Quote Originally Posted by JackFross View Post
I wouldn't necessarily call the anima "bad" outright. It definitely comes down to personal preference. The thing packs 102 skill speed - there's literally no way to drop that stat below ~640 without significant luck in Diadem (assuming you wish to maintain accuracy to use it in A4 Savage). In my minor tinkering (because I personally don't intend to get the relic before 3.25, since I wouldn't use it), the best set I could scrape together using it was only ~7 points of stat weight higher than my current set using the Thordan spear, including the +1 weapon damage.
This is my current set for anima. It's technically ~4 str "worse" than the anima BiS, but that BiS has 709 SS, mine's 637, which ends up much better in the long run anyway. And it's only ~8 str worse than gordian BiS, and ~6 str better than Thordan BiS.

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