Best Spigot Jar?

Err, the latest. Why wouldn't you use the latest? If there's problems it's likely a plugin is causing it. Make sure you've ran BuildTools recently.

 

Best spigot jar / version is always the latest one.

 

I understand that the topic is asking for the "Best" spigot jar; which in that case I truly agree with you. Its the latest.

However I think hes asking for the recommended one.

Grab a buildtools.jar from the Downloads section, make sure you have Git Bash installed.
Right click the .jar, and click "Git Bash"
Type into the console that pops up

Code (Text):

java -jar BuildTools.jar --rev 1.8

Let the magic begin.

That will install all of the core recommended 1.8 files for you, however once again I will recommend using the latest one.

(Latest one you simply have to take out the --rev 1.8 out of the code above, for example)

Code (Text):

java -jar BuildTools.jar

Simple as that

 

Err, I don't know if that would exactly be a "recommended" build. It's only the 1.8 update and is lacking most of the fixes and corrections added since 1.8.3/1.84.

 

There never really is a "recommended" jar, however the latest 1.8.4 looks much better; (Its certainly showing improvement for me, but there is a couple of possible fixes (I don't know of yet) that could be fixed

 

Well, the 1.8 build is just going to have more issues and problems – that branch hasn't been touched in a few months.