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[Thane]

Just a quick question, and I apologize if you've answered this already, but have you tested the viability of THM with Allagan Scepter plus Darksteel Buckler? I know you lose 20 INT just from unequipping the soul crystal, and it would mean purely using Allagan gear instead of any Sorcerer's gear, but you also gain 2 additional DPS cooldowns, Internal Release and Blood for Blood, which have a fairly substantial uptime. With the ilvl of the Scepter going up to 95 in a week, is it possible to be a DPS gain, single-target? (I'd imagine its worse for AoE, since you lose Flare)

I'm only curious because BLM is my off-class (SMN is my main), and I just got the Scepter. Being my secondary class, I haven't been able to purchase any Myth gear other than the Belt and Accessories.

[NeoAmon]

Just a quick question, and I apologize if you've answered this already, but have you tested the viability of THM with Allagan Scepter plus Darksteel Buckler? I know you lose 20 INT just from unequipping the soul crystal, and it would mean purely using Allagan gear instead of any Sorcerer's gear, but you also gain 2 additional DPS cooldowns, Internal Release and Blood for Blood, which have a fairly substantial uptime. With the ilvl of the Scepter going up to 95 in a week, is it possible to be a DPS gain, single-target? (I'd imagine its worse for AoE, since you lose Flare)

I'm only curious because BLM is my off-class (SMN is my main), and I just got the Scepter. Being my secondary class, I haven't been able to purchase any Myth gear other than the Belt and Accessories.

No buff going to cover 20 INT, I can tell you pure fact with every single buff you can use including bfb and internal release will not cover the loss of 20 int, not to mention how underwhelming is darksteel. 20 INT will be there 100% of the time regardless how short or long the fight while buffs are not.

Beside Flare, I mean the main snake ate 4.8k flare today in T5 lol (Raging + Mega Int + Foe + debuff stacks.)

Edit: I forgot ManaWall, best in game oh shit button.

[Youmu]

Beside Flare, I mean the main snake ate 4.8k flare today in T5 lol (Raging + Mega Int + Foe + debuff stacks.)

GOAT flarebomb. Sorry accidently cut off the column marks, the 5931 number is under Max Dmg.

[PuroStrider]

Updated 'ACC' Page.

@Waliel - Thanks! I updated the page. Would be great if you could provide which spell was missed because that miss might be from physical attack.

@Thane - NeoAmon pretty much covered it. The difference in gear choice, bonus INT, and BLM spells outweighs THM's extra cross-class buffs tremendously.