Scholar Spell Speed or Crit??

[richxia26]

looking at AF2 gears. only 3/10 is +Spell Speed. the rest is + Crit. This got me wondering how we gonna gear up? Should i go stack Spell Speed by combine 3 AF2 pieces with darklight?

btw, all darklight gears are + Spell Speed.

[GinTama]

Hmm no, since healing can crit too this is intended. As you know the primary healing skill from SCH doubles the effect on crits.

[FinagleABagel]

I'd say crit is more effective on a scholar due to shield effects.

Our spike heal, Lustrate, is instant cast anyway so spell speed doesn't matter.

[richxia26]

im still a little bit confused about DET. it doesnt increase MY HEALING DONE, but increase INCOMING HEALING TO ME. can anyone clarify this?

[FinagleABagel]

im still a little bit confused about DET. it doesnt increase MY HEALING DONE, but increase INCOMING HEALING TO ME. can anyone clarify this?

That may explain why my healing is so variable based on the tank, or it could just be dumb luck. I do know that determination increases your healing potency stat, but it's not as much as mind.

[richxia26]

That may explain why my healing is so variable based on the tank, or it could just be dumb luck. I do know that determination increases your healing potency stat, but it's not as much as mind.

im afraid that DET doesnt increase healing potency at all......

[Valiant]

im afraid that DET doesnt increase healing potency at all......

It does and is labeled to do so... Sadly it helps WHMs more than SCHs... I think its just a tweak setup by Yoshida to force a different stat allocation with gear and materia on a SCH than WHM

[Grimm_Apollo]

Spell speed doesn't seem to work horizontally with GCD reduction. It will always be beneficial to have but it to pale in comparison to crit. As mentioned above, our class heals are very reliant on crit and many of our skills are "off GCD" anyway. Generally speaking you will want to stack higher item level gear, we don't even really have much of a choice in stats atm.

[Lebeau]

Hmm no, since healing can crit too this is intended. As you know the primary healing skill from SCH doubles the effect on crits.

I find that on Hardmodes, Physick is my goto heal.

[Rainsford]

I find that on Hardmodes, Physick is my goto heal.

This is a mistake. If Aldo isn't up on the tank, you should always be casting it. I've had no trouble with MP doing 2:1 Aldos.

Det effects different classes differently, but is always inferior to the classes main stat (MND for us).

Spell Speed is trash. 10 points of Spell Speed give you a .01 drop in casttime. It takes around 13 points of Crit to give +1% crit chance. Assuming you added 100 points of either stat, 8.5% crit is way better than .1 reduction in cast time.