Spear of Jigo Viras Series Magi Review - Part 1

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Spear of Jigo Viras

Spear of Jigo Viras is an earth/lightning element, attack type magi that slams the ground with a dark trident, dealing both earth and lightning damage, inflicting poison and paralysis.

Spear of Jigo Viras	Damage	Charge speed	Cast speed	Utility	Overall
Rating	4	1	1.5	2.5	2.5

Damage: Damage dealt to the behemoth
Charge speed:  Rate at which the magi fills up
Cast speed: Time taken to cast magi, period of vulnerability
Utility: Additional effects, range of attack

Comments:
As a hybrid magi, it is no surprise I gave a 1/5 for its charge speed, as hybrid magis usually take 170 seconds of inactivity to charge. While Spear of Jigo Viras does deal high damage, it does not seem very impressive considering the time it takes to charge. It has a very long cast time which leaves plenty of room for the behemoth to interrupt. I would recommend preparing some form of stagger resistance or invulnerability while using it against an aggressive behemoth. Additionally, Spear of Jigo Viras has a good range of attack, but bow users should be wary as it does not seem to cover the entire map.

Spear of Jigo Viras seems utility packed on first glance. However, it is not very efficient in paralyzing nor inflicting poison. There are plenty of better alternatives when it comes to paralysis like Jupiter’s Descent/ Reaper’s Sentence. While there aren’t many choices for inflicting poison, Jack-o’-Lantern is a very strong option, having very high damage, charges and casts faster than Spear of Jigo Viras.

However, it is good to note that Spear of Jigo Viras finds a niche use against tanky water behemoths. Water behemoths are susceptible to both poison and paralysis. As a hybrid magi, you have the option of using a lightning set to deal more damage and paralyse the behemoth while also borrowing poison effect from the earth element to deal massive DoT which scales with the behemoth’s Max HP.

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