PLD Bonus Stats

[SomeFatGalka]

For myself at the moment, being a Roe and leaving me with such a small Dex pool I played around with Bulwarks and Tower Shields.

The tower shield had a significant reduction in damage but looking at my Shield Swipe Icon never procing was annoying, considering is almost (to me) considered a second bash. I've experienced bosses standing there for 5 seconds doing nothing because I revoked their ability to weapon skill.

So Ive been sticking with round bulwarks to compensate for the immense shield block chance difference. I get at least 1 block per 2-3 attacks while being targeted by 1 monster.

Ive dumped 13 points into STR to compensate the loss of block amount from tower shields, and 4 points into Dex to assist with my rate. I did not spec into STR for threat issues. Keeping threat is simple. I honestly see a huge difference in my crit damage

So far, combined with the cavalier set from Longstop, I rarely get scratched in pulls of 3/4.

Judging from the http://i.imgur.com/YNwUMd9.png , I would strongly agree that VIT would be the way to go. But I have noticed a difference between my block rate doing what I have been doing.