, Idyllshire (X:7 Y:6), NPC: Slowfix.

Alexander: Gordias (Normal) Loot system

Alexander normal has a token system, wherein completion of various parts of the dungeon rewards items you turn-in for high level equipment. YOU CAN ONLY LOOT 1 TOKEN PER TURN, PER WEEK. For a maximum of 4 tokens a week. In 5 weeks, you can have full i190.

Loot is exhanged in: Idyllshire (X:5 Y:5), NPC: Sabina

The items you can obtain off Alex Normal are iLevel 190, and have the Prototype Gordian prefix.

Item Type	Required Token	Number of Tokens
Head	Tarnished Gordian Lens	2
Body	Tarnished Gordian Shaft	4
Hands	Tarnished Gordian Crank	2
Waist	Tarnished Gordian Chain	1
Legs	Tarnished Gordian Spring	4
Feet	Tarnished Gordian Pedal	2
Accessories	Tarnished Gordian Bolt	1

Which token drops where?

Each turn drops 2 tokens from a pool of possible tokens per turn (did that even make sense?). As we farm more tonight, we will learn more and update.

ACC / BOOTS / WAIST
BOOTS / HEAD / ACC
LEG / HEAD
LEG / CHEST

Prototype Gordian (Alex Normal) Gear: Stats table

Temporary formatting: will improve ASAP

Tank	Accuracy	Det	Crit	Skill Speed	Parry
Hat	47			33
Chest				77	54
Gloves	33				47
Waist	36		25
Pants	77		54
Boots		32	47
Choker			36		25
Earring		34		25
Bracelet	25				36
Ring	36	24
HEALER	Accuracy	Det	Crit	Spell Speed	Piety
Hat			47	33
Chest				54	78
Gloves		32		47
Waist		24		36
Pants			54		78
Boots		54			34
Choker			36		25
Earring			25		36
Bracelet				25	36
Ring		34			25
CASTER	Accuracy	Det	Crit	Spell Speed
Hat	47		33
Chest	77	52
Gloves	33			47
Waist	36		25
Pants		74	54
Boots			47	33
Choker		24	36
Earring	25		36
Bracelet	36			25
Ring			25	36
DRAGOON	Accuracy	Det	Crit	Skill Speed
Hat	47		33
Chest			77	54
Gloves	47	32
Waist	36	24
Pants	54			77
Boots	33	45
Choker	36		25
Earring		34		25
Bracelet			25	36
Ring		24	36
MONK	Accuracy	Det	Crit	Skill Speed
Hat	47	32
Chest	54		77
Gloves	33	45
Waist	36			25
Pants		52		77
Boots	47		33
RANGED	Accuracy	Det	Crit	Skill Speed
Hat	33	45
Chest	77			54
Gloves	33		47
Waist			25	36
Pants	52			77
Boots	47		33
Choker		34		25
Earring			25	36
Bracelet		24	36
Ring	25	34
NINJA	Accuracy	Det	Crit	Skill Speed
Hat	47	32
Chest	54	74
Gloves		32	47
Waist	36			25
Pants	54			77
Boots		45		33

Temporary formatting: will improve

Alexander: Gordias (Normal) Accuracy Cap

It’s currently impossible to accurately determine this. Wait for data collation. I wonder if this is even needed for Normal Mode. I secretly hope this isn’t needed as it’s a nightmare to obtain, haha.

Alexander: Gordias (Savage) Loot system

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Alexander: Gordias (Savage) Loot system

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Good luck out there with robot crunching! We will be updating the loot list and accuracy caps on Alex Normal consistently.

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