Frontline and i80 twinking gear sets

[Ultimatecalibur]

Due to how the ilevel syncing system works I suspect these are the current "best" left side sets for participating in Frontlines and i80 PvP

Tank

Weapon (Paladin): Break Blade (EX Primal Weekly) or Curtana Novus (Relic, Crit/Det)
Shield (Paladin): (Tidal) Wave Shield (Lev EX) or Holy Shield Novus (Relic, Crit/Det)
Weapon (Warrior): (Tidal) Wave Axe (Lev EX) or Bravura Novus (Relic, Crit/Det)
Head: (Weathered) Noct Circlet(Soldiery)
Body: Phelegethon's Cuirass, (Augmented) Wolfram Cuirass HQ (Crafted) or Cuirass of Divine War (HI/SVHM/TTHM)
Hands: Heavy Wolfram Gauntlets HQ (Crafted) or Heavy Allagan Gauntlets (BC1-T4)
Waist: Lionsmane Belt (PvP, Rank 32, Paladin only), (Weathered) Noct Belt (Soldiery) or Hero's Belt of Fending (Myth/Allied Seals)
Legs: Heavy Wolfram Cuisses HQ (Crafted)
Feet: Phelegethon's Sabaton's (ST) or Sabatons of the Divine War (HI/SVHM/TTHM)

Healer: (gear with an * is Crit gear otherwise it is SpS gear, no current waist piece has Det and either Crit or SpS)

Weapon (Scholar): Omnilex Base/Zenith/Atma/Animus/Novus (Relic, Det/SpS), Omnilex Novus* (Relic, Det/Crit) or Allagan Grimoire of Healing* (BC1-T5)
Weapon (White Mage): Thyrus Base/Zenith/Atma/Animus/Novus (Relic, Det/Sps) or Adjudicator's Gavel(Ramuh EX)
Head: Royal Crown(CT1) or (Weathered) Daystar Circlet* (Soldiery)
Body: (Augmented) Cashmere Robe of Healing (Crafted) or Scylla's Robe of Healing (CT2)
Hands: (Weathered) Daystar Gloves(Soldiery), Halfgloves of the Divine Harvest (HI/SVHM/TTHM) or Saurian Gloves of Healing HQ* (Crafted)
Waist: Saurian Belt of Healing HQ (Crafted), Royal Sash (CT1), High Alllagan Belt of Healing, or Scylla's Belt of Healing (CT2)*
Legs: Cashmere Skirt of Healing HQ (Crafted)
Feet: Crakows of the Divine Harvest (HI/SVHM/TTHM)

Monk:

Weapon: Allagan Baghnakhs (BC1-T5) or Sphairai Novus (Det/Crit)
Head: Allagan Visor of Striking (BC1-T4)
Body: (Weathered) Gloam Tabard (Soldiery), Fuma Koromo, (Augmented), or Saurian Shirt of Striking (Crafted)
Hands: Allagan Gauntlets of Striking (BC1-T2)
Waist: Allagan Tassets of Striking (BC1-T4)
Legs: High Allagan Trousers of Striking (BC2-T4) or Fuma Hakama (CT1)
Feet: Saurian Boots of Striking (Crafted)

Dragoon:

Weapon: High Allagan Spear(BC2-T4) or Gae Bolg Novus (Relic, Crit/Det)
Head: Allagan Visor of Maiming (BC1-T4)
Body: Wrym's Mail (Myth/Allied Seals) or Cuirass of Divine Wisdom (HI/SVHM/TTHM)
Hands: (Weathered) Astrum Armguards (Soldiery)
Waist: Onion Tassets (CT1) or High Allagan Belt of Maiming(BC2-T4)
Legs: (Weathered) Astrum Breeches (Soldiery), Wyrm's Breeches (Myth/Allied Seals) or Breeches of Divine Wisdom (HI/SVHM/TTHM)
Feet: Wolfram Sabatons (Crafted), Allagan Sollerets of Maiming (BC1-T5) or Onion boots

Bard:

Weapon: Thuderdart(Ramuh EX), Elfin Bow(EX Primal Weekly) or Artemis Bow Novus (Relic, Crit/Det)
Head: Amon's Hat(CT2), Cashmere Hat of Aiming(Crafted) or Ballad Crown(CT1)
Body: (Weathered) Auroral Tabard (Soldiery)
Hands: Amon's Sleeves(CT2) or Ballad Gauntlets(CT1)
Waist: (Weathered) Auroral Sash(Soldiery) or Hero's Belt of Aiming(Myth/Allied Seals)
Legs: Sarouel of Divine Light (HI/SVHM/TTHM)
Feet: Allagan Sollerets of Aiming (BC1-T4)

Caster (Crit):

Weapon (Blackmage): (Tidal) Wave Staff (Lev Ex), Elder Staff (EX Primal weekly) or Stardust Novus (Relic, Crit/Det)
Weapon (Summoner): (Weathered) Book of Spades (Soldiery), Allagan Grimoire of Casting (BC1-T5) or Veil of Wiyu Novus (Crit/Det)
Head: Crimson Hat (CT1)
Body: (Weathered) Evenstar Coat (Soldiery) or Summoner's Doublet (Myth/Allied Seals, Summoner only)
Hands: Saurain Gloves of Casting (Crafted)
Waist: Scylla's Belt of Casting (CT2) or Crimson Sash (CT1)
Legs: High Allagan Breeches of Casting (BC2-T4) or Sorcerer's Tonban (Myth/Allied Seals, Black Mage only)
Feet: Crimson Boots (CT1)

Caster (SpS):

Weapon (Black Mage): Stardust Rod Base/Zenith/Atma/Animus/Novus (Relic, Det/SpS)
Weapon (Summoner): Veil of Wiyu Base/Zenith/Atma/Animus/Novus (Relic, Det/SpS)
Head: Syclla's Helm of Casting (CT2) or Monocle of Divine Death (HI/SVHM/TTHM)
Body: High Allagan Coat of Casting(BC2-T3) or Allagan Tunic of Casting (BC1-T2)
Hands: Scylla's Gloves of Casting (CT2) or Allagan Gloves of Casting (BC1-T2)
Waist: High Allagan Belt of Casting (BC2-T2) or Saurian Belt of Casting (Crafted)
Legs: Cashemere Breeches of Casting (Crafted) or Crimson Breeches (CT1)
Feet: Saurian Crakows of Casting (Crafted)

[Shake0615]

Where do you find info on how the iLevel Sync works and what makes the Circlet of Light better than, say, the High Allagan Circlet of Fending? I figured anything above the iLevel mark would just get synced the same as any other piece of gear.

[Deelo]

Where do you find info on how the iLevel Sync works and what makes the Circlet of Light better than, say, the High Allagan Circlet of Fending? I figured anything above the iLevel mark would just get synced the same as any other piece of gear.

You basically want to drop anything that gives accuracy/parry/piety for pvp. There are no accuracy requirements so everything will land 100%, using accuracy gear is gimping yourself. You want to go for all out DET/Crit/skill speed for dps/tank, maybe stack crit for sch or whm...personally i do crit for sch and all spell speed for whm.

And since Frontlines is i80, you have a lot of options for armor choices. For example, I got to dust off my Ultima ring because its one of the only rings with spell speed for my whm lol.

[Potatoes]

Unless il80 changed something, accuracy still counts but it's not too important. When I was leveling my pvp rank in wolves den I started in pve pld gear and never missed even when blinded. As I dropped my acc gear for dps stats though I started to notice misses while blinded.

So it's not a completely worthless stat, but it's pretty far down there. Wouldn't kill you if you had it on you if you had to choose between parry and acc.

[Ultimatecalibur]

Where do you find info on how the iLevel Sync works and what makes the Circlet of Light better than, say, the High Allagan Circlet of Fending? I figured anything above the iLevel mark would just get synced the same as any other piece of gear.

Ilevel sync was explained in the patch notes as adjusting the stats of items to those of the chosen ilevel, and doing nothing else.*

First off I just realized I made a mistake listing the Crown of Light, the First post has been corrected.

The stats of the High Allagan Helm of Fending are Def 116/MDef 116/Str +24/Vit +28/Acc +25/SkS +18. When ilevel synced the stats become Def 111/MDef 111/Str +15/Vit +17/Acc +19/SkS +13. A Crown of Light has Def 111/MDef 111/Str +15/Vit +17/Parry +19/Det +9. An ilevel synced Nocted Circlet and Weathered Noct Circlet sync town to Def 111/MDef 111/Str +15/Vit +17/Crit +13/Det +13.


*The i80 PvP and Frontlines also have an additional effect that negates Morale and Materia to make things more even.

[Koltik]

You basically want to drop anything that gives accuracy/parry/piety for pvp. There are no accuracy requirements so everything will land 100%

False. Physical classes need 363 accuracy minimum or they will miss in PvP. Casters, however, need no additional accuracy.

[Ultimatecalibur]

All classes updated.

[Pequenisimo]

So, I'm wondering about Weapon scaling. the DPS of weapons does not scale the same as the Stats of the weapons. Here is an example:
Titan HM weapon i80
DPS = 14.67
27 str, 30 vit, 33 parry

High Allagan Axe i115
DPS = 17.67
45 str, 53 vit, 46 parry

If you scale i115 to i80 at that ratio the High Allagan would become:
DPS = 12.29
31 str, 36 vit, 32 parry

So..... does it scale directly to ilvl giving High Allagan much lower DPS and higher stats?
or is it scaled to DPS giving High Allagan equal DPS and much higher stats?

Either way, the DPS and the Stats do not scale equally with ilvl and makes it hard to choose the BIS weapon.

[Ultimatecalibur]

The DpS number is the Auto-Attack Power divided Auto Attack Delay not really an important number, but it should end up syncing down to 14.67. Physical and Magical Damage on the other hand are synced down to 44/33(DoW) and 44/66(DoM) for all weapons over i80 this is identical to what the i80 weapons have. Stats sync down to the Primary and Secondary Caps.

A High Allagan Axe would sync down to PD 44 MD 33 Str +27 Vit +30 Acc +23 Parry +33.
The Axe of the Crags is PD 44 MD 33 Str +27 Vit +30 Det +16 Parry +33. A HQ Tremor Axe will have identical stats to this.

BiS wise, Determination, Critical Hit Rate and Skill Speed are the only secondary stats that matter in PvP and Frontlines.

[ispano]

So, I'm wondering about Weapon scaling. the DPS of weapons does not scale the same as the Stats of the weapons. Here is an example:
Titan HM weapon i80
DPS = 14.67
27 str, 30 vit, 33 parry

High Allagan Axe i115
DPS = 17.67
45 str, 53 vit, 46 parry

If you scale i115 to i80 at that ratio the High Allagan would become:
DPS = 12.29
31 str, 36 vit, 32 parry

So..... does it scale directly to ilvl giving High Allagan much lower DPS and higher stats?
or is it scaled to DPS giving High Allagan equal DPS and much higher stats?

Either way, the DPS and the Stats do not scale equally with ilvl and makes it hard to choose the BIS weapon.

Actually, you'd be wrong. DPS is derived from physical damage, you don't sync it on its own. DPS on a given weapon is Physical Damage divided by 3. You can multiply that number by the delay to get the auto attack number listed on the tooltip as well.

And as Ultimate showed, the WD and Primary Stats sync down to the same as the other i80 weapons.