Pretty amazing how many people in the thread aren't actually answering your question.
The TLDR is:
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screw it get to 60 and torpor and it's a wash
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The answer to "HP or Mana pre-60?"
in a vacuum is Mana.
The caveat is, once you hit 60, it's like Klubba says
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Mana is utterly useless at 60.
Hp over mana. AC over hp. Resist = all, if casters
End of storyyy
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So if you plan to be high 50s for a while, gear mana. It helps break camps. If you cruisin right along to 60, may as well stick to AC/HP. At 60, there are realistically only a handful of fights that would demand a bigger mana pool. 99.9% of the rest of the game, Resists or AC or HP are much higher impact.