.... I'm just being cheap.

It's not the parry-rate, it's the percentage. Correct me if I'm wrong but Parry stat is for Parry-Rate not the amount you mitigate right? I'm trying to increase in Vit without losing my 24%. I thought that was effected by STR. that's why I'm skipping Rose Gold Ring melds for now and getting the DL band to replace my RoLS. It's free VIT.

Next week when I get the Hero's Fending Belt, I'll upgrade both my STR and VIT at the same time. And then a couple weeks later I just upgrade my DL band of Fending to Hero's of Fending. It's slower to do it this way yeah, but in the end I think it's the better route since I'll be trading Rose Gold for Hero's anyway, right?