Hello Fairy and Butterfly slavedrivers! In this guide we discuss the Best-in-Slot Scholar gear and various options we have with the current gear tier. Lets get to it! Some Scholars do not like the Poetics weapon (Augmented Ironworks Magitex Codex), but it’s a decent thing to save for. HOWEVER, since it’s a minimal iLVL upgrade to HA, do not buy these unless you’re close to getting this tiers “sands of time”.
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SCH BiS & Options | SCH Soldiery Buy Order
| SCH | BiS | Alternatives | Alternatives |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon | Dreadwyrm Codex | Ironworks Magitek Codex | HA / Nexus |
| Off-hand | x | x | x |
| Head | Ironworks Optics of Healing | Dreadwyrm Hood of Healing | Platinum Circlet of Healing / Any 110 |
| Body | Dreadwyrm Robe of Healing | Daystar > HA | Ironworks Robe of Healing |
| Hand | Dreadwyrm Gloves of Healing == | Ironworks Gloves of Healing | Kirimu Gloves of Healing / Any 110 |
| Waist | Ironworks Belt of Healing | Dreadwyrm Belt of Healing | Daystar |
| Legs | Dreadwyrm Tonban of Healing | Ironworks Slops of Healing | Daystar / Kirimu Belt of Healing |
| Boots | Ironworks Thighboots of Healing | Dreadwyrm Shoes of Healing | Daystar |
| Neck | Dreadwyrm Choker of Healing | Ironworks Choker of Healing | Any 110 |
| Ears | Dreadwyrm Earrings of Healing | Ironworks Earrings of Healing | HA |
| Wrist | Ironworks Bracelet of Healing | Dreadwyrm Bracelet of Healing | True Ice Bracelet of Healing or Any HA |
| Ring | Ironworks Ring of Healing | Judgment RIng of Healing | HA |
| Ring | Dreadwyrm Ring of Healing | Daystar Ring of Healing | - |
| Food | Triple Cream Coffee (Sheer ilvl) | Black Truffle Risotto | Buttons in a Blanket |
HAND & NECK slot is weird… both options have their little ups and down but overall aren’t too hot for Scholar. Most Dreadwyrm leftside suffers this same fate of being in “the void” of not really desirable by either, but better for WHM. Don’t “GREED” these (head, boots, belt, hand). However the BODY and LEGS (+RING) are unquestionably SCHOLAR PRIORITY DROPS.
2.4 SCH Poetics Tomes Buy Order
We’re pretty freshly into 2.4 so i’ll do a quick and dirty Poe Purchasing order… (We dont know where all pieces of gear drop, yet)
- Head/Boots/Belt : all good left-side choices. The Dreadwyrm drops go to you WHM anyway.
- Ring: We’re forced to get this, anyway.
- Chest hmm.. since it drops in a high turn, getting this isn’t a bad idea. Can even be top of the list depending on your NEED of a power up.
- Weapon: A decent thing to save for ONLY IF you’re near getting the 130 upgrade.
- Bracelet: Farm Shiva to tide you over. POE wrist is BiS but not a huge deal.
- Everything else is optional, but if you have nothing to do with your Poetics anyways…
Overall I feel the poetics buy order for Scholar is a mess. Theres many good paths (the above is an example of one), and it’s really hard to make a WRONG move in terms of buying poe. If it’s in the BiS – buy it.
2.4 SCH Crafted Gear Viability
Any crafted gear that has inherent CRIT is instantly viable! For now a quick list! Platinum Circlet of Healing = PIETY IV, DET IV, anything else follows. Kirimu Gloves of Healing = Don’t be greedy and put a Piety IV in these. DET IV is likely to follow. Anything else after. Kirimu Belt of Healing = Trust me when Piety IV will have a greater impact than any ONE materia in the sure slot. Forgive my suggestion to add Piety… since alot of preferred SCH pieces have low piety, this NEEDS to be shored up. When tackling difficult content you really can’t have a shallow mana pool. As fights become more and more “on farm” you can ditch more and more piety.
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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