Talk:Perseverance Jewel/@comment-26479344-20151205181310

This jewel's main problem is that it's unreliable.

With bad RNG, it's just a really expensive Malice Jewel.

Attacking normally (in my mind) sounds pretty specifically "auto-attack only", which gives it very limited uses since most teams can keep up SBB spam without an issue. In content with BC resistance or against a single enemy, that 2-3 BC on auto-attacks is less worthwhile than just using BB for that turn. It's just very niche at it's best moments.

Now, 3-4 BC when attacked would be sexy -- if it didn't have a 50% chance of doing absolutely nothing. So no, this isn't a mini-Phantom Gizmo or even a worthwhile sphere IMO. Having played since near the beginning, my advice would be to save your merit points for something better next month. If this were 10k points, I could see it as a cheaper alternative to a slightly better Malice but at 25k points it's completely overpriced.

You're better off  sticking with a sphere that you know you can rely on.

Good luck!