ATK power VS VIT

[Skies]

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Are you sure the backlink you clicked was correct? It worked perfectly for me

[Galliano]

This is generally what I've been going off of, since it's the only testing I've seen to be pretty thorough...

The TL;DR is:

1 STR = 0.8 "damage" increase, up to 350~, then 0.25 "damage" increase
1 Secondary Stat = 0.7 "damage" increase, up to 310~, then no "damage" increase
1 Att = 0.35 "damage increase, with no max

So lets look at your situation. If you are at 279 VIT, you need about 31 more VIT to cap out. If you went this route, you'd sacrifice 40 ATT and 5 ACC. Using the above ratios we get..

31 VIT = 21.7 "damage" increase

40 ATT = 14 "damage" increase

Your WS damage will easily be better if you went the VIT route. More than likely though, your AA damage will be better using the ATT. I personally think you should go the VIT route since WAR is more WS based. Just my 2 cents, not saying I'm 100% right!

Thanks so much for this! that's just the sort of info I was looking for, I'm definitely going the VIT route now.

[Jekyll]

This is generally what I've been going off of, since it's the only testing I've seen to be pretty thorough...

The TL;DR is:

1 STR = 0.8 "damage" increase, up to 350~, then 0.25 "damage" increase
1 Secondary Stat = 0.7 "damage" increase, up to 310~, then no "damage" increase
1 Att = 0.35 "damage increase, with no max

So lets look at your situation. If you are at 279 VIT, you need about 31 more VIT to cap out. If you went this route, you'd sacrifice 40 ATT and 5 ACC. Using the above ratios we get..

31 VIT = 21.7 "damage" increase

40 ATT = 14 "damage" increase

Your WS damage will easily be better if you went the VIT route. More than likely though, your AA damage will be better using the ATT. I personally think you should go the VIT route since WAR is more WS based. Just my 2 cents, not saying I'm 100% right!

This ^

Cap your stats first, then worry about attack, you get a bigger damage boost until you reach cap.

[GreyJorildyn]

Where did you find this magical post? (the link goes to a completely different post) I use a parser fairly often these days, and although I haven't gone through and tested everything. I concluded that adding + attk added more overall damage. I didn't know the cap for VIT, my VIT is at 318 in my tanking set for example.

Found your problem.

[Churchill]

i wish i could just type lol

[Dawiichan]

"Furthermore, the rate of increase for (dDamage/dPIE) seems to be lower than STR or ATK on higher ranked enemies."

"Piety may still have an important role when trying to land stuns from Leg Sweep and Heavy Thrust, but in terms of damage, Piety is the worst of the 3 major stats."

Isn't VIT the secondary stat for War like Piety is for Drg? Personally I've noticed Atk Power > Int on Mnk in terms of overall damage, but like most others I've yet to do a thorough test as well.

[Molly_Millions]

Found your problem.

thank you captain obvious

[Jekyll]

thank you captain obvious

Dude, you are seriously an idiot. Quit trying to make mountains out of mole hills. In terms of damage output +1 VIT < +1 attack power. Is that easy enough for your simple mind to comprehend?

In addition, you can add attack power in the following increments:

4-10
12-15
20-25
26-30


VIT can be added as follows:

1-5
6-10
11-15
16-20


So based on that, you get more points attack power for a given tier of materia than you get VIT for that same tier. So in terms of dmg output for the same tier of materia, it's attk over VIT. Grey, If you don't get it after that, then there is no hope for you.

Can you blame him? You should watch your tone when speaking to people if you don't want them to treat you back the same way.

Nonetheless, this is now getting off topic.

[Rexus]

"Furthermore, the rate of increase for (dDamage/dPIE) seems to be lower than STR or ATK on higher ranked enemies."

"Piety may still have an important role when trying to land stuns from Leg Sweep and Heavy Thrust, but in terms of damage, Piety is the worst of the 3 major stats."

Isn't VIT the secondary stat for War like Piety is for Drg? Personally I've noticed Atk Power > Int on Mnk in terms of overall damage, but like most others I've yet to do a thorough test as well.

I think that quote is dated info, from when he first did tests back at 1.19 or 1.20 and came up with the initial 290 stat caps. Yes, VIT is the secondary stat for WAR. I'm just going off what Seiken tested, I'm not going to say "I think" or "I've noticed" in regards to anything since I haven't done in depth testing myself! The only reason I follow his damage ratios is because it's the only thing I've seen to have a somewhat decent testing phase...

[Meatdawg]

I believe stat caps change with what weapon you have as well. IE they are capped sooner if you are using a lower DPS weapon.

You may infarct already have hit your cap for vit in which case more atk would win out.

What weapon are you using?