Quote Originally Posted by C-croft View Post
Because it's out of the box. And I knew I would get some flak for asking. It's a yes or no question and if someone has tried and says it useless so be it. But of course a trollface cookie cutter such as yourself wouldn't understand.
I believe that someone did that math for the contribution and, while it added a similar amount to parry/block rate as STR added to parry/block value, that's *all* that it did. STR increases damage along with parry/block so it most definitely edges out DEX.

Of course, one of the bigger issues is that the DEX/STR add such minor amounts to your parry/block rate that it's effectively negligible. It takes something like 30 STR to even see the slightest change.