DEX with War

[Techro]

VIT number one stat for a tank for now. From what I've read online spending full attribute points on DEX only gives you a ~1% chance TO parry. Which at the point and time of where the game stands, as far as stats for tanks in particular I do not think this is a viable option. Now STR on the other hand raises the percentage of block, included and not limited to parry as well. Since parry is not a hit or miss I would say that the mitigation of the damage through strength stands as a better contender to VIT. Full ATTRB points into strength gives you a ~2-3% increase on dmg reduction off block or parry. Now if you add some materia and the STR you get from gear and you are probably at ~5-6% increase to dmg reduction. This also comes with a price, every 30 points of VIT you lose is 450hp. I am a firm believer that dmg mitigation is better than a 450hp chunk when you are getting crits on your head for much more. my opinion does not mean it is correct, it is just the way I see it.

[Gamemako]

Why Militia, and not Darksteel?

He got an ilvl90 AF+1 helm, and needed to fall back on something. I do think, though, that it would have been better to use ilvl60 Hoplite instead.

From what I've read online spending full attribute points on DEX only gives you a ~1% chance TO parry.

This is simply false. Ninjiitsu found that with 486 parry, adding 30 points of Dexterity (216-246) increased parry rate by 3.55%. This is about 0.118% parry rate per point. At 456 parry, he tested 216-266, an increase of 50 DEX. This yielded an increase in parry rate of 4.72%, or about 0.0944% per point. These are all subject to random error and so on, and nobody has the volume of data needed to make a good prediction on the exact formula.

[Ysarel]

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 am not aware of any testing involving sufficiently small variations in DEX at a sufficiently high level of confidence as to support your assertion. Care to provide a link to your source(s)?