Astrologian Healer Gear and Best in Slot — Dawntrail 7.4

The 2.43 and 2.31 sets are so close in DPS that it mostly comes down to personal preference. However, these sets just barely provide more DPS on paper, and the slower speed of the 2.43 sets leaves you with more MP for raises and GCD healing.

Clicking the title of the set should open the full sheet, which allows you to compare the simulated DPS values of each set.

If you prefer, you can use this Max Item Level version, which uses the raid ring instead of a second, unaugmented tome ring. This provides slightly less damage and healing, but more max HP and Piety.

The 2.31 sets provide almost identical DPS to the 2.43 sets, but they are perfectly good options if you simply prefer playing with a faster GCD. These sets are also identical to Scholar's 2.31 highest damage sets, and they provide easy compatibility with White Mage's highest damage sets. However, the faster GCD means that you will go through your MP significantly more quickly. It is very sustainable with diligent use of your MP management abilities, but it will be easier for you to run out of MP if you have to cast multiple raises or do an excessive amount of GCD healing.

Clicking the title of the set should open the full sheet, which allows you to compare the simulated DPS values of each set.

If you prefer, you can use this Max Item Level version, which uses the raid ring instead of a second, unaugmented tome ring. This provides slightly less damage and healing, but more max HP and Piety.

Our "Week 1" sets are built around spending the first four weeks of tomestones to give you the best possible set specifically for the week the Savage raid releases.

If you were unable to cap your weekly tomestones each week before the release of the Savage tier, please open the full gear sheet. There are additional sets in the full sheet that are optimized around spending one, two, or three weeks of tomes. They are not set up as a week by week progression, as the melds are optimized for each set assuming that you are going into Savage on week 1 with that exact gear set. Simply choose the set that corresponds to how many weeks of tomestones you will have available and meld toward that set. If you have capped tomes every week and you will farm tomes early in the week on week 1 of the tier, aim for a "4 Weeks of Tomes" set. If you will not cap tomes early on week 1 of the tier, or if you missed a week of tomes over the holidays, aim for a "3 Weeks of Tomes" set.

Most week 1 sets include the tome earrings, which are an extremely efficient tomestone purchase for week 1. However, they are not used in any of the final BiS sets for Astrologian. If you do not want to "waste" tomes on a piece that will not be used in your final set, you may use the crafted earrings and buy the tome wrist or ring instead, melding according to the priority of Crit > Direct Hit. There are examples in the full gear sheet.

Note: If you cap your weekly tomestones consistently, you will be able to afford your final tomestone piece for the 2.43 set on week 4 of the tier after buying the tome earrings for week 1. Skipping the tome earrings lets you afford your final tomestone piece on week 3, but you will be unable to use that second tome ring until you have an upgrade item to augment your first tome ring. If you intend to use a 2.31 set and/or use a Max Item Level set, you can be finished spending tomes on Astrologian by week 1-2. Skipping the tome earrings is primarily a consideration if you want to start spending tomes on other jobs/roles as soon as possible. Otherwise, we recommend that you take advantage of the significant DPS boost provided by the tome earrings for week 1 unless you strongly value the extra Piety from the crafted earrings.

This first set is the default recommendation. It provides a good compromise between MP economy and damage.

This second set provides a moderate DPS advantage (~90) over the 2.40 set above. However, that comes at the cost of increased MP expenditure due to the faster GCD. If you are confident in your MP management, this set should still be quite sustainable, even during progression.

Our third set is a safety option that sacrifices damage for more MP. It is about 140 DPS behind the 2.40 set, or 230 DPS behind the 2.32 set, but it also makes it nearly impossible to ever run out of MP, even without efficient use of MP management tools. This set is an option if you strongly prefer that kind of safety.

These sets make use of gear from the Chaotic Alliance Raid, Cloud of Darkness, which provides a very small DPS advantage (~30).

Clicking the title of the set should open the full sheet, which allows you to compare the simulated DPS values of each set.

This set is just a variant using the FRU weapon with its extra meld slot.

These sets do not use gear from the Chaotic Alliance Raid, Cloud of Darkness. They are only about 30 DPS behind the sets that use the Chaotic gear, which is negligible.

Clicking the title of the set should open the full sheet, which allows you to compare the simulated DPS values of each set.

This set is just a variant using the FRU weapon with its extra meld slot.

The Patch 6.5 dungeon (The Lunar Subterrane) drops Item Level 635 gear that allows for small optimizations around the Item Level 635 Sync of The Omega Protocol. The Voidmoon gloves, earrings, and ring are the new pieces used in these sets.

Portions of these gear sets can only be acquired by completing the Abyssos raid tier. A guide for the content can be found links below.

This set is the standard recommendation, as it should provide the most damage. It has a base GCD of 2.31. If you cannot double weave without clipping at this speed, you may wish to use a slower set.

The Patch 6.5 dungeon (The Lunar Subterrane) drops Item Level 635 gear that allows for small optimizations around the Item Level 635 Sync of The Omega Protocol. The Voidmoon gloves, earrings, and ring are the new pieces used in these sets.

Portions of these gear sets can only be acquired by completing the Abyssos raid tier. A guide for the content can be found links below.

This slower set is expected to provide about 0.6% less DPS than the 2.31 set, but it gives you more room for double weaving and provides more MP for raises and extra GCD healing. Many people feel that MP is less of a concern in this encounter, especially compared to Dragonsong's Reprise, so this set is primarily recommended for players who are simply more comfortable playing with a slower GCD.

Since this set uses a Crit/Det relic, it may also be convenient if you are already using a Crit/Det relic and do not want to change its stats just for this encounter.

The Patch 6.3 dungeon (Lapis Manalis) drops Item Level 605 gear that allows for small optimizations around the Item Level 605 Sync of Dragonsong's Reprise. The new food introduced in Patch 6.4 has also allowed for slight optimizations in stat tiering compared to what was possible in Patch 6.3.

Portions of these gear sets can only be acquired by completing the Asphodelos raid tier. A guide for the content can be found links below.

This set provides a base GCD of 2.34. If you cannot double weave without clipping at this speed, you should consider using a slower set.

The Patch 6.3 dungeon (Lapis Manalis) drops Item Level 605 gear that allows for small optimizations around the Item Level 605 Sync of Dragonsong's Reprise. The new food introduced in Patch 6.4 has also allowed for slight optimizations in stat tiering compared to what was possible in Patch 6.3.

Portions of these gear sets can only be acquired by completing the Asphodelos raid tier. A guide for the content can be found links below.

This slower, safer set gives you more room for double weaving under Astrodyne and leaves you with even more MP for raises and extra GCD healing.