Bapho Staff vs +9 SoF

1) Which seems more effective to you?
- Each has its strengths and weaknesses, its a real toss up, I for one would want to have both(Missing the bstaff atm)
2) What stat adds to the effectiveness of Bapho staff? Is it STR? Or INT?
- no idea, some say more str/dex = better chance to land a hit and some say more int gives you a better crit/proc
3) Is it true the spell can proc, even if you miss with direct damage?
- no idea
4) It has no + to hit, does it miss often?
- a whole lot (but its the randomness that pvpers like about it as well as the fact that having 100%mr doesnt really effect its dmge~And i belive it doesnt fall into the magic dmge nerf~ or so I am led to believe)
5) LineageDB says it is not enchantable. Is that true?
- it is like bone, i have seen +4 bstaff on our server

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Thanks, Prom. Your info is useful. I'm wondering a couple of things:

1) Can we get someone who has one to actually test the effect of better STR or INT on the staff?
2) What price range are we looking at on this thing?

70m? I would probably use the sof unless the b-staff were +2+ then again I havent played mage for years other than a 48 one last test to mess abut a bit and didn't get a bstaff on it.

1) Which seems more effective to you?

-Depends on your play style and what regen items you have really. I love bapho staff. Its more of a show off toy unless you really goto places like FI or RV, floor 1 or laia's room.... But like I said, depends on your style. But I prefer bapho over sof anyday. You get 1-2 procs average on any mop as is, and you will still end of killing it faster than using a SOF..... Just from experience though

2) What stat adds to the effectiveness of Bapho staff? Is it STR? Or INT?

-Int

3) Is it true the spell can proc, even if you miss with direct damage?

-Not sure, but I highly doubt it. I think people are considering the fact that, the staff will proc on someone while they are being hit, dealing the massive damage with no erupt animation. This is common and probably what everyone considers, a miss with direct damage....

4) It has no + to hit, does it miss often?

-Pvp, it misses a bit, but what mage hits melee good anyways? PvM, doesn't miss at all if your buffed really...

5) LineageDB says it is not enchantable. Is that true?

- Made of bone, you will probably blow it if you try.

str, dex, int all affects it.

STR: based on str dmg bonus table is all that does extra 1 to 10 extra dmg, not much.. so dont worry about str unless INT is maxed and maybe have +dex some.

DEX: Increase ER, HIT, (maybe ac if enuff added).. this a good one as mage dont get melee hit bonus, Str also give a LITTLE hit bonus but not much.

INT: Spell dmg done by bapho staff is the MAGIC part... 30 INT w Bapho staff will hurt just as bad as destroy, so u melee a person w staff and when Erupt go off, you destroy him.. so if its a mage.. 95% he dies

so overall... would rock w 30 INT, 10dex and maybe some str... and +4-6 Bapho staff (for +2-3 hit bonus)

SOF in my view is JUNK. Som/Bapho FTW!

So the amount of damage it does is based on INT.

What about the number of times the weapon activates? Because if a particular stat makes it go off more, those two factors may balance out. In other words, if a mage with high INT does 100 damage with it and it goes off twice per attack but another mage does 50 damage with it but it goes off four times, the amount of damage is equal.

I use Bapho staff everywhere, Solo almost anything I want,
I STR DEX ZERK BW and bam ur set to kick almost anyones butt (All help when u PvP)
Ive only fought a few bosses with it like AG,AQ,IQ,ZQ,Bapho,Pheo,Ifrit and it goes off more then really needed.

Ive noticed as I add INT the harder it hits dono if theres a way to
make proc go off more its just random.

Like prom said I seen them for 75m on LOA, but on Dep your looking to pay over 110m
and I never seen one for sale on Ken.

I personaly like the Bapho Staff give you good dmg with high end proc,
Anyone I know who used 9Sof is changing because of how fast bapho staff
can kill things.

Have you ever herd of Mana Drain???? (Or is Amphetamines and me the only mages not scared to try something new and have it actully work) Cause I never run outa mp when using it unless
your being stupid and using spells on mops that are not needed.
For Drakes on FI cast a Fire Wall on them and let them taste your Bapho staff they die within 20seconds

#1 You using a SOM is stupid for one use Mana Drain bam all mp is taken (L-heal full hp)
#2 Waste your time killing with a SOM when you can be moving faster reasoning for your lack of %
#3 If you hunt Mino area they only have 5mp so wasteing ur time using MD or SOM.

I stay full MP/HP on FI because I use MD (I might be a rare mage breed) but I get the job done.

If I use Dire wolfs it normally takes me a hour to a Hour and 20minutes to get 1% slow but change of scenery.

Like fields says the higher the INT helps the proc of the Bapho Staff will do more damage.

I have a little brother who uses my staff on his mage also at lvl 49 goes of about same for
him as it does for me.

He does about 100+dmg at level 49
at 19 int base +items

(Never herd of B-staff doing 50 or ever felt one do that could be a CHA mage LOL no INT at all)

Never explain. Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe it anyway.

B-staff is just better weapon to use period. I am not a mage, but I got hit from both of SOF and Bapho staff. Bapho has better dmg overall unless you have very high str which most mages don't.

I saw one on sale on ken for 55m couple weeks ago

90% sure INT DOES NOT effect bstaff damage. it has always been random from 80-140. higher dex will increase the chance it will cast eruption, because you are landing the hits more often.