DEX with War

[Gamemako]

There is no DEX tier. It has never been true and all comes from someone's misinterpretation of Ninjiitsu's data (which no-one else had previously mistaken).

That said, there's no good reason to put bonus points into DEX at this time. STR is superior all around due to adding both damage and mitigation. The question is STR vs. VIT, and that's pretty well solved as well -- people go full VIT and use accessories with both STR and VIT if they feel they can sacrifice some amount of VIT.

[Phreak]

There is no DEX tier. It has never been true and all comes from someone's misinterpretation of Ninjiitsu's data (which no-one else had previously mistaken).

That said, there's no good reason to put bonus points into DEX at this time. STR is superior all around due to adding both damage and mitigation. The question is STR vs. VIT, and that's pretty well solved as well -- people go full VIT and use accessories with both STR and VIT if they feel they can sacrifice some amount of VIT.

Does this mean that DEX just adds a slight increase for every point added? No invisible walls? So if I were to add DEX via Materia it would (however small) increase my odds of blocking/parrying?

[Gamemako]

Does this mean that DEX just adds a slight increase for every point added? No invisible walls? So if I were to add DEX via Materia it would (however small) increase my odds of blocking/parrying?

Adding DEX in every tested case that anyone has done has increased parry rate. The exact formula isn't known, but nobody has managed to find a case where adding DEX did not increase parry rate. That does not mean the addition of a small amount of DEX will be noticeable, however.

[Phreak]

Adding DEX in every tested case that anyone has done has increased parry rate. The exact formula isn't known, but nobody has managed to find a case where adding DEX did not increase parry rate. That does not mean the addition of a small amount of DEX will be noticeable, however.

I'm going for more of a 'I'm a tank and want to add tank related stats' than really for anything noticeable, I'm way over the accuracy goal atm and don't really like the idea of using DET or Crit materia. Though I suppose when it really comes down to it they all make little to no noticeable difference when comparing the gains/loss between the three.