WARRIOR Tips & Tricks

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Stat

Use Tank's utilize STR DEX VIT;

Other forums and threads have detailed these stat's contribution and tested effects. Here I'll just point out a few things as it pertains to us WAR

STR- increase dmg/ increase parry mitigation- while attack power is directly prop to STR; mitigation is on a curve (@Lv50 low 23% parry; high 26% parry)-surprise if someone hits 28%!!
DEX- increase rate of parry- as far as the DEX directly showing up in Parry stat...nada!! It must be working behind the scenes if anything (more on this later).
VIT- Increase HP- This is not a linear relationship (however @Lv50 it appears 1 VIT= 18*HP)

DEX

Again this must be a stat that works behind the scene because it's numerical value does NOT convert into Parry value at all (within 30 points of changing DEX @ Lv 50). Secondly Parry (displayed) cap is 500 (501* tops). Not personally knowing the relationship between 500pt in Parry and Parry Rate doesn't allow for us to know how good/bad 500 is (maybe 500 means 50%??). All this to say, you can reach Parry (displayed) cap without having any additional points put DEX.

VIT

As stated before VIT affects the amount of HP you have; but not linearly. However at Lv 50 30points of VIT appears to give 543 HP; which is 18.1 HP per 1 VIT. Playing with that number some would mean 30 pts of VIT after Defiance would be good as a total of 651 HP. That right there is an extra CURE! Or you can see it as 2-4 regular mob Hits. Secondly 651 HP also means 117 more absorbed from Stoneskin.

Summary:
30pt VIT
543 HP (651 HP Defiance)
while under Defiance accounts for 117 absorb (half a mob HIT)

Very last thing worth mention about VIT is; it's suggest (though not explicitly stated) that it affects Cure Potency.


STR

Aye by far my Fav. STR directly affects attack Power (1 to 1). However how does attack power relate to Potency or to actual damage??? (Hope someone would update and relate the info to the rest of us) STR also mitigates dmg via Parry (22% and up). It is supposed at Lv 50 about 40 points of str would move you up 1% in Parry (@ STR 405 in dungeon I get 25% Parry). Seriously the reason I select STR as the stat to get all my 30 pts is b/c of the myriad of skills we have that adjust Attack Power which in effect HITS Harder & make personal *regens* Higher.

I listed the three
-Berserk 50% att up
-Maim 20% att up
-Storm's Eye 10% slash resistance down (effective 11.1% att up)

You guys already know you can keep a constant Maim + Storm's Eye Rotation with any decent length fight; which would account for a 31*% increase in ATT Power. Add in Beserk 50% for 20 sec @ 90 sec recast (effective 70 sec recast) and you'll be sitting at a 81% ATT POWER increase (which at this point no other JOB has anything close to that kind of increase in direct Attack Power. [note:BRD & BLM are tricky since they have other stat's the govern their damage ouput].

Potency; again I don't know it's relationship to Attack Power or Direct dmg. However no other class besides us and Paladin have a 300 Potency attack. And for sure no other class has a 270/280 Potency Skill/Spell on a constant quicker rotation than WAR (Butcher's Combo 280/ Storm's Combo 270).

All this is to say 30 PTS of STR constantly attributes 39* ATT Power under proper Maim & Storm's Eye; and 54* ATT Power if you add in Berserk. (And if you wanna get really fancy throw in a Mega Potion of STR HQ for 61 STR. you'd be looking at 164 ATT Power increase for 15 sec; aka 15 sec/2.5*spH= 6 HITS)


WARNING DON'T FORGET DEFIANCE LESSENS YOUR ATTACK POWER BY 25% WHILE ACTIVE!!

This warning makes the Relationship between ATT Power and Potency even more important.



However if you are fighting Trash mobs you can out DPS the DPS's and still be standing after you do the hits. And if you really wanna Go into a dungeon as a DPS; Then MRD Keeps all the things stated above & "Blood for Blood 30% ATT Power" & "Raging Strike 20%".
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B4B, R. Strike, Maim, Storm's Eye, Beserk= 131% ATTACK POWER UP
Throw in Internal Release for a chance of critical & a Mega-Potion of STR HQ to be cute!

And that original 30 (+61 from pot) Points of STR will be worth the mysterious69* STR (210* with Pot)
Although MRD has inherently 10 PTS less Attack Power than WAR.

Correction Parry display cap is NOT 500..... I just broke 500 with 503...

"Warrior class is for those that want to show off"- Yoshi P.