Quote Originally Posted by Paikis View Post
Remember when Yoshi said that people were playing WAR wrong? THIS is what he meant. People keep trying to play the WAR like a PLD and are stacking huge amounts of HP at the expense of making their Inner Beasts worthless. 1200-2000hp healed every 20 seconds is a drop in the ocean. 2,000 to 4200 up to 4 times a minute though? Now we're talking. Interestingly enough, Storm's Path actually puts up some decent numbers when you have 450+ STR as well.
First off, Yoshi explained that he intended IB to used with Infuriate to mitigate spike damage. HE EXPLICITLY STATED THIS. So Yoshi did not intend 4 IB, and you are in no way healing 2k to 4200 4 times a minute. Second, the STR v VIT debate has been going on FOREVER, and the reason the argument fails is that a 3k IB does you absolutely no good unless you have the HP to take the hit in the first place. And stacking physical mitigation through itemization makes you worse at tanking magical damage (because the only way you have to survive magical damage pre 2.1 IS HP.Hence why your other post is also erroneous, as not only does the IB change make you better at tanking multiple targets, it makes you better for tanking magical damage *even if you choose to stat STR*.

BTW, remember when Yoshi said people were playing WAR wrong, then turned around and said that they were buffing WAR because they weren't able to survive things that PLD could (even when wearing superior gear), which is everyone playing WAR had been saying since Titan?