Merits

Looking at all the other Merit topics and they seem to be really old topics.

How are merits handled now a days since Abyssea and stuff. What's good and why?

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5/5 Helix macc/mab for sure. The rest is just basically how you wanna play sch. I still have the 5/5 MV, but im thinking of changing that too since its the most crap ja now that it misses/resists on everything. Elightenment savesyou a charge or two when you absolutely need to cast opposite strategem

i'm curious why V mitts instead of Goli Mitts for nooking , especially since SE said they would most likely be adding Nyzul/Salvage trials . i would think the +4 MaCC (an extremely useful stat for most SCH spells ) would be more beneficial and a worth while trade of 1 MaB . I know the set was low resist , just curious . Also would a good Helix Build be similar to Nooking Set or does Helix respond better to a single stat like just INT or MaB or would a balance of MaB/INT/MaCC be better for maximum DoT , in and out of Abyssea .

Edit : on a side note i have a Lit Coat with MaB+3 (MaB+6 total )augment on it and have found that Teal Out DMGs it on SCH but not on BLM , are the BLM MaB merits to reason for this ?

Inside Abyssea, with Atma of Minikin Monstrosity (50INT) and Ultimate (which has +MACC), there really shouldn't be a need for +4MACC. Even if you are resisting, I doubt +4MACC under such circumstance would do much. For 1 MAB, if you're nuking for around 3000, that's about an estimate of a 30 damage increase that quickly builds up over time if you're nuking a lot.