current ultimate doesn't need great gear

For old Ultimates from past expansions it does not matter what you bring. Synced gear is more than enough and the damage checks are non existent. In that sense you don't need BiS gear, just skills. Ultimates really only have BiS during the expac they're released in.

Bringing level 80 tome gear into UCOB and UWU will already max out your stats.

But you absolutely need current BiS for the new ultimate for sure. No argument there.

You can argue actually that BiS matters even less in savage since it's all designed to be killed at min iLevel and getting gear only makes savage fights monumentally easier.

Week one P4S phase 1 actually had a tight damage check and was challenging. The moment DPS got even a couple pieces of gear it was negligible and way too easy. BiS in savage makes fights a joke that are barely worth doing unless you're fishing for good parses.

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