Quote Originally Posted by Eruantien View Post
strength increases the amount of damage that is possible for an attack, attack actually inreases the power.

If you think of it as a bottle of water and water is the amount of damage.
with base strength and base attack you have a 0.5 l bottle of water and the bottle is full to the brim. so you do consistant alright damage.

If you increase str by alot and dont increase attack, you now have a 1 l bottle of water but you still only have 0.5 l of water in it so the attack damage is still the same.

If you increase str and attack but not as much as you tried putting everything into str, you will have a 0.75 l bottle of water and it full the the brim meaning your attack power has increased consistantly.

hope my dodgy analogy helps
^ Confusing as hell, and a little misleading.

STR has no direct effect on ATK Power. STR increase the damage curve of your base attack. Attack Power increases your base attacks ceiling.

Example:

Lets say you have 200 STR, and your regular attack hits anywhere from 50-62, if you add STR to that what would happen is your base attack would be 55-62. By adding just Attack power you'd hit for 50-70.

This is why adding both STR & Attack Power make sense as the combination of the two would not only increase your base attack, but the base attacks ceiling.

(All numbers are fictional and do not represent actual damage of having 200 STR)