Quote Originally Posted by Terabyt3 View Post
NICE FIND!

Pretty good read even though it's from P3 but assuming this data is correct and STR and parry reduction is a 40-41-40 threshold I'm seriously leaning towards DEX>STR>VIT for a War build.

The bit that REALLY caught my eye was ". Just by increasing Parry by 81 points, Hulan added about 6.1% to his parry rate."

The extra 550 hp from VIT stacking can easily be countered if your parry rate hits high enough.

Perhaps,
PLD = STR>VIT>DEX, (Block percentage and hate building attack power > HP Buffer vs. Magic damage > Block and parry rate)
WAR = DEX>STR>VIT (Parry rate > Damage output for hate abilities AND Parry mitigation > HP buffer vs. Magic Damage already boosting natural HP buffers from Defiance)


Note: This is all theory bashing anyone reading this. Feel free to jump in and discuss why 550 HP from stacking VIT is better than foccussing on Parry rate and Mitigation
raising parry rate by 6% is not much when you consider when you do parry it is only a 20-25% damage reduction... not 100% so getting 6% more parry rate is about 1-1.1% overall damage reduction FOR PHYSICAL DAMAGE ONLY. I hardly find stacking 81 points in dex even remotely worth that.