Thread: Gear now in 1.19?

Originally Posted by Razor

Penance is better for waist imo (HP-10 STR+2 VIT-1 Eva+2 Magic Evasion +1). Granted, its an R/E drop off Phaia (he's easymode now) so it can't have materia slotted to it yet. But if we're factoring in materia then any-ol-belt will do.

For legs this is a matter of personal preference but I like Raptorskin Subligar (Black) [DEX+5 VIT+4 Evasion+12] Over the felt trousers. STR may increase attack power but DEX increases crit hit rate and I plan on abusing Critical Attack Power+ materia for Blindside II+Follow Through and Victimize II

Felt Kecks are quite diverse as well.. I prefer those myself especially with the evasion materia added.. Although this is completely preference..

Ok so I got 2 good pairs of Cobalt claws.
The first one is a Cobalt Claw +1 and it's melded with 2 materia, +15 STR and +16 Dex.
The second pair is NQ but it's melded with 3 materia (all +STR ones) for a total of +25 STR.

So the differences between them is that the HQ one offers +4 damage (from HQ) and +16 DEX over the +10 STR that I got from the NQ one.

I tried to parse them today but I didnt had enough time at my disposal and decided to stop parsing at 500 hits per weapon.
I didn't test weaponskills (only normal auto attack hits) and the testing subjects where all 50 level Amaljaa and these are the results:

HQ = 500 hits, 79 miss, [41897dmg], 86,33% ACC, 71 lowest, 115 highest, 83,96 average
NQ = 500 hits, 107 miss, [42277dmg], 82,34% ACC, 70 lowest, 123 highest, 84,71 average
Ifrit = 500 Hits, 103 miss, [48776dmg], 82,92% ACC, 84 lowest, 136 highest, 98,03 average

So at 500 hits we can see that the average results are about the same but:
+16 DEX resulted into 26 less missed hits.
+10 STR resulted into better total damage than the +4 damage stat I got from HQ

I will test some more but from what I see, at the present state of FFXIV STR materias are the best choice for Pugilist weapon, as long as you can manage more than +25 STR on them :P

I know it's not much and I dont add anything new to our knowledge, but I wanted to share this and hear your oppinions on the subject.

P.S: If I try to add a third tier IV STR materia on the HQ or a fourth tier IV on the NQ the chances of success are the same (10%)


EDIT: Ifrit's Claws beat all lol....