Gear reccomendation for Scholar

[Kellogs4toniee]

Currently my coil group is stuck at the last phase of Turn 4. Trying to upgrade 1-2 more items to help make my healing a lil easier on me.

Current setup:

Full Dark Light
Relic
Strategos Ring

Pretty standard.

I have enough to buy my Argute Gown next Monday. My main question is on my hat choice since I will be forced to wear my Strategois Coil with my Argute Gown. It would take me another 2 weeks just to get the Argute hat.

I understand for Scholars it goes Mind -> Crit Chance.

So i was planning on getting a hq'd Vanya hat of healing, then socketing it with 2 crit chance Materias.

My thought process is the massive crit increase with the vanya hat will go great with the Argute Gown. I would theoretically be forgoing any vit or mind increase I would get with the myth hat.

What do you guys think? What is the critical hit max? Will I be efficeint with this setup to continue into coil 5 or is there another gear setup that is reccomended?

Thanks for any tips.

[Nullie]

+1 book. Oh yeahhhhh.

If you really want the body though I'd say go with the vanya hat if you have no intention on getting af hat. I don't play scholar as main, but the scholar I do play with went with the relic upgrade. I can't tell you how much that increases heal wise and whatever else, but have you considered that an option?

[Kellogs4toniee]

Hey thanks for replying, I was thinking about this and I hope other geared Scholars can give there input.

So Omnilex + 1 gives this over regular Omnilex:

+5 Vit
+4 Mind
+2 Determination
+4 Spell Speed

Whereas if I go from Darklight Cowl to Vanya Hat of Healing + Argute Gown it gives this increase:

+12 Mind
+12 Vitality
+11 Piety
+47 Crit Rate (Again someone please confirm crit rate is next most important stat to mind for Scholars)
-17 Determination


That's huge increases versus the +1 weapon. So is +1 Ominlex really worth it? I understand Determination helps with heals, and that 17 decrease is significant. But, for a scholar that +47 crit rate is just o.O when considering how important Aloquium is during Coil. There is defenitly some indirect stat here that I am not taking into account, so some stat expert in this game please confirm or go into more specifics in this matter. Would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

[Kellogs4toniee]

Update :

I just used this calculator, and it gives a 3.87% increase in healing with Ominlex +1 and 3.29% increase in healing with Argute Gown and Vanya Gear with Crit Materia.

however it says this is for WHM, so the crit rate might be more emphasized if one was to make a Scholar calculator?

[Rumpelstiltzkin]

I think basically what it comes down to is if you want the biggest healing upgrade you can get, and especially for one slot you go with +1 relic. If you however also consider defensive stats important at the same time as you want an upgrade in healing, you go with +1 af items. If you are doing Coil I've seen a lot of people recommending +1 relic though since you get Allagan gear there anyway.

[Sylvanna]

I think basically what it comes down to is if you want the biggest healing upgrade you can get, and especially for one slot you go with +1 relic. If you however also consider defensive stats important at the same time as you want an upgrade in healing, you go with +1 af items. If you are doing Coil I've seen a lot of people recommending +1 relic though since you get Allagan gear there anyway.

Pretty much sums it up.

However though, you might want to spend a couple million on accessories because Allagan ones don't give you vit, which you can socket in crafted ones. Twintania will eat you alive if loot rng only gives you Allagan accessories

[Kellogs4toniee]

We took down turn 4 tonight. I ended up getting the Vanya Hat and Vanya Robe, and will get my +1 relic tmw. Not sure if getting the robe helped or not, but can't argue against results.

The Allagan body that drops from turn 4 is for WHM's, not Scholars. THat is why i went for the Vanya robe. After +1 relic I will most likely start saving for pants while I craft my Rose gold gear.

[Vixene]

Hey thanks for replying, I was thinking about this and I hope other geared Scholars can give there input.

So Omnilex + 1 gives this over regular Omnilex:

+5 Vit
+4 Mind
+2 Determination
+4 Spell Speed

Whereas if I go from Darklight Cowl to Vanya Hat of Healing + Argute Gown it gives this increase:

+12 Mind
+12 Vitality
+11 Piety
+47 Crit Rate (Again someone please confirm crit rate is next most important stat to mind for Scholars)
-17 Determination

1 magic damage is like 5 mnd, which you didnt mention a +1 wep gets 3 more magic damage, thats 15mnd basically right there.

Also, vanya hat can only socket 1 crit materia.

our 2 shield spells, get double effect if they crit, so crit is pretty important, however... i don't think it's possible to get enough crit at this stage to make much difference.