Warrior VIT vs STR

Leveling a Maraurder at the moment with the intention of being a Warrior. I've looked high and low online for advice on this and keep getting conflicting guides. Some say go like any other tank: all VIT basically. Others say, due to the Warrior's inferior mitigation but ability to heal through damage, that some consideration has to be given to Strength. What's some experienced players thoughts on this? And if strength should be factored in, at what ratio and or point in leveling?

I personally put 21 into VIT and the other 9 into STR. Haven't had any complaints or problems so far with that mix. But I've also got some Keepers Hymns on a retainer just in case.

Reason I did that split is because I read somewhere that past 9 STR the amount you'd have to put into STR to hit the next threshold, assuming awesome gear with materia, etc, would be prohibitive. Probably out-dated info at this point, but it sounded good, so I said f^%# it and did it that way, and haven't really regretted it.

Sounds good to me. I just want to have some sort of plan. Thanks!

Pre 2.1, when Inner Beast healed you based on 300% of your damage dealt, you needed some STR, since more damage = more heals. In 2.1 it was reduced to 100%, and you gain a flat 20% damage reduction for 5 seconds. Since the amount healed back is rather negligible now, I believe they opt for 30 VIT now instead.

**Disclaimer: Just what I picked out from reading posts in the forum. I only leveled a Warrior in 2.1, so I can't comment about 2.0.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post1778343

I prefer VIT. Sure, STR means more damage and parry, but HP total is what saves your bacon on a lot of fights.

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Originally Posted by juniglee

Pre 2.1, when Inner Beast healed you based on 300% of your damage dealt, you needed some STR, since more damage = more heals. In 2.1 it was reduced to 100%, and you gain a flat 20% damage reduction for 5 seconds. Since the amount healed back is rather negligible now, I believe they opt for 30 VIT now instead.

**Disclaimer: Just what I picked out from reading posts in the forum. I only leveled a Warrior in 2.1, so I can't comment about 2.0.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post1778343

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That's a bummer. The reason I was going Warrior over Paladin was because I liked the added dimension of self heals through damage while tanking. I somehow missed that that aspect was heavily gimped with that patch in my searching. Thanks for pointing me to that thread.

I put 24 on VIT and 6 on Strength.

I did all end game content just fine.

I have a level 90 ring to give me +13 Strength for battles where I want to DPS a little more.

The point is: do whatever you want, it doesn't really matter on level 49- instances
And at level 50+ you have accessories that are far more important than the stat allocation points.

30 STR only... been like that since before 2.1. Being 30 STR that is kinda gear dependent though, I am always ilvl 85+. Over 8k hp is what ever, WILL NOT make or break anything. Being 30 str with ilvl 90 full STR gear is super fun as WAR also.

Lol. Decisions, decisions. It's good to know I have some latitude in my build at least.

STR helps while leveling. Higher damage = Higher Hate while you are lacking skills(both personal and in-game). At level 50 when you are starting to gear up, Vit is needed. Once your fully geared, the gear comes with more than enough VIT, to complete any current content, that going full VIT is overkill.

I personally have 10 on Strength & 20 on Vitality. I read on the IGN FFXIV app that that is the ideal setup for your Warrior character as well as making him a Hyur Highlander for the optimal Warrior.

30 VIT. It's a no-brainer when you actually know how little the points you put into STR matter compared to VIT.

I realized exactly the same than the original poster and that's why I decided to put 2 STR 1 VIt.... So it would be 20 STr and 10 VIT, it seems...

I have to say that until level 45 my warrior didn't have any kind of trouble yet, Can even do FATE alone and take some bosses in Ishgard because auto-healing in a lot of ways.

But, of course I'm just a noob and didn't test how much the game seems to change in level 50 with the super gear and all those thingies, so... Don't really know if that setting will be okay in 'endgame'.

Regards.

"due to the Warrior's inferior mitigation but ability to heal through damage"

Hmmm, it's still 2.0?

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Originally Posted by NoctisUmbra

30 VIT. It's a no-brainer when you actually know how little the points you put into STR matter compared to VIT.

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This.

STR should never even be considered for the bonus points imo, if you do want some STR then you can get more than enough through your equipment.

It's not a massive dps increase (we'll leave out the 1 - 2 percent increase to parry) but properly melded gryphonskin and tank gear can be handy for a WAR OT in endgame.

Honestly, if you keep your gear up to date and use your abilities with some degree of intelligence, you could put all your bonus points in MND and not have any real problems until maybe Titan HM. With the random nature of parties, VIT or STR isn't going to contribute to your success any more or less than lucking your way into a good/bad healer/party until pretty late in the game.

When you get into that late portion of the game, all VIT until/unless you know better. There are more "you must be this beefy" HP checks that will wreck you than there are threat/DPS checks. The mitigation you get from STR (parry and minor self-heals) isn't reliable enough to push for, threat is a non-issue unless the rest of your party massively outgears you, and your DPS just doesn't matter that much.

When you get into the very, very top end (Coil and XM primals), you can go with capping your Accuracy for the content you're doing (zero for anything other than Coil), getting as much VIT as you need to survive, then squeezing in any STR you have room for.