Talk:Stats/@comment-50.161.187.213-20150524055002/@comment-23878607-20150524071623

Both the MK and MA suffer from the same problem... they're really fun to play, especially at low levels, and their leveling allocations suck. End game gear makes up for a lot, but not everything.

Yes, you could do that. You will be fighting tougher enemies for a longer period of time, which exposes you to the full run of mob offense; you'll need excellent perfect blocking skills. I played 1/4 Sorcerer, 3/4 MK on my first and favorite Arisen and have 374 STR, 580 Magick and 3004 in Stamina. I find I miss stamina more than I miss strength when I'm playing as an MK. I typically use a +STM/+MAG pair of rings as an MK and use the group stat boosters on my whole party when fighting deep in BBI. When I'm a Ranger, my other favorite vocation, I use a pair of +STM/+STR rings.

The other reason I prefer the stat rings over third tier MK skills is that I find the third tier MK skills much too slow-casting to make them practical in BBI, and they're so much of an overkill in Gransys that they're not much fun.