Pictomancer DPS Gear and Best in Slot — Dawntrail 7.1

This section includes a few recommended sets for the launch of Dawntrail for Pictomancer to use while leveling. Two options are presented for this, as the first uses a fair few pieces of Savage gear, which all players may not have access to. It should be noted that this gear should be replaced around level 85 or 86, and isn't required by any means for dungeon grinding, it's simply nice to have if you're looking to maximize damage early.

The set below is an example of one of the better options for launch, if one has the pieces left over from another casting job. It should go without saying, but you'll need to replace the Red Mage weapon with the equivalent Pictomancer weapon, which will require you to have a weapon coffer from the same tier ready on launch. If you don't, replace it with a weapon close to the same item level. You may miss out on some stat tiers, but optimizing to that extent for leveling is largely overkill to begin with. In addition, this page includes three level 100 BiS for patch 7.05 -- the pre-savage BiS is a pentamelded crafted gear set. This is ideal for going into Savage for the first time. The other BiS are what to aim for once you're done gearing from Savage. The 2.5 GCD set is the absolute highest DPS, but doesn't play nicely with Red Mage and Summoner. In addition, for those with bad ping, it may be difficult to fit the final Rainbow Drip into raid buffs. For those with this issue, or those who flex to Red Mage or Summoner for prog, the 2.48 GCD set will be your best option.