The 10 INT provides at least 5 magic accuracy as well as more damage on a high tier nuke (i.e. the ones that matter) than 10 mDMG would provide.

MAB- there are other ways of getting Fast Cast.

INT increases both your damage and magic accuracy. The amount damage increases by is dependent on your target INT. Accuracy is roughly 2INT = 1Macc iirc

https://www.bg-wiki.com/bg/Magic_Damage#D:_INT-adjusted_Base_Damage

Check the guide

I'm going to be getting Death relatively soon and was curious as to which set would be worth using, as I am somewhat in between the sets in the guide.

Main: Lathi
Sub: Niobid strap
Ammo: Strobilus
Head: Pixie hairpin +1
Neck: Mizukage-no-Kubikazari
Ear1: Barkarole earring
Ear2: Static earring
Body: Amalric doublet
Hands: Amalric gages
Ring1: Mephitas's ring
Ring2: Archon ring
Back: Taranus's cape
Waist: Hachirin-no-Obi
Legs: Amalric slops
Feet: Merlinic crackows

--Only 35% MBD but takes advantage of Pixie hairpin +1 and Amalric slops

Main: Lathi
Sub: Niobid strap
Ammo: Strobilus
Head: Pixie hairpin +1
Neck: Mizukage-no-Kubikazari
Ear1: Barkarole earring
Ear2: Static earring
Body: Amalric doublet
Hands: Amalric gages
Ring1: Mephitas's ring
Ring2: Archon ring
Back: Taranus's cape
Waist: Hachirin-no-Obi
Legs: Merlinic slops
Feet: Merlinic crackows

--45% MBD but loses the MP and MAB from Amalric slops

Main: Lathi
Sub: Niobid strap
Ammo: Strobilus
Head: Merlinic hood
Neck: Mizukage-no-Kubikazari
Ear1: Barkarole earring
Ear2: Static earring
Body: Amalric doublet
Hands: Amalric gages
Ring1: Mephitas's ring
Ring2: Archon ring
Back: Taranus's cape
Waist: Hachirin-no-Obi
Legs: Amalric slops
Feet: Merlinic crackows

--45% MBD but loses benefits of Pixie hairpin +1

The bottom set follows the guide for standard tier but I don't have Merlinic jubbah to move up to the next tier. Is it still worth it to lose the MBD for the benefits from the other pieces?

always Pixie Hairpin +1, MBD is just another stat to compare to MP/MAB etc. Your best option is the top one because Amalric Slops have really high MP and MAB. The BiS death set only has like ~21 MB in gear to give you an idea.

Awesome, thank you so much for the advice.

Not sure what race you are, but I think it's helpful to aim for more than 2k MP. You'll always be able to Myrkr after Death this way.

I'm taru but the settup above only puts me at 1903. Should I opt to replace some of the gear for something with more MP on it?

Your setup seems fine. You are using Path A on merlinic yes? Is 1903 outside of Reisenjima? I assume you have full MP merits, a sizable amount of MP vorseals.

For reference, I only have 1850 MP in my Death set on Galka but I use 4/5 Amalric +1 so I have a ***ton of MP gear. 1903 is good for out of reisen

LOLGALKABLM

i have 2 other tarus Q_Q

Yup that is my MP outside of Reisen, I forgot to account for vorseals, thanks!

me2 hi-five

all depends on how your getting to 40% burst, but for BLM the most ideal way uses Friomisi over static anyway except for death

Agreed. Taranus/Mizukage leaves you with 25% MB needed across merlinic legs/head/feet which is fairly easy to get with good augments. Four pieces if you use merlinic body too.

Keep re-rolling or just save as a Death piece?

save it until you get something similar with MB ontop of it. I also ran numbers in spreadsheet and 0 MP 30MAB 8MB grio is actually more damage than a Lathi for Death MB provided you are using the Amalric +1 build and not already high MB from Merlinic build

Sorry im new to BLM. Lathi, almaric gages and slops gets which path?

It should be obvious, or easy enough just by looking at stats. Whatever you pick, if you change your mind, you can switch the paths at any time.

Lathi, path A or C.
Gages, path A (for Death) or D
Slops, path A

Edit: Meant path D for gages, not C.

Thank you, should i focus first on regular nukes or death set?

If you want my personal opinion, I chose paths A for all 3; it works for both regular nukes and Death.

A for death and D for everything else. If you are passionate can buy a second one.



A for death or C if you are a newer BLM without JobPoints.

Lathi path A only. Its a power/death weapon, not a macc weapon, and you're just gimping what it excels at while trying to half *** fix it's one flaw. Embrace it's strengths and magnify them, rather than trying to "jack-of-all-trades" a Lathi. If you want a macc option staff, there are other choices.

If you're a newer BLM that doesn't even have Death yet, then there's little reason to not choose C.

I'll concede that if you don't have Death, path A is useless for you. However, the minute you do, path C becomes equally useless for the rest of your career. Nonetheless, you did find the ONE reason not to do a path A Lathi!