How are you handling your Novus upgrade?

[WhiteAura]

MND is a main stat, you can't change it. If you are SCH, Pie is almost worthless due to your almost unending MP supply. Really only WHM need to worry about Pie since they are the only job in the game with MP issues.

No healer should put in any ACC unless you're making a for-fun, DPS/Healer hybrid build.

That is what I am thinking, since we cant add MND what is the best "3rd" stat for SCH?

[DududeDude]

If you don't want to add accuracy it's probably determination. I disagree on accuracy being a thing you shouldn't put on there though, I find the utility by itself of being able to hit reliably can be useful, and I personally rate that higher than either having more mp or having slightly stronger abilities.

[Vena_Sera]

No healer should put in any ACC unless you're making a for-fun, DPS/Healer hybrid build.

That's not necessarily true. I'm actually working on a Crit/Acc/Det Novus atm just to ensure I have enough ACC to have viable dps in Coil 3. Granted it's only a side-grade weapon, ACC for SCH isn't a bad route.

[Sessurea]

Infusing drg novus until I cant infuse more with grade III sav aim/might, and the rest will be accuracy. Don't got 20m to spare for less than 1% damage boost, so not gonna bother with grade IVs...though I think the weapon tooltip would look pretty if I did :3

[Midori_Nabooru]

That is what I am thinking, since we cant add MND what is the best "3rd" stat for SCH?

Cap out Crit and Det. Or you can add spell speed, since those 2 stats will get pricey.

[Ranzan]

I want people opinion on if 9 critical and 6 determination worth blowing up my remaining Gil supply? So far after all the SBing I did the rngesus felt I needed piety and spell speed 4 instead of the material I need. (Sch novus)

[Gracielle]

I'm thinking of redoing my Novus because I didn't max Crit due to lack of gil when I made it.

Mine's currently at 44 (35+9) Acc, 30 Crit and 10 Det.

The new patch lets you re-do the stats without having to start from scratch. I'm having trouble deciding between 44 Crit + 31 Acc or 44 Crit + 31 Det. I dps quite heavily on turns 8 and 9, but I'm scared the new patches will be different.

Going Crit/Det is a lot more work (35 Alex) and is more expensive. With the Crit/Acc route I only need to redo 14 Alex. I've read about going either way but I still can't decide. Help me?

[MomomiMomi]

I'm thinking of redoing my Novus because I didn't max Crit due to lack of gil when I made it.

Mine's currently at 44 (35+9) Acc, 30 Crit and 10 Det.

The new patch lets you re-do the stats without having to start from scratch. I'm having trouble deciding between 44 Crit + 31 Acc or 44 Crit + 31 Det. I dps quite heavily on turns 8 and 9, but I'm scared the new patches will be different.

Going Crit/Det is a lot more work (35 Alex) and is more expensive. With the Crit/Acc route I only need to redo 14 Alex. I've read about going either way but I still can't decide. Help me?

I don't play SCH, but personally I'd probably say the Acc. I doubt we're very likely to get another Acc option.

[NeoZanther]

I'm still debaiting on how to build my Sch wep. I'm only 3 books away and collecting Alex (recently finished Bard Novus). I know i'll go crit and will stop at the 33 cap (or 30 if i want to even out another stat) and put on Det but I'm still iffy about doing SS. 40 is a hard number to loose but considering the low amount of SS I have anyway I'm only getting .05 sec shaved off of my two main heals (with a .06 recast reduction). So debaiting if it's worth trying to keep at least part of that 40 (something like 30) and only cut Determination by 3 and hope that the 30 crit makes up for a slight loss in Det. Or Do up to tier III for crit and det and dump rest into SS or acc or even piety.

[Cynfael]

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SS is arguably the biggest waste for healing since the main benefit of it isn't how much time you can cut off of each cast, but how many extra actions you can execute over a period of time with the decreased casting time and reduced GCD delay. Since "always be casting" isn't the healer playstyle, the greatest benefit of stacking SS is wasted (this is why SS is great for BLMs and crap for every other caster).

ACC isn't a bad tertiary stat to help reduce misses while DPSing Coil.

PIE is hardly necessary, but a tiny smidge of PIE is certainly better than a tiny smidge of SS.

Short Answer: Don't prioritize SS as SCH at all. You can lose all of it and not notice a difference.