Tabi Vs Boots

[kazooki117]

For a melee character which is better, the ap reduction from tabi boots or the additional damage from the combat boots?

[Qiox]

Look at your dex and how many attacks per turn you get. If the ap reduction gives you 1 more attack, compare the damage of 1 attack to the sum of the extra damage of each attack you would get from non-tabi boots. Then factor in secondary effect chances from an extra attack (stun, incapacitate, bleed, etc...) and decide!

[Wagon Wheel]

Most of the time Tabi will provide more than combat boots, as it improves both mobility by giving you mobility points as well as damage in the form of AP cost reduction.

Combat boots is certainly not a bad option if you are a heavy melee character that intent on utilizing heavyweight. The best boot is probably something with boot-springs in it.

[kazooki117]

The minimum AP cost for melee attacks is 4, so I suppose if I was able to get to 16 dex then the boots would give me more dmg while ap reduction of the tabi boots would no longer be helpful (for leather gloves). I'm not sure if that extra 2 dex would be worth it though.

[Wagon Wheel]

If you use TiChrome yes.

But if you use super-steel and I think you should because you can get max of 160Q on super-steel plates before DC, you only get 5 AP per attack even with tabi.

In my opinion you should go tabi if you go dagger or unarmed. You should go boots if you go sledgehammer and metal armor.

[kazooki117]

I was thinking of going with leather infused rathound gloves as opposed to metal gloves because at 14 dex the leather gloves cost 4 ap per attack with lightning strikes and tabi boots. If I bumped up the dex to 16 I could get the same ap with boots instead.

By unarmed you mean gloves?

I suppose you are right though, if I go up to 16 dex then I could use the metal gloves with Tabi. I think it might be best to go with 14 dex and infused ancient rathound gloves.

[Enor]

You have to realize that 16 dex does not just lower your ap for more damage. it also raises your unarmed skill to to dish out more damage. I would say 16 dex ancient rathound gloves with skinning feat and no tabi boots ftw. If no skinning feat, then go with the tabi metal gloves combo