Scholar stats... hm.

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SpS affects the GCD and DoTs, but you also want some Crit in the build too so your broils and DoTs can crit, along with healing of course. A lot of debate went on which one should one have more of but thankfully this tier we got pretty good Alex and Shire Scholar gear this tier to have a good Crit/SpS balance and allowing melds and anima to flex it a bit to one's play style and raid composition (speed kills, farm, progression, etc)

My Scholar anima was 46 ACC/142 Crit/95 SpS, as I played all-healers this savage tier and didn't have an anima for all of them. So melding and gear-sharing aspect played into it. I flip-flopped SpS/Crit a bit to test things but ultimately left with max crit cause I also didn't have a dragoon (Battle Litany) anymore towards the end of the tier. With gear and food I was always in the 915+ SpS threshold. On the healing side there were times you get the Critlo Deployment shield for the A12S first time stop and neither healer has to heal it so that's free damage. Or saving several wipes in A12S because of Critlo Deployments for 2nd inception when someone takes too much tetrashatter damage because they were antsy. Sometimes you can feel validated when you get a Crit when you need it.

But if you do any end-game content like Zurvan and Savage and want to do damage, ACC is the first stat you have to cap at 592. Cause missing as a healer is wasted MP and there is no point in optimizing if you can't hit reliably. But if you don't intend to or want to do the content then you can do what you want otherwise like Crit/SpS. Of course DET is rather meh as-noted by Dervy, but we have really good gear pieces that are Crit/Det like the Alex chest, Shire Pants that should be used whenever possible.

If you meld ACC V on every piece of gear then you can get away with +46 on the anima and never have to eat food to cap, or you can use DPS food that doesn't have ACC for more Crit/SpS like Flaaugnarde. Or can even go less than 46 if you want to eat ACC food like Priestlies to cap. Or if you only play Scholar as your healer you can go all-in ACC on one-stat on the anima and put the rest in Crit/SpS or one, and pick and choose other melds where needed. This method is all-in because it depends on an relic to get the bulk of ACC instead of your gear set.

[Steady]

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That's kinda where I am now. I have Tier V melds on all the things for Accuracy. Just trying to decide how much spell speed/Crit I should sway which way. Particularly since going from i260 relic with 123 crit from i270 shire with zero was a HUGE increase. wondering if is shouldn't swap a ring out for ultima for crit bonus, or farm the Alex body or other pieces. Using Dun Scaith head for the same.