Best stats for a damage dealing outlander?

[Captain Pentium]

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[gytfunke]

Typically Strength and Dex if you're going shooty, or Focus if you're running a Glaivelander.

[Captain Pentium]

Originally posted by gytfunke:

Typically Strength and Dex if you're going shooty, or Focus if you're running a Glaivelander.

Is Vitality useful as well?

[steffire3]

Originally posted by TheCrusaderKing:

Is Vitality useful as well?

Only if using a Shield.

[Captain Pentium]

Originally posted by steffire3:

Originally posted by TheCrusaderKing:

Is Vitality useful as well?

Only if using a Shield.

Oh, then it's not useful considering I'm using a crossbow

[steffire3]

And if you think Vitality will save you on Elite... the Health and Armor boost won't protect much against powerful hits on Elite against Bosses...

"Eye of Grell" and "Skull of Limony" give " 3-5% All Damage Reduction" which outclasses Armor +% and + Max Health in Torchlight 2 defense "meta".

So just go Dexterity, Strength, or Focus.

[ADEC Inc]

You do still want extra health as well, just not from vitality.

[steffire3]

Originally posted by ADEC Inc:

You do still want extra health as well, just not from vitality.

Skull of Riechliu? +1540 Max Health per skull socketed?

Some gear sets give some health boosts but that's the best I can think of.

[sidewinder_G]

Cap Dexterity at 100 points. From a point on, because of the charge bar, you get diminishing returns.

[tutzdes]

There are two general ways of stat distribution for outlanders: Str+Dex and Dex+Focus.
Dex is needed primarily for meeting weapon requirements. Best weapons usually need ~500 Dex. Level req for those is 101, while the cap is 100 so, having your Dex this high is a must if you plan to use these legendaries. 1000 Str is a goal if your primary damage source is physical damage/weapon-DPS-based abilities. If the damage is dealt by spell procs mainly (spelltrigger build) or by non-weapon-DPS-based abilities, then everything should be pumped into Focus (and Dexterity).

Most of these stats will be echieved via items/enchantments, still it is better to increase your primary damage and item requirement stats than anything else.

Vitality is useless, as it is much better to directly increase health. Same thing is the case for mana and focus (if it isn't your damage stat).

[steffire3]

Originally posted by tutzdes:

Best weapons usually need ~500 Dex. Level req for those is 101, while the cap is 100 so, having your Dex this high is a must if you plan to use these legendaries.

364 Dexterity is the only amount required for the level 105 Dominion Set...

so the rest can be placed into the Strength stat to make it easier when

trying to gain random enchantments from "Boris" since trying to buy

3 enchants of a single stat can be very annoying.

Originally posted by tutzdes:

1000 Str is a goal if your primary damage source is physical damage/weapon-DPS-based abilities.

I thought Strength only boosted the DPS power and Critical power?

Physical damage is considered a type of Focus damage along with the Elemental damages if I remember correctly.

As long as the skill attack requires DPS then it doesn't matter what type of damage it ends up dealing since it relies on Strength anyway.