Talk:Strider/@comment-180.253.223.2-20130625140947/@comment-80.245.199.162-20130821115314

if you want to absolutely min/max and deal the highest amount of physical damage play assassin till 200. you can still switch to strider afterwards for striders abilities. otherwise just play what you like, the stat gain advantage is low after factoring in equipment. many forget that elemental buffs or perma elemental weapons benefit from the striders higher magic stat which allows you to deal hybrid damage all game long.

I play pure strider on hard mode from lvl1 on with a pure fighter pawn and I do just fine.