Spharai

Spharai in Final Fantasy XI.

Spharai , also known as Sphairai, is a recurring Knuckle in the series.

Appearances

Final Fantasy XI

Spharai is a hand-to-hand weapon that provides +23 damage, +86 delay, Attack +20, enhances Counter effect, and gives access to the Weapon Skill Final Heaven. Its hidden effect occasionally allows attacks to inflict 3x normal damage. It deals +4.88 damage per second and accumulates +6 TP per hit. It can be equipped by level 75 Monk. It can be obtained in the "Relic Knuckles: Spharai" quest or the special Nomad Mog Bonanza 2010 (Rank 1) event.

Final Fantasy XIV

The Sphairai are the Relic Weapons for Monks. The Unfinished Sphairai are acquired and upgraded to the Sphairai in the quest , and upgraded several levels further in the ensuing questchain before being replaced by the Kaiser Knuckles. The much stronger Sphairai Ultima can later be purchased in Rhalgr's Reach using tokens received from The Weapon's Refrain.

Sphairai Novus and Sphairai Nexus's secondary stats are determined by what the player chose to imbue in their Sphairai in the process of upgrading it to Sphairai Novus, and can be redone by acquiring and imbuing a new Sphere Scroll: Sphairai from Hubairtin in Central Thanalan and presenting it to Jalzahn Daemir in the North Shroud.

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy

Spharai is a level 90 exclusive weapon for Prishe, which provides +63 Attack, +69 Bravery, -522 HP, and Assist Gauge Duration +20%. It can be obtained from the shop by trading 158,000 gil, Koenigs Knuckles, Electrum, and Horror's Dream x5.

Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia

Spharai appears as 5-rank weapons for Prishe and Yda.

Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances

Phantasy Star Online 2

The Final Fantasy XIV incarnation of Sphairai appears as a weapon as part of the collaboration agreement between Square Enix and Sega.

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Final Fantasy XIV

Final Fantasy XIV

Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia

Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia

Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade

Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade

Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade

Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade

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Etymology

In around BCE 400, the sphairai were introduced in Ancient Greek boxing. The sphairai were very similar to himantes. The only notable difference was that they contained a padded interior when wrapped around the hands and the exterior of the thong was notably more rigid and hard.