STR into PLD 30? 15 STR/ 15 VIT?

[Martin_Arcainess]

Hi all \o I've just been thinking. Most of the time when I go into Coil I have 1 STR acs on my PLD to increase my STR. But I also read about how STR effects the amount of damage reduction my Blocking and Parrying dose. So I thought should I implant all my bonus stat points into STR so when I do block/parry I mitigate even more and will deal more damage to help push phases but at the cost of about 400HP.

So thoughts? 30 STR 0 VIT, 30 VIT 0 STR or 15 STR/VIT?

[SirTaint]

30/30 STR. Unless you are pushing FCoB while under geared.

[Ashkendor]

Swapping from Fending accessories to 4 pieces of melded Slaying accessories raised my strength by 72. Overall, that only raised the amount that I block by a very small margin. I went from 32% to 34%.

With that said, if you're over the HP threshold, by all means change over to strength. ^^

[Martin_Arcainess]

Yeah iLV i'm 121 so my HP is about 9K plus I've got the item which resets Atributes points so if my HP is a problem I can easily switch.

[radioactive_lego]

I was under the impression attribute points only "counted" when in multiples of 10. IE: 309 STR = 300 STR. 457 VIT = 450 VIT. So it would be best to use bonus points to "top off" attributes to the next highest multiple of 10.

I'm totally willing to be wrong here, because I cant find a source. Perhaps I'm confused with another game?

EDIT: I figure this cant be right, since food bonuses are never rounded, and always give a HP improvement when plussing up VIT.

[Kaisinel]

If that was the case you would get no hp from adding a piece with +3 vit if it kept you under a multiple of 10 say you went from 300 to 303

[Ashkendor]

I was under the impression attribute points only "counted" when in multiples of 10. IE: 309 STR = 300 STR. 457 VIT = 450 VIT. So it would be best to use bonus points to "top off" attributes to the next highest multiple of 10.

Nah. Only secondary stats have "break points" like that where a certain number is good but not too far over or under. Vitality affects your hp even if you only add +1. It just doesn't affect it all that much.

[Raelen]

30/30 STR. Unless you are pushing FCoB while under geared.

This. I swapped from VIT to STR a few weeks ago and love the change. Makes snap aggro so much easier.

[Ashkendor]

This. I swapped from VIT to STR a few weeks ago and love the change. Makes snap aggro so much easier.

Yeahhhhhh I'm loving the change from fending accessories to melded slaying accessories for that.

Honestly I may change out the vit for str as well. o.o

[SirTaint]

8000 hp is the most you want on PLD. Tons of room for Slaying or Hybrid accessories.

T13 you'll probably want ~9200 for your first clear, then 8500 for farm.