Black Mages - Which materia is better?

[NeoAmon]

If you bought HQ crafted set then yes INT is capped per piece. Here is the order of stat importance:

WP DMG > INT > ACC (429-437 with HQ food) > Det > Crit > Vit (If you hope to defeat Twintania one day you need health around 4.3k at least with party buff)> SS > Piety

Few notes:

1- In Coil as a BLM if you miss, you are royally %^*$^&#*^&() so don't you dare go in there without the minimum needed Acc.
2- You don't have to worry about INT with DL/Vanya HQ/ilvl90 Coil & Myth, they are all capped according to their ilvl.
3- Det is better than Crit when you are less than 7-8 ilvl90 pieces, after the 7-8 ilvl90 pieces Crit is forever better.
4- Relic +1 > all.
5- Piety can be used to achieve a new mana pool sweet spot at an exact 251 Piety. You would need a SHC in your group to reach that mark without wasting many slots on Piety or stat reset. Personally I would completely ignore it unless you are Lalafell.
6- Spell speed is not as good as Det or Crit but it is still a dps increase for us, yet I would not waste any mat slots on it when I could max out Det & Crit per piece.
7- Here is an excellent thread with google doc:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...age-Calculator

Hope this helps .

[Sleigh]

If you bought HQ crafted set then yes INT is capped per piece. Here is the order of stat importance:

WP DMG > INT > ACC (429-437 with HQ food) > Det > Crit > Vit (If you hope to defeat Twintania one day you need health around 4.3k at least with party buff)> SS > Piety

This ^

Apparently CHR becomes stronger as your damage increases, so once you're closer to iLVL90 gear you'll value it as much or maybe more than DET, but for iLVL70 and iLVL70 + iLVL90 hybrid builds, DET is the best stat to stack for BLM.

Just remember though, if you're gonna cap DET and put Savage Aim IIIs in as well, put them in first. On my server, Savage Aims are ridiculously expensive while Savage Mights aren't too bad.