WAR Stat Allocation Str vs. Vit

[Gamemako]

Your main DPS combo is butchers block, guess you don't know that though. BB has the highest damage potency.

Highest-DPS rotation is BB-SE alternating with Fracture dropped in when possible. It's also a combination you'll rarely use anymore as it applies only to OT with WAR MT. If you're OT on PLD MT, it's almost certainly going to be SE-SP to keep up SE and SP both for MT. If you're MT, it's BB-BB-SP (most 8-player content) or BB-SE-SP (most 4-player content). The only reason you'd roll BB-SE on OT with WAR MT is that MT already has SP covered.

There's basically no point in going 30 VIT in 2.1 once you have full i90, that extra HP cushion isn't really doing you a lot of good at that point. Once 2.2 hits I'd respec for 30 VIT again, though.

I would argue that the current endgame content is enough to warrant use of 30 VIT over STR. You're already sacrificing 21-25 with illvl70 accessories, and Twintania doesn't hit for 20 damage.

[SpookyGhost]

Only spec STR when you completely out gear the content you're doing. Otherwise, if you want to do more DPS, get HQ DPS accessories. Going full STR when you're undergeared is just being risky and putting stress on your healers. Don't do that.

There's basically no point in going 30 VIT in 2.1 once you have full i90, that extra HP cushion isn't really doing you a lot of good at that point. Once 2.2 hits I'd respec for 30 VIT again, though.

[Raezaiel]

I can't speak for WAR but I had to switch from 30 STR as paladin to 30 VIT not because I had any trouble tanking but because people said my gear was bad and freaked out. Same people 2 hours after I reallocated, same gear, no complaints. I'll probably switch back. TBH it doesn't really affect anything either way once you have semi decent gear. Like others said, whatever you like best.

[CapnCrunch]

Hey mates,

How would stats allocation change if we were talking about PvP? Would you recommend to go fully Str? (I'm just assuming thats the way to go).

Cheers!

Captain Crunch

[Elendil_Voronda]

Hey mates,

How would stats allocation change if we were talking about PvP? Would you recommend to go fully Str? (I'm just assuming thats the way to go).

Cheers!

Captain Crunch

Actually I did just that. I'm main PLD so in Coils I don't Use War (where the extra Vit actually matters). But playing as full STR MRD on PvP is so much fun!. I put out some pretty decent numbers, only SMNs beat my dps on PvP. Also I use my Full STR WAR for daily Duty Roullette for a change of pace.

[MythToken]

Str vs Vit is a no brainer.
You put the points you need in STR to get to the highest parry tier that your gear will allow you to reach, and then you dump the rest in VIT.
This is why depending on your gear, bonus stat allocation can vary greatly.

[Leiron]

Str vs Vit is a no brainer.
You put the points you need in STR to get to the highest parry tier that your gear will allow you to reach, and then you dump the rest in VIT.
This is why depending on your gear, bonus stat allocation can vary greatly.

Really?
So every time you get a new pece of gear, you spend the 10k FC points to reset your allocation?

It is a no brainer, you go full vitality, because you can easily swap gear, but changing allocation is not as easily done unless you do large amounts of hoarding for hymns.
Even then parry is UNRELIABLE, and it works ONLY on physical abilities.
Why anyone would ever consider it rivaling vitality is silly.

Not even in a game like RIFT where you could once get a 63% block did anyone ever prioritize it over their mitigtion/endurance stats.

[MythToken]

Really?
So every time you get a new pece of gear, you spend the 10k FC points to reset your allocation?

It is a no brainer, you go full vitality, because you can easily swap gear, but changing allocation is not as easily done unless you do large amounts of hoarding for hymns.
Even then parry is UNRELIABLE, and it works ONLY on physical abilities.
Why anyone would ever consider it rivaling vitality is silly.

Not even in a game like RIFT where you could once get a 63% block did anyone ever prioritize it over their mitigtion/endurance stats.

Um yes really, and getting a new piece of gear will not get you to the next parry tier. Parry tiers are 40str pts apart. It doesn't happen that often. As a warrior parry is your ONLY mitigating stat. And a 1% increase in parry is THOUSANDS of damage over a fight. So yes I will change from +5str/+25vit, to +15str/+15vit, if my new piece of gear + a stat change pushed me into the next parry tier.

You also act like Str has no benefit beyond the increase in parry.

[TaneshimaPopura]

Unfortunately, A lot of things are can be parried the only one that can't be parried that hits hard would be ADS attacks. Twintania Fireball, Liquid Hell can all be parried. And 10k Hymm ain't so hard to come by if you do 2 Roulettes a day.

[Leiron]

Yeah but its generally not worth it considering how much easier it is to swap out gear as opposed to collect hymns every time you get a new piece of gear and as I mentioned above, parry itself is still random.
While you CAN parry a fireball or a liquid hell or an incinerate, it doesn't mean you will.