Best gearing (Alex) for a Scholar?

[Parawill]

Currently, I'm rolling on Bolts (Accessories), Chains (Belt), Lens (Head), and Cranks (Hands) until I see the stats of the Esoteric/Savage gear; they're the cheapest pieces, and are attainable before Alex Savage, whereas the Chest is not. Luckily, most of those pieces have Crit, which is still what I'm gearing towards for SCH right now.

That's exactly what I'm doing right now. I'm trying to capitalize on the abundance of Piety on gear for both my WHM, AST while looking for crit gear. 'Cause I like my crits~