Best DPS gear for tank?

[KokonoeAiyoko]

Let's say you're farming FATEs or something and not doing any kind of tanking per se, and just want the most maximum DPS possible, what kind of accessories should you be wearing?

[bounddreamer]

It's still fending accessories. You can meld them with strength if you want. Turn your dps stance on. (Deliverance or sword oath or keep Darkside up without grit.)

[KokonoeAiyoko]

It's still fending accessories. You can meld them with strength if you want. Turn your dps stance on. (Deliverance or sword oath or keep Darkside up without grit.)

Yeah, I'm aware of that change that happened a while back but there was one thing I never quite understood. If I put STR on a accessory, is that better than adding VIT for DPS? Or did the mechanics being altered effect that to where VIT is better?

[bounddreamer]

The stat weight for both is .45 now. But you can't meld vit materia to vit accessories. That's why you'll see tank mains melding str to their vit accessories.

[KokonoeAiyoko]

The stat weight for both is .45 now. But you can't meld vit materia to vit accessories. That's why you'll see tank mains melding str to their vit accessories.

Cool. Thank you!

[Mikazuki_Aura]

In general DPS maximisation for tanks is the easiest of all roles. Simply:

> Take highest available weapon damage
> Avoid anything with Parry
> Meld STR if your accessory is VIT, meld VIT if your accessory is STR
> Meld until accuracy cap
> Meld until ~550 skillspeed for warriors

You only need to care about stat weights after that. Parry is so useless and is found on so much tank gear that by simply taking it out of the equation you're pretty much left with only one or two options. This won't change in Stormblood as long as Parry still exists.

This is also the best gear even if you care about tanking, as this kind of setup generates maximum aggro. There is no viable 'defensive gear' solution right now as resistances and parry don't apply effectively to all attacks.

[IntrovertAnt]

For WARs, what if your accesory could take crit meld as well. Is it still more dps to meld str over crit?

[KorenA]

All Alex gear has 1 slot, unless you are referring to crafted then you can only meld str once then you follow up with what ever for penta melding

[IntrovertAnt]

All Alex gear has 1 slot, unless you are referring to crafted then you can only meld str once then you follow up with what ever for penta melding

I'm not talking about slots. I'm talkung about stat caps. Some accesories have crit that does not meet stat cap and I want to know if I should meld crit to it over str if its crit cap us not met ( because for War, crit is so good).

[dragonseth07]

I'm not talking about slots. I'm talkung about stat caps. Some accesories have crit that does not meet stat cap and I want to know if I should meld crit to it over str if its crit cap us not met ( because for War, crit is so good).

VIT and STR are way bigger DPS gains than Crit, unless I'm horribly mistaken.