Sage Healer Gear and Best in Slot — Dawntrail 7.0

These sets are intended for pre-raid gearing. Currently, there are very limited gear options. The viable items are ilvl 690 artifact gear, ilvl 700 tome gear, and ilvl 710 extreme gear. However, the extreme gear is only available in weapon and accessory slots.

The critical hit stat improves both your critical hit multiplier and critical hit chance. Normally, this makes it the superior option, as it scales quadratically rather than linearly. However, the flipside is that this makes critical hit worse at the beginning of the expansion.

If you have access to up-to-date relics for patch 6.5, this will give you an edge on DPS. Just be aware that MP economy will be slightly worse than the other sets, as it only has the base amount of piety yet a faster GCD.

Another relic set, featuring a slightly slower GCD but more determination. While still only having base piety, this set will have slightly better MP economy due to the longer GCD time.

With efficient healing, this set is comfortable for general use. Using the Tomestone ring sacrifices an extremely small amount of damage for a significant boost to your MP, and a modest amount of HP. It can tolerate a few extra safety heals or a raise without much trouble, but it may not have enough MP depending on how much healing and raising you'll need to do. Plus, with the same 2.42 GCD as last raid tier, there isn't much adjustment/re-learning needed.

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

This set features 621 piety, an increase of 95 over the 2.42 set. Plus, the slightly slower GCD also helps reduce mana consumption. This set can last even longer before mana becomes an issue.

This set has even better MP sustain, with a whopping 741 piety and a nice slow 2.47 GCD. It will last quite some time even with a generous amount of raising and GCD healing. DPS checks in ultimates are not as tight as savage content, so don't be afraid to err on the side of caution and go with a higher piety set.

If you have an up-to-date relic, and are doing 6-1-1 stacks in the final phase, this is the ideal set. It has slightly less piety than the 3-2-2 sets, as 6-1-1 has significantly reduced healing requirements in the final phase. However, this set has more piety than the non-relic version, as it has a faster 2.42 GCD, compared to the 2.50 GCD of the non-relic set.

If you have an up-to-date relic, and are doing 3-3-2 stacks in the final phase, this is the ideal set. It has slightly more piety than the 6-1-1 sets to accommodate for the greater healing requirements of 3-3-2 over 6-1-1, but it has an edge over the non-relic sets in terms of DPS. Be warned that MP economy will be ever-so-slightly worse than the non-relic version, as this set features a 2.46 GCD instead of the 2.50 GCD on the non-relic sets.

If you do not have a relic, and are doing 6-1-1 stacks in the final phase, this is the ideal set. It has slightly less piety than the 3-2-2 sets, as 6-1-1 has significantly reduced healing requirements in the final phase.

If you do not have a relic, and are doing 3-3-2 stacks in the final phase, this is the ideal set. It has slightly more piety than the 6-1-1 sets to accommodate for the greater healing requirements of 3-3-2 over 6-1-1.