Advice on Obs-Sparus

[SerOffline-Alot]

So I just got, what appears to be, a good Obsidian Sparus for InHC.
its Ultimate and has 2698 base melee, 1822 base ranged and 367 upgrades.
I currently have a Melee Sparus, with 50k melee, so I'm not sure if I should upgrade the new one into melee or ranged. I see a lot of people say that the Sparus is great in both areas and I have both on my primary account. but for this Particular one, I think input would be best.

so fellas, Ranged? or Melee?

[Black Mambo № 5]

Sparus is almost always better as a ranged weapon. Melee on the other hand isn't worth it on a Sparus. A Quietus will beat it in melee DPS and generally in stats as well. And Monk Wrench and Etherian Spear will beat it in sheer DPS, the latter will beat it with lower stats and slower attack speed.

Somewhat unrelated, but here was one of my responses regarding monk melee weapons a few months back: http://steamcommunity.com/app/65800/discussions/0/♥♥♥♥861734113710785/#c♥♥♥♥861734113957035

Additionally this is a handy website to calculate weapon damage upgrades etc. quickly --
https://codepen.io/kobuxz/full/mORXyz
So based on the info' you provided, the Ranged damage on the Sparus you got will get upto 23,782 Ranged damage if you dump every single point into it. Which can be possible if it spawned with max projectiles and about 12-15K projectile speed. If not, you can adjust for 10 upgrade points for the 2 stats mentioned earlier. So after adjusting for 10 upgrade points it'll still be just a bit above 23K.

Now for Ranged Sparus, anything above 22K and below 24K is considered a decent starter Ranged Sparus, lets call it Tier 3. Between 24K to 26K is considered Tier 2. 26K to 28K is considered Tier 1. And 28k+ is considered "creme de la creme".

[SerOffline-Alot]

Thanks Mambo, you always have a good, intellectual answer.

[SerOffline-Alot]

What does a good Melee Sparus look like?

Currently I'm using a 77k and I have got a better one on my Primary Account(84k I think, been a long time), So how good can they get?
I know the Sparus isn't typically used as a melee weapon, but when you use a Mega Chicken/Sea Horse, you are close enough, that a melee weapon has far better DPS than a ranged one.

[Veetoo]

I have a 98 k melee sparus, I believe they can go past 100k but I am not sure, I was using it on WW and it worked well with the bosses 6k hero attack, around 3k hero boost and 37 k chicken) I am now using that OP Mischief Maker as a ranged weapon and it is a better one.
I am still a fan of melee sparus use tho, I think that the spread is to wide on ranged for my personal liking.

[Washy]

My 87k melee sparus out damages my 30k ranged sparus so I would always upgrade them in melee unless they are really small.

[stealthkiller22]

yep the widespread not to great it okay for clearing trash mobs otherwise u need to be in ogres face for full dps

[🐇]

Sparus generally does more damage melee, and you have to be up close to do full damage anyway, so it makes sense to upgrade into melee if you want to do as much damage as possible. But the difference between ranged and melee damage isn't that big, and most of a monk's damage comes from their pet anyway, so if you decide to go ranged it won't really make much difference.

On your particular weapon, the melee and ranged spawns are both very good for insane, so if you don't have to dump too many points into projectile speed, it'd be nice for either. With the numbers you gave, the best you can get are 24k ranged and 77k melee, which puts the melee just a bit ahead. If you have to put many upgrades into pspd/+proj on the ranged sparus it'll be slightly further behind.

But it won't really matter much, so I'd do whichever you think is more fun :)

[stealthkiller22]

yep monk is more of a support hero it understandable why they made pets do more damage on a monk