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Originally Posted by sajbert
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Nah. First of all, INT will be more useful than STA 1-60 and especially with shittier gear. With gear there won't be anything you can't group tank either so STA is basically dead. The extra damage from STR is negligible and UNLESS you are doing some weird solo minmax speed leveling shit it won't matter.
Also, sometimes it's less about achieving BIS and more about living the dream.
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Before I say anything else, it's worth acknowledging that starting stats for an ikky SK is a damn near meaningless decision with such little impact.
That said, remember that INT is solely max mana, max mana only provides its benefit in situations where you blow all your mana from 100-0, and 20 int is maybe like an extra spell and a half? Basically only going to come into play when pushing your limits for a difficult fight, giving you another spell or two. The other stats provide their small contributions in that situation as well, in addition to all other situations.
Alternatively,
20STR: Very, very little additional dps. HOWEVER, additional dps every single fight, always, forever, until you're raid geared and raid buffed. Also greater carry capacity for fine steel weps and such if you're an untwinked or poorly geared leveler who can't afford tink bags.
20STA: Key differences from INT- 1. Makes life easier for your healer by providing more of a buffer and more efficient CH. 2. Far more easily capped than INT. 3. You run out of mana you can't cast, run out of HP you die. IMO this is the choice if you're untwinked or solo self found. Makes you a slightly easier tank to heal and increases the chance you will survive a nasty caster pull in mistmoore or guk. A slightly higher chance to survive a nasty pull while leveling is far more impactful than another spell or two in 100-0 situations IMO.
20DEX: Proc your epic and greenmist slightly more, with the presumption that your str and sta will be capped by raid gear.
So, looking at all these options, none of the contributions are huge. But it seems to me that INT provides the smallest benefit. INT is at it's greatest relative weight when you make the assumption you will quickly be 60 and raid geared (which is somewhere very few knights ever get), where str and sta will probably be capped. However, I think dex is a serious contender in this situation, as it probably won't be capped either
SK epic and greenmist are both awesome. (Does dex also affect vampiric embrace/shroud of undeath?) Would you rather proc them a little bit more, always, grouping, raiding, soloing, or cast 1 more spell when blowing your entire mana bar?
Personally I'd only choose INT if my goal for the char were to be quickly uber raid geared and focus on difficult solo artist type fights, but then, I wouldn't be rolling an iksar.