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Stat Maxing Guide | How to Get Max Stats

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Final Fantasy X how to max stats

This is a guide to stat maxing, a method of increasing all your character's stats to max value in Final Fantasy X (FFX, FF10). Read on to know what is stat maxing, where to obtain each stat sphere, and a general guide to stat maxing.

What is Stat Maxing?

Filling up Nodes in the Sphere Grid

The total obtainable stat in the sphere grid are limited. It is therefore, necessary to upgrade the grid by using items in order to be able to best the thoughest enemies such as nemesis and the dark aeons.

How to do Stat Maxing?

Farm the Necessary Monsters

In the course of the game, you will unlock monsters in the Monster Arena. Some monsters here drops the stat up spheres which is needed to do the stat maxing procedure.

Below is a table that contains all stat up spheres and which enemy to defeat to obtain it.

Stat Up Spheres Obtainable from
HP Sphere Ironclad
MP Shere Vidatu
Strength Sphere Juggernaut
Defense Sphere Tanket
Magic Sphere Jumbo Flan
Magic Defense Sphere One-Eye
Agility Sphere Fenrir
Luck Sphere and Fortune Sphere Earth Eater and Greater Sphere
Evasion Sphere Pteryx
Accuracy Sphere Hornet

Which Stats to Max

Final Fantasy X Max stat Tidus

Strength, Luck, Defense, Magic Defense, and Agility

Strength is needed to consistently deal 99,999 damage with the celestial weapons. Luck is needed to hit the highly evasive Dark Aeons. (accuracy is secondary due to the weird nature of luck in the game).


Defense and Magic Defense are needed to survive the enemy attacks, and Agility is needed to be able to get your turns.

Why not Max HP?

Not all stats are important to defeat the end game bosses. It is highly advisable to not farm HP spheres and break the HP limit . Upgrading your Hp will make your healing weaker as most healing options can only heal up to 9999 causing the Celestial weapons to deal less damage.

WHy not Max Accuracy and Evasion

The accuracy formula in Final Fantasy X works in a different way. Accuracy involves Luck to the formula and it is way more profitable to just max Luck instead of Evasion and Accuracy. To know more about Luck and the accuracy formula, see the guide below.

What does Luck do?

Final Fantasy X Related Links

List of Beginner Tips & Guides
Methods of Transportation How to Gain AP Fast
How to Strengthen Aeons How to Save
Statuses Tips and Guides Elements and Weaknesses
How to Gain AP Beginner Tips and Tricks How to Customize Tips and Tricks
How to Swap Characters Beginner Tips and Tricks How to use Sphere Grid Beginner Tips and Tricks
What is the CTB Beginner Tips and Tricks What is Gil?
Battle Mode Beginner Tips and Tricks Overdrive Beginner Tips and Tricks
Basic Controls Beginner Tips and Tricks What is Overkill? Beginner Tips and Tricks
Blitzball Tips
Make the Best Blitzball Team How to Scout and Recruit Players
How to Reset Data How to Level Up Blitzball Players
How to Forfeit blitzball How to Play Blitzball
How to Get Jecht Shot 2 What is Techfind?
How to beat the Goers (First Match) How to Tech Copy
Advanced Tips
How to Max Stats Gil Farming
How to gain AP fast How to get Key Spheres
What does Luck do? how to increase luck
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