Scholar So Far

[Sotek]

So, has anyone noticed if our stats affect the Fairies at all? I had most of my gear break mid-run and I think my Fairies healing potency too a hit as well, but I didn't actually check proper. Got to say I'm really happy with Adloquium giving Scholar a secondary stat to focus on, plus if our critical hit stats carry over to the Fairies then that's another 20% spell speed from the trait which stacks nicely with Selene. I wonder if spell speed might actually be a worthwhile stat for Scholar to go after with that in mind... I know it was generally worthless in p3 for all but the longest spells (Summon being our longest?), but since we could fairly easily get 50% spell speed already it might be different for Scholar?

Is it a better idea to focus attributes on INT and just use Cleric Stance?

Terrible idea. Cleric Stance gives you -20% on your healing spells, and all of Scholars gear focuses primarily on Mind, so that is going to beat out Intelligence in which case you're using Cleric Stance to get lower Mind and -20% healing magic. Cleric Stance is only good for turning your Mind into Intelligence, the fact that Scholar has access to it makes Intelligence almost a completely worthless stat for Scholar.

Since they've neglected to give a free The Keeper's Hymn when unlocking a Job (though you can buy them for 10,000 company seals...) I'm waiting till 50 to put my attributes onto anything. Intelligence is the obvious choice for Summoner, and Mind for Scholar, but Piety might be a good middle ground (better than a 15:15 split, at least).