Spharai Still Worth It

I have Oatixur. Was wondering if getting Spharai is still worth it.

It probably isn't the best use of your time.

ACC is Sexy in anything that matters.

With the changes Square has coming for mnk, SPECIFICALLY.... one might hold off on any thoughts about obtaining spharai.

BG posted Square translation;

WTF SE fail to realize its the huge HP pool monk have over other jobs, and not just about crunch out numbers. PPL don't bring other jobs not because it can't crunch out numbers but it can't survive those HELP I AM TRAPPED IN 2006 PLEASE SEND A TIME MACHINE 2k+ dmg spam.

Who freed Chyula from his cage?

thank you for the info guys =)

Ever heard of dt sets? This is wrong.

Spharai is not just dps though also it is utility, if monk is your main dd job then Go for it. It is the cheapest clear upgrade and also does not rely upon aftermath. Having said that though it also has the lowest peak points vs vere or glanz. I would wait to begin/not turn in currency if you decide to swap to glanz if that is a viable option for you if the weapon skill changes effect asetic's fury.

there is a reason they say "OPTIMAL". btw 99% of the population don't think like you. You even said it in your own reply below, its the utility to survive beside the 2 damage phrase monk have over tojil.

GM-DAVE gave me the master key.

Not really, it's the damage phases for tojil, any job geared right will survive tojil, also against tojil your sch determines you surviving (with a bit of luck). You die of you hit stun wall unless low man and squeeze out with mighty fine heals. He fact is monks to
Gain to weapon skill damage ratio is insane. I would
See how it could help but it's just not needed. If it is needed high end content you will probably die anyway.

It was his life biggest mistake.

I miss GM-Dave's blog/postings/whatever they were. Feeding ***to fluffy, always an epic read *glee*. Even if totally ***.

the reason Monk is en vogue is because it pairs nicely with /NIN. Monk has never been a weak damage dealer, however you were only allowed to play Samurai in the last several years of the 75 cap days because any idiot can Gekko all the things. since the game is so thoroughly and completely focused on using massive AoE damage to ruin your front line, Monk has found its niche by swinging both fast and hard, whereas most other DD only get one side or the other of this coin.

perhaps we'll see a return of Warriors carting around a pair of axes again as the new thing, but I doubt it. the only way that SE could really hope to fix this would be to institute different delay reductions for different jobs, or make it so that casting Utsusemi every 10 seconds didn't completely destroy your swing timer on that massive hulking two hander that the other premier DDs are using.

or we could just keep throwing Rangers at everything. Annihilator has never been so popular....

Weapon skill doesn't effect spharai damage. And it's 10% higher dps pontential and real practice is often more than that.

Huge HP? SE lowered the Race differences for HP, I personally on Samurai has 2192 HP as a Hume..

Realistically more hp is always helpful but I would favor TP moves that don't hit for 2k damage.

P.S. BLU has the advantage over all jobs on tojil for all 4 phases !

Not sure if it's been said or not but I've always been lead to believe that this weapon main purpose was for monk tanking if not for dd'ing. So it has some use in that over oat's doesn't it?

Does the counter on the relic proc if the nms attacks are AoE?

How to spot a flavor-of-the-month player:

"SE vaguely hinted at nerfing the current FotM, so I'm already gearing up to swap out my merits and jump on the next passing bandwagon. Or Samurai again, whichever."

Is Spharai worth the time? Better questions: Do you like Monk and do you intend to continue playing it? If so, pursuing an RME weapon may be worth your time if you have that time to spend.

Currently, tinhaspa is better than oats, so you shouldnt really compare oat with spharai.

arguably easier to obtain as well.

str path tin right?

Go for acc.

Pet att if you're a serious lolpup

I'd say don't get spharai unless you really want it. Stat wise, it's only slightly better than the next non-REM weapon. It's not really a game-changing item that it was but more or less 'oh, it's nice'.

On the other Mnk topic, I think people find it hard to really pin down any one thing that makes Mnk what it is. The HP? the DMG? Formless Strikes?

I personally, think Mnk is the single strongest one-handed job without relying on a sub job, pets and other buffs. The next candidate for strong one-handed DD would be War and Nin and Nin isn't in the top 5-DD and War lacks acc. Combine with FS and survival capabilities then you have a job that works well in almost any situation. It's not the strongest DD, it's not the most versatile and it not even the most enduring job but it's easiest to play well and it works.

Monk has Impetus, high base weapon damage, and lots of multi-attack on standard TP gear. It's not going to outdamage the heavy DD's (SAM, WAR, DRK, mythic DRG) all the time but it's within striking distance... then you look at the utility and monk is just win for a lot of current content.

Anyway, yes, build Spharai. It's a nice weapon and relics aren't too hard to build these days. Your alternatives are:

-Tinhaspa, which is nice on acc. path but isn't as versatile as relic, and which is one of the most hideous H2H models in the game
-Oatixur, which has the stigma of "bandwagon monk who isn't serious about the job"
-Verethragna, which are currently very expensive to build but offer marginally more damage
-Glanzfaust, which have a higher damage ceiling under ideal conditions, but again are very expensive AND very time-consuming to build

Does anyone have the the rough numbers on what %spharai are ahead of tin/oats?

This is in multiple other threads, but it thought to be about 10%.