how much dps lost on smn from attributes?

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Originally Posted by MrSmiley

As title, I am curious if we have any numbers on this. Int upgrading on gear seems to be a big deal, and the stat attributes is a good 30 points. How much damage is actually lost? trying to figure out if I can re-allocate to have a good build for both sch and smn

Testing on gear u can unequip all your jewelry, depending on which items u have this can vary a bit, but I remove 45 INT, along with some secondary stats, and I lost about 10% dmg. I haven't tested Allocated INT much nor since patch 2.1 but it seemed like Allocated INT has a bit more weight to it. IIRC according to my testing, removing 30 INT (which did not include the secondary stats of unequipping jewelry) was also around 10%.

I currently have 30 PIE on ACN which works out pretty well for both SMN and SCH. SMN benefits from PIE just as much INT. PIE increases your MP (also affects Aetherflow gains) and your MP Regen. Both are important for replacing Energy Drain uses with more Fester/Bane uses in shorter fights, or keeping you from bottoming out of MP and/or saving more Aether stacks/CDs for much more important burst mechanics in longer fights (which can make or break the fight). Loss in 10% (which can arguably be replaced in having more Aethers that aren't used on Energy Drain or allowing the SMN to sustain max DPS for a longer period of time w/o holding back) will not make or break a fight, if it does then other jobs will surely be pressed to meet that demand.

I don't play SCH very often but the only time a SCH would benefit from INT is throwing in DOTs between heals w/o the use of Cleric Stance which can also be argued that PIE might be better in this scenario since you would have more MP to both heal and do something extra that is not required of the job. In some cases you wouldn't throw out too many DOTs between heals just because of the MP loss. Otherwise PIE is a 100% benefit over INT for SCH.