SK Troll/Ogre INT or STA starting stat debate. Confused :(

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So after a few days of watching me play Everquest on the Green server, two of my buddies want to join and play as well. We all decided to make new toons and just level up together. I'm probably going to go Cleric and one other buddy will be a Caster/Melee. The one I'm having an issue with is my buddy that wants to play a Shadow Knight.

I explained to him the Shadow Knight and he was intrigued and wanted to play one. So he asked me to lookup how he could startup his character. I offered to research that for him and thus this is where my headache all started.

After much research on google, wiki, forums, blogs, etc... the only thing I could tell him. "I have no idea!".

So if you put aside the 5 AGI required for Ogre to get 75. The Iksar or go home speech. The hybrid vs race penalty discussion. The front FSI vs Troll Regen speech.


This is pretty much what I've put together.

• You have people saying go all STAMINA. Int is easy to cap later with gear like skyfire or what not. Stamina isn't easy to cap and honestly having more int isn't going to make a difference. You want to have MORE health. You will regret it later, especially while leveling!
• Then you have the people saying, go all INTELLECT because INT is harder to get later. Stamina you will max out with gear. You want to have more mana to get life taps off and honestly more STAMINA will be negligible later with heals and buffs. The stats say 180hp is going to do much but 200 more mana will. Etc.. etc..
• NO No NO Don't go Full STA and INT, instead go like 10 INTELLECT and 10 STAMINA. Balance it out! Because you will regret dumping it all in one stat later.
• Don't do full STR, INT, or STA! You want to balance it out between STA and AGI. More health and higher chance to dodge!
• Don't put anything in STR and just distribute between STA, INT, AGI

It's so convoluted and contradicting all over the place. Especially folks whom say the stuff found on the following wiki is outdated and you shouldn't follow it.
https://wiki.project1999.com/Shadow_Knight
There seems to be outdated and misinformation everywhere, with folks claiming this and that is outdated.

I believe he wants to go with Troll SK (But I honestly have to ask him again). He is aware of the FSI for Ogre after I explained it to him. He just doesn't like the Ogre that much compared to Troll. We are aware he will level slower but we don't care. We don't mind helping him grind it out. Though he will consider playing Ogre if valid reasons are given.

I just don't know what to tell him at this point. You have people giving opinions all over the place and it's just so confusing. He doesn't want to gimp his character and there will be times we won't be around that he wants to solo or what not to catch up.

Any help or advice would be great.