I really hate to be the noob but.... NOOB QUESTION

[tjornan]

Hey everyone. been out for a while and was wondering... i just respeced tjornan to mage, but i was wanting to know: what are the pros/cons of respecing from dex bear to str bear now that hybrids arent great? All help is appreciated. I know Royce will answer this question because he knows all. ALL. O.o

PS If i do respec, then can someone give me the info on skills and stats?

THANKS ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Fyrce]

I still see lots of dex bears, so not sure they're that bad. There're lots of stat discussions scattered all over these boards. Do a search on stats and read ones about the various classes or just bears, if that's all you want.

Or maybe Royce will answer you...

[Royce]

Dex bears are still decent. They didn't get a lot worse or anything, just pures got stronger. Dex bears still have the same issues they always had, short range damage skills and debuff combined with a ranged weapon. They also have the same strength, the best buffs in the game. As for the advantages of pure bears, they have higher skill damage, health, dodge (yes Str not Dex gives dodge now), armor, etc, and they use a weapon that fits with the skill set more. Really I think dual Str/Dex bear is the only truly viable dual build (dual build in case you are not familiar, have their stats split about 50/50 and use attribute boosting sets to equip top gear for two different classes, so in this case a bear that can switch from a sword to a bow). Pure Str or mostly Str is the best tanking build IMO, but a little Dex can be good, particularly for your Hit%.
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