Strength Tanks

[Merkava]

I was a full VIT PLD, but since I got DRK up to Lv60, and I'm seeing a difference in damage dealt even in full VIT on DRK, I'm beginning to question if I should slap on two or three pieces of STR for added effect. My question(s) to you all:

- Should I put all Attributes into STR and wear all VIT accessories?

- Should I put all Attributes into VIT and wear all STR accessories?

- Should I go 50/50 STR/VIT Attributes and mix accessories?

It really boils down to your level of expertise, your ilvl and confidence you have in your healers. Proper tanking in this game is 90% efficient cooldown management and the extra HP bloat makes very little difference when you can kill things twice as fast as an STR tank than you could as a VIT. Personally, as a i200+ WAR, I tend to just roll full slaying with all my points allocated into STR.

If you are in the process of learning and want to test the waters you could do something like full STR stat allocation with 3x Fending and 2x Slaying ACCs. Slowly changing as you grow more and more confident. Just be aware that pretty much anything that isn't savage nor extreme is extremely easy to do with a full STR setup once you fully understand your job.