ive got a 56 ogre sk. when you look at a lot of the really cool 2h they have procs and sometimes chain proccing makes me as happy as a great FD, and can change a 6 man battle by giving a burst of utility or damage.
the aggro is soley from shadow vortex and disease cloud, neither take real mana. the mana is mostly for FD and lifetaps and snares. emergencies, long term chain pull grinds, or CC.
when your hp is zero, it doesnt matter how much mana you have. also, there will be a ton of INT gear (more than you will want or need), and a decent amount of +dex gear. +25 STA on a item would be stronnng. literally the difference between lets say 1900hp and 2050hp at some point. probably a 5-7% boost in HP, which makes it look like youre a lot more tanky on the party box.
the other thing i notice is AGI on a ogre is very low, and any boost in this stat i notice im getting missed a lot more, and there isnt a ton of gear out there for agi. ontop of this some gear is -agi like fungi or rod of mourning. so this is my second pick after STA for that reason.
i did +20dex because i want to proc like a madman with rom, earthshaker, epic, gravebinder, and beyond. i also had a good twink set that allowed the other stats to be pretty decent besides AGI. theres something special about proccing for 1-2k with earthshaker in one fight.
for instance: i hit for 24-90 on a ebon mace
earthshaker procs for 246 dmg to ever mob nearby, so 2 mobs is 500 and 3 mobs is 750 dmg. how many times do u have to hit something with an ebon mace to =500-750 dmg? you will most certainly be counting those procs with glee and never forget them, especially if you break 1-2k dmg as a knight in one fight. the lifetaps with the epic could be sweet, too.
i also convinced myself at the time i did the dex dump that it converted the spell tap procs to increase, giving me hp/minute over just the raw hp of sta.
so, in short, go sta if you want to have 150 more hp, agi if you want to get hit ~1% less often, and dex if you want to do entertaining things with a 2h wayyyyy down the road and have the items to bolster your other stats while u get said 2hers.
and ogres and trolls are slightly different in stats allocation.
and yes eurdites and de's have about 500 more mana than me if they feel like being nuts and casting a whole bunch, maybe they need more lifetaps. but you can use blood ember boots and cut down on your mana consumption considerabley. once you get to about 100int its sort of gravey and for funsies.
enjoy the knight!
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