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.

Which Stats to Max

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?

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