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[Almalexia]

Posting in a PGL thread.

To anyone wondering whether or not to use STR or INT: use STR. Your enhanced fists benefit from STR and INT the same way as your regular fists.

For practical gear comparison, consider 1 point of STR equal to 1.75 points of INT. Barring diminishing returns or a stat cap, STR is always the right choice. Only the head slot is particularly contested because PGL can stick INT up there; this makes a cavalier's hat or silver tricorne with INT materia our best non-r/ex option. However, if you have a paragon's crown, you would need multiple INT materia to create a hat superior to that.

Regarding potency materia, the only viable slot is feet. Weapon DMG is second biggest factor (next to level difference) when calculating damage output--magicked fists or not--so it would make little sense to swap out Ifrit/Mogfists for inferior weapon DMG + magic potency.

The feet slot is sorely lacking in the DD department, at least for now. If 1.21 has good r/ex options (STR, INT, ATK, some useful AF gear), potency materia will be a hard sell--assuming it does anything at all.

[NoctisUmbra]

Posting in a PGL thread.

To anyone wondering whether or not to use STR or INT: use STR. Your enhanced fists benefit from STR and INT the same way as your regular fists.

For practical gear comparison, consider 1 point of STR equal to 1.75 points of INT. Barring diminishing returns or a stat cap, STR is always the right choice. Only the head slot is particularly contested because PGL can stick INT up there; this makes a cavalier's hat or silver tricorne with INT materia our best non-r/ex option. However, if you have a paragon's crown, you would need multiple INT materia to create a hat superior to that.

Regarding potency materia, the only viable slot is feet. Weapon DMG is second biggest factor (next to level difference) when calculating damage output--magicked fists or not--so it would make little sense to swap out Ifrit/Mogfists for inferior weapon DMG + magic potency.

The feet slot is sorely lacking in the DD department, at least for now. If 1.21 has good r/ex options (STR, INT, ATK, some useful AF gear), potency materia will be a hard sell--assuming it does anything at all.

Thanks for the input. As always, a parse detailing testing that shows that STR:INT ratio is 1:1.75 for the same effect would be appreciated.