Should I focus on Damage/Defense or Knockdown while leveling my gear?

[Ultima🌴🍃]

Ok so since different blacksmiths increase different stats should I go with:
* 3 damage upgrades and 0 knockdown power upgrades for weapons.
* 2 damage and 1 knockdown power upgrades.
* 1 damage and 2 knockdown power upgrades.
* or maybe knockdown power upgrades all the way.

Also the same question for armors upgrades should I focus on defense or knockdown resistance.

I am not looking for "whatever suits your tastes" answers, I am looking for answers based on the experience of players that already completed the game and could provide advise on the best way to level up my weapons.[

PS: forgot to mention my Arisen is mainly on physical (be it melee or ranged) vocations while my main pawn is magical vocations all the way.

[Pine Rune]

IMO, knocking down large monsters and stun-locking them makes fighting them trivial. I'd say have one heavy hitter focus on knockdown, and the rest focus damage output to melt them.

[アゼム]

Dwarf upgrades with knockdown resist is pretty much the only option for armor
Weapons are vocation dependent

[Artarian]

Knockdown resistance especially on mages or other vocations that flinch incredibly easy is the way to go, can entirely prevent a massive amount of damage by simply not letting you get locked into a stunlock combo to begin with
As for weapons, raw damage. No contest.