@Meleena: well that's simple pugi is a melee job so most of the time you'll get direct attack so it's more effective if you raised your VIT and DEX, also mobs that's use magic are not so common and even so Shell is enough to make your defence against it.

I also use my pugilist the evasion style I'm equiped with leather and cloth stuff use earrings that raise evasion and ring that raise str and dex, I focus on fleet of foot to evade and counter, then I buff myself with blindside and raging strike before throwing a Follow through wich deal a great amount of damage in a minimum of time.
For the solo I add some magic buff and heal then I can take down orange/red mob quite easily ^^