IME a combo which gives you enough top end speed and the closest ratio climbing gearing would be the ideal. That usually means the crankset with the smallest inner ring, resulting in a cassette with a smaller big cog. But that may depend on the gradients on which one rides, i.e. if you'd spin out a 50 X 11 all the time and hate that worse than not having the perfect climbing cog.
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