Warrior Tanks: Maximizing DPS Output

[BushidoMP]

@Bushido

With Gryphonskin, 30 STR, NO party bonus, and HQ Buttons in a Blanket:
http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/LT71

You have just over 7k HP w/food+party buff in Defiance, using full DPS set right? I dunno how comfortable I'd feel tanking with that amount, considering there's always the occasional moment where my HP dips to the sub 2k range, and I have 8.5k HP with my gryphon set up.

Yes, as Seravi said, around 7.1k with food + party buff. (In full DPS)

If we compare your above gearset with mine:

This is the i90 hybrid.
http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/LT7O
STR 443, ACC 472, CHR 370, DET 329, SSPD 368, VIT 461, Parry 457 [Adjusted for +30STR -30VIT difference on build site. HQ Buttons.]

VS. yours

STR 448, ACC 501, CHR 385, DET 346, SSPD 380, VIT 482, Parry 420 [Adjusted for +30STR -30VIT difference on build site. HQ Buttons.]

I really don't know how that debate would go. I wanna say obviously in your favor in terms of damage, and you HP is obviously higher. However, I dunno how much more survivability the 37 Parry gives, probably not much. So I guess in that regard i70 would be superior. I played around with different combinations where I was able to raise my Crit above yours at the cost of a little more DET, and eating Toast for extra parry and it's closer..; but as has been stated the tradeoff to VIT:STR is pretty great so that battle isn't winnable.

So I guess you could summarize that on the whole i70 dps melds vs i90 STR/VIT combo -- i70 yields better balance, but i90STR/VIT will give you an edge on parry and isn't too far behind in other stats. That is to say fully considering +30STR build.. I'm not sure what the numbers would be (too lazy), if one were to split the points between STR and VIT, you could probably come a bit closer with some gear swaps.

At any rate... I'll still continue using the full i90 DPS set for the current content because I've been able to so far, and it's definitely the best DPS option.

[bokchoykn]

but i90STR/VIT will give you an edge on parry

Some Crit, Det, and Skill Speed can be sacrificed to meld Parry, pushing it ahead of yours in each and every category.

Also consider that Dexterity also increase Parry chance.

[MythToken]

Hey it turns out everything you said in this article is super correct, and gryphonskin is STILL superior to i110! As long as you don't mind losing a bit of VIT in the process.

And with 110 non accessory gear pushing our vit up higher than every anyways, losing out 20-30 vit that you can make up with bonus stat allocation isn't a big deal, for the INSANE damage increase.