Just wanna double check this. Post BB mage question.

The elemental wands 5-8 also give the highest potential stats and elemental boosts without needing 165 luk. Just saying.
If the thread-starter's numbers are valid, I could be 5% stronger by going hi-luk and acquiring an elemental staff. No thanks, with the money saved by not buying a lvl 163 staff, I could go on a cubing frenzy and get a lot more than 5%.

Going high-luk comes with other benefits as well. You are able to equip the reverse overall and the reverse gloves that have better stats and can give you an extra skill point (very useful post BB) and the level 90 shoes which can be chaosed for Matk.