Vitality vs Vigor

[Carve your fate]

Is the vitality stat investment worth it for the physical defense? Or just put ALL in vigor no fear

[Facu]

With my magic chars i didnt bother to put anything in VIT but with my Quality/STR/DEX(Such a casul)/Luck builds.. i put enought to reach 20-25.

[Mr. Bones]

In most occasions, vigor can be better that vit.
But it depends, if you have a strength build you'd want reasonably high vit for heavy armour, but usually 20-15 vit will do.

[Deadly.Crystal.Lizard]

it depends on the level you are going for. flat defense is alot more useful in earlier levels, you can put on very heavy armor with high vit and make a real tank out of your character.

[drnmontemayor]

You need good vigor, or else you're not going to last much regardless. VIT and high STR give you quite the boost in defense. STR even trumps VIT at higher level.

[lev]

I level up VIT so I can wield many weapons at once but it's not worth the defence. VIG is worth it though, but it is less effective after 27.

[Zach]

Vitality won't do much in terms of increasing defence absorption. All its mainly used for is increasing your weight load so you can wear more gear without slow rolling.

Also gives you more poise or "hyperarmor".

Having more health is a necessity if you have less than 1400 HP you're at a huge risk getting one hit from a riposte. Always level vigour.

[Scraps]

Unless you plan on going full Havels, you shouldn't need more than 20 VIT max. VIG is, and has always been, a relevant (and often mandatory) stat to invest in. If you're unsure what to put points in, VIG is generally a safe bet.

All the Souls games have that one attribute noone really needs to invest in to be competant in end-game with the exception of DS2; and VIT is DS3's least useful stat, mainly because rolling and spacing often overshadows tanking.

[MissingUserID]

i dont see the point in VIT beaing able to carry heavy weapons yes, but for the defence its pointless you can roll and avoid the hit all together even then if you do get hit thats what VIG is there for.

[Deadly.Crystal.Lizard]

Originally posted by A Cupcake:

i dont see the point in VIT beaing able to carry heavy weapons yes, but for the defence its pointless you can roll and avoid the hit all together even then if you do get hit thats what VIG is there for.

in this case, you don't need vigor as well.

[Artek [General]]

Vitality compliments vigor, but not the other way around.
As far as defense mechanics in this game work - having more health is better by miles.
However having high vitality still have some uses. Most importantly - carrying heavier gear. But also, as a bonus, you will take slightly less damage, which combines with high health into beaing able to survive 1-2 more hits. Something like that.

But, considering everything, vitality should ONLY be leveled up in order to carry heavier gear and stay below 70% or 100% of equip ratio, based on your particular build, NOT for defenses.
Defenses are just a small neat bonus.

[Carve your fate]

Originally posted by Artek General:

Vitality compliments vigor, but not the other way around.
As far as defense mechanics in this game work - having more health is better by miles.
However having high vitality still have some uses. Most importantly - carrying heavier gear. But also, as a bonus, you will take slightly less damage, which combines with high health into beaing able to survive 1-2 more hits. Something like that.

But, considering everything, vitality should ONLY be leveled up in order to carry heavier gear and stay below 70% or 100% of equip ratio, based on your particular build, NOT for defenses.
Defenses are just a small neat bonus.

ty arket now im sure what to do for my build

[Deadly.Crystal.Lizard]

to further illustrate my point of vitality being more useful earlier on:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzVXTEoLtmQ

feel free to experiment with this a bit.