Quote Originally Posted by Sarcatica View Post
STR/DEX effects on parry was removed as 3.0 hit I believe. And the "STR > VIT" meta was mostly because tanks knew they didn't have to have huge HP pool and could get away with even full STR setup.
The "Str > Vit" meta did exist during 2.X it just got worse in 3.0 and 3.1. I'm just inferring that a misunderstand on SE's part about why Str was being chosen over Vit might have been part of why Str and Dex lost their ability to influence mitigation.