Trying to figure out how to phrase this.. but, re-working my builds and looking at my idle/dt gear, and I've hit a quandary.
Two main items in this build would be Earth Staff and Heralds, which when wearing both restrict iLvl down to 109. Now as far as I can gather, iLvl itself has no affect on stats (correct? aside from /check, if it were possible to have a 119 ilvl equip stats the same as non-ilvl equip there would be no difference, oh and trusts), the stats on the gear make the difference.
My question is.. where is this line drawn? In my example I have an Earth Staff or I have a Lathi. Earth Staff seems to be the better choice with -20 pdt, but it comes at a loss of ilvl; Is this even a non question and earth staff is a clear winner? Is there a better option?
Additionally, what about Heralds? The benefit is +12% movement, but again, loss of ilvl. Stat wise Helios (and i'm sure much better choices; it's just what I have atm) has better DEF, VIT, MagEva, MDB, Enmity, etc. Clearly a better choice if standing still, but what happens when there is need to kite or gain distance to completely above being hit all together? Do I have two different macros now: Standing vs Running? Is there something that replaces Heralds in terms of +mov?
Trying to sink all of this new info in after a two year break is daunting. Luckily I made it over the hurdle of wanting to say screw it and just quit, but there are many more obstacles to follow.
Thank you.