Raahl wrote:Instead of comparing STR/WIS w/Tower to STR/STA w/buckler.
Compare STR/AGI or STR/INT w/Tower to STR/STA w/bucker.
STA increases the effectiveness of your buckler increasing your overall avoidance. So you should go with AGI or INT that increases avoindance.
STR/STA w/buckler = impressive DPS, more hate, slightly less survivability
STR/WIS w/tower = Slightly more DPS, Slightly more hate, slightly more survivability
STR/AGI or STR/INT w/tower, Slightly more DPS, Slightly more hate, more survivability
My suggestion would be to try the STR/STA using a tower for the initial spike damage (using ToS) and switching to buckler for the remainder of the fight. Heck if you are really into the DPS, you might try STR/STA/INT.
Yea the STR/STA/INT can be really good especially if you're using a sword. The haste CA from the INT line doesn't suck. Personally I still feel the WIS line mitigation is overkill but the dps mod isn't bad. It really depends where you are on the mit curve tho. If you're high enough to be eating significant diminishing returns loss then it is so-so.