Wildwood Elezens are the better race statwise. Just stick 1 PIE on your relic in place of a spell speed. You've basically just traded +2 spell speed for +1 INT. Totally worth it. And you don't have to be a potato! <_<

(Note that I said you're trading 2 SS for 1 INT because reducing a stat from 44 to 43 at the Novus stage makes you lose a bonus point at the Zodiac stage. Not sure where the cutoffs are for Zeta yet... Still, even trading 3 SS for 1 INT is worth it.)