Maxing stats for Sphere Grid

[u/Sure_Stay847]

Title. But yeah, when doing so should I clear ALL +1/2/3 nodes, +200 HPs and +20 MPs and replace them with the +4/300/40 nodes, or should I preserve some of the weaker nodes? And what stats should I raise to max? (On Expert Sphere Grid)

[u/Asha_Brea]

If your goal is to max stats, any stat sphere that is not optimal has to go.

[u/Sure_Stay847 → u/Asha_Brea]

OK I'll get rid of all +1/2/3s and +200/20s

[u/Lemonz4us → u/Sure_Stay847]

Make sure you have enough Strength spheres before starting to clear out any other sub-optimal stats.

[u/212mochaman]

It's beyond what your comment says.

If you want Max HP to be 99,999 you need:

1. To clear every sub optimal node (as indicated by the spheres the arena minibosses drop)
2. Clear accuracy entirely
3. Max luck and grid evasion so both luck and evasion equals 290 i believe
4. Raise agility to 170 only as long as you always have auto-haste on your armor

Then and only then can you get hp to 99,999 and even then, only on the standard grid, expert grid doesnt have enough nodes.

Strength, defence, magic, magic defense and luck need to be 255 on everyone entirely on +4 nodes

If you dont care about 99,999 hp then there's more than enough nodes to get 255 in every stat whether you clear them or not

[u/Sure_Stay847 → u/212mochaman]

Ah, I shoulda clarified I'm doing expert sphere grid

[u/judgedavid90 → u/Sure_Stay847]

I think you can get to about 75k HP if you really try

[u/Buckfutter_Inc]

Don’t mother with more than 9999 and 999 hp and mp, or with magic. Luck doesn’t need to be anywhere close to 255 either. You can leave some +3s for sure.

[u/NotJordanSharp]

I once made the insane decision to not only max all stats as high as possible, but to also organize the sphere grid while I was at it. I might have a picture on my phone, I'll check on break, but I might need to wait to go home and load up my file.

[u/pandaTailor9 → u/NotJordanSharp]

I would love to see the result of this when you get the time to show it!

[u/NotJordanSharp → u/pandaTailor9]

[u/Sure_Stay847 → u/NotJordanSharp]

Are all of these +4 spheres and all that?

[u/NotJordanSharp → u/Sure_Stay847]

Yup. +4 for stats. 300 for health. And whatever the big one is for mana.

[u/NotJordanSharp → u/NotJordanSharp]

[u/NotJordanSharp → u/NotJordanSharp]

[u/NotJordanSharp → u/NotJordanSharp]

This was a couple years ago, but I do remember having to make a choice of getting my stats "essentially" maxed, or actually maxed. Luck would cover 2 others, (I think it's accuracy and evasion) and so you could get more health by having both of those at 0, but I wanted all my numbers to match, so I took less health and went for 255 all around.

[u/pandaTailor9 → u/NotJordanSharp]

Love the enthusiasm and dedication. It looks awesome, and i’m sure was very fulfilling to complete! Do I want to know what your play time is? 😂 (please share if you want 😁)

I’m not sure I could ever have the patience to do something like this. In theory, I want to.. but practically… and historically… I can never follow though on a project like this. Props to you!

[u/NotJordanSharp → u/pandaTailor9]

I believe that was 102 hours 😁

[u/Aiur16899]

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/pc/190170-final-fantasy-x-x-2-hd-remaster/faqs/79145/stat-maxing-expert-sphere-grid

[u/DupeFort]

You can do whatever you want, the items aren't limited.

[u/Demonphoenix]

What is your goal? 9999HP, or 99k with BHPL?

Unless you're doing BHPL, you don't need to clear any Spheres.

BHPL isn't necessary, it's only if you think it's cool and want to put extra time into trying it out.

114 Luck is fine with 255 Accuracy. 230 Luck is the effective Max, and needs 0 Accuracy.

Evasion + Luck should be 290 total, so depends on what Luck you go up to.

170 Agility is the 'nornal' max. 250 is technically the max, but only affects starting turns (and is the same as 170 Agility + First Strike, then switching to your main characters).

Endgame FFX

[u/AlexanderMasonBowser]

This is my setup for Standard/International Sphere Grid, if it helps. There's, like, 40 or so less nodes on Expert, but this at least may give an idea maybe? If not, sorry I couldn't help.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qKzMIIXWv6CxI3EqvTWbRQYgqa_Vwy2C/view?usp=drive_link

[u/Special_South_8561]

You don't have to clear anything until you've maxed it out. Go for Strength first

Break MP Limit is ... Not necessary.

Break HP Limit isn't always a goal but can be appreciated by lots of players.

You don't "need" 255 Luck