A friend explained this in vent last week, but I only caught the tail end of the discussion, and I can't find any guides/explanations for it. From what I gathered, the ideal stat allocation is in the ratio described in the LS Portal, i.e.: The best stat distribution would be(Theoretically), 30 str/270 dex when using a dagger on a Rogue, which has a 10 str/90 dex ratio.

Also, I can't remember where I saw this, but I remember seeing that the lower number of the ratio determines the chance to hit a critical strike, and the higher number of the ratio determines the normal damage.

I haven't had the opportunity to test either of these out, but I wanted to figure it out before buying all the wrong gear. I'm in the process of gearing my paladin, and I was wondering which kind of stat gear I should buy, and where I should put my points when using an axe. Axes have a ratio of 50/50, so if the second theory is true, I have no clue how it would work

Thanks in advance.

From my finding, flawed maybe or right on I dunno.

There is no "ratio."

Take clubs for example. 90/10 Str/dex

So for every Str stat point you get .90% of 1ee

For every 1 Dex point you will get .10% of 1ee

Hence go Str for ee, However if you want more crts and crit defense then you would stat dex, but be trading off 80% ee less.

That is my take on the "ratios".

Test for your self though.


As for using Axes, I would use all dex.. to start with or what ever my best stat gear is. I have not tested axes at all but at 50/50 it would seem dex would give more benefit

This post was edited by thunderga on May 30 2011 09:58pm

Yeah I agree with the post above. I know people have done some tests with axes as well and have found no clear difference between statting 50/50, 100% str or 100% dex


Basically, pump whatever the bigger number is. And for axes you can do whatever you want.
I may be way wrong though because I don't melee, but that's what many people have said to me and it seems to be true.