i90 Crafted Rings for Warrior --> Is it worth it?

[Nabian]

Been thinking about the i90 crafted strength rings for Warrior? Most warriors are just using pure strength accessories? Is it even worth to get i90 str accessories with vit and det?

[VWintons]

I'm personally not a fan of STR builds for Warriors and just go pure VIT, but for off-tanking certain boss fights where we function more like a DPS class they could be more useful than VIT gear.

Also, if your left side equipment is already overgeared for the content you're doing, STR accessories are probably the way to go.

[Skull_Angel]

The crafted acc.s are definitely nice (most likely BiS as well), but at this point I'm not sure if they're really worth the cost of buying/making + melding, personally.

[Marxam]

Not when you can farm the slaying rings from Ramuh Ex and just use those. The difference between i90 and i100 is so small that its a wash. There are always trade-offs.

[Argyle_Darkheart]

For pure DPS? No; i110 Slaying/Gloam are superior options.

For everything else? Well, it's the best option, and there's little else to spend your gil on.

But if you don't have the gil, then you don't have the gil. Now, whether you think it's worth gathering the gil for it is up to you, but don't think you're not settling for the inferior options.

[kro]

Ignore secondary stats for a second.

Full i90 Crafted: 65 STR and 75 VIT
Full i110 Fending: 105 VIT
Full i110 Slaying: 90 STR

Would you trade 30 VIT for 65 STR? In pretty much every scenario, the answer is yes.
Would you trade 25 STR for 75 VIT? Maybe not in T8 and old content, but in any situation with a threatening mob the answer is probably yes.

Gryphonskin was the go-to tanking set if you had money back at the i90 cap. It's the same thing here. Plus, you don't need to wait on lucky coil drops.

By the way, I'd rather use Topaz accessories and meld STR to get the inherent 16 Parry. Don't completely ignore accuracy either.

[Nabian]

I haven't tanked t8 yet. I have tanked up to t7. My philosophy with vit is to have max hp with defiance @ 9k; with 9k HP you can withstand every hit in the game after proper mitigation. After that everything goes into str because the extra Vit is wasted. I'm curious to hear from a warrior with full i110 how much vit they have when going full strength on the right side, as this is my option the true BiS for warrior. If using this gear setup they can obtain 9k hp after gear then I would rather go this route, than spend my gil on i90 rings that wouldn't have the same result.

Thank you for the numbers by the way. This is exactly what I was looking for, not antecdotal evidence or reports.

[Rbstr]

It's the best hybrid str/vit option, for sure.

But jesus it's an expensive set.
Especially if you don't have all the accuracy parts you need on the left hand. It's just too rich for my tanking blood.

[Xenosys]

Most definitely worth it and IMO best in slot by far.

My build: http://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...acter/5331858/
30 points into Str

I use Lava toad eggs for the little bit of acc i need. The only piece i do not have is the HA belt then i will be my version of BiS
my str is 533 and Vit over 570 in party with food. My HP pool of 9.7k which is more than needed to MT all the content. Also to note that Ruby is the way to go and not topaz, the reason for this is if you notice my SS is 421, and that seems to be the magic number to get in the extra hit from your opening unchained>Berserk>internal release combo.

[SeraviEdalborez]

I haven't tanked t8 yet. I have tanked up to t7. My philosophy with vit is to have max hp with defiance @ 9k; with 9k HP you can withstand every hit in the game after proper mitigation. After that everything goes into str because the extra Vit is wasted. I'm curious to hear from a warrior with full i110 how much vit they have when going full strength on the right side, as this is my option the true BiS for warrior. If using this gear setup they can obtain 9k hp after gear then I would rather go this route, than spend my gil on i90 rings that wouldn't have the same result.

Thank you for the numbers by the way. This is exactly what I was looking for, not antecdotal evidence or reports.

I would argue even 9k is excessive. Our WAR solo tanks T8 with full STR on right side and 30 STR allotment. Rarely ever has issues, has around 8k HP. Every other turn he's always full STR OT.

T6/T7 in particular are not very hard-hitting at all.