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Best off build your own around a frame - If you need utility, something like a Jake the Snake (later models better) Giant and others have a variety of specs from do it all to racers with no cages (but shit components)
Things like Ridleys & Kinesis have best off road geometry and this is possibly more important than Scandium or carbon. You could use just a front disc with a fork change and keep rear canti. Strong rims a must (not factory built hi spoke tension) on hard pack. Sram is good in mud but Shimano levers bend when you come off.(I might be selling my SRAM stuff and DT wheels soon..)