Quote Originally Posted by SwordCoheir View Post
I went full on VIT and DEX. While Damage does help with Enmity generation, being able to block more often and take overall less damage has more advantages. One, mage's cure less often helping them keep enmity down, two for the times mages cannot cure (such as running from Ifrit's Eruption) you have increased survivability until they have the opportunity too, and three since the overall damage is reduced (from more VIT and increased blocking) your enmity loss is much lower.
Incoming damage hasn't affected enmity since 1.18 or so.