Spharai

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Statistics Spharai (Hand-to-Hand) All Races DMG: +23 Delay: +86 Attack +20 Enhances "Counter" effect "Final Heaven" Lv. 75 MNK Damage Per Second: +4.88* TP Per Hit: +0.6%* *Base delay for Hand-to-Hand is assumed to be 480. Damage Per Second: 17.40~18.03 (Ranging from 276 (natural cap) to 292 (merited cap) H2H skill) TP Per Hit: 5.3% per punch, 10.6% combined Enhances "Counter" effect: Counter +10 Hidden Effect Attacks will occasionally do 3 times normal damage.	Other Uses Resale Price: Cannot be sold to NPCs.
Synthesis Recipes None	Used in Recipes None
Desynthesis Recipe None	Obtained From Desynthesis None

How to Obtain

Cannot be auctioned, traded, or bazaared.

Quest

• Relic Knuckles: Spharai
  
  

Historical Background

Sphairai (Spharai is a misspelling) was a dangerous type of Caestus which was made of several thin strips of leather with cutting blades inserted in them which were wrapped around. This allowed each punch to cut up an opponent and even a glancing blow would deal damage. Sphairai were used in Pankration (sport in the ancient world considered a combination of boxing and wrestling - Pankration means "all-strength" or "all-power"). Sphairai means "spheres" and derives from the thick rings of leather that would be wrapped around the fist.