str/dex bonus cap?

[enkephalin07]

Is there a limit to how much enhanced damage you can gain from the stat bonuses? For that matter, is there a hard limit to total enhanced bonus you can get from combined modifiers?

[Doabli]

AFAIK no. More str, more dex = better. aerial tried a str/dex based barb before so I'm pretty sure it doesn't have a limit.

[Delreich]

Beware that you can't have more than 1023 base points in any single stat though.
Well, at least not for more than one game. It'll get capped on save.
This shouldn't be a problem in most cases, but with 1205 points to distribute it could be in some.

Bonuses from skills and equipment can still get you high above this limit of course.

[enkephalin07]

I don't think I'll come close to that in base stats. How about in modified stats; will that automatically update on restart, or do I have to re-equip everything?

Also, the manual says the ED% bonus is per 100 stats; is that 100 a hard breakpoint, or would 150 give you 150% of that bonus?

[aerial]

I guess paladin would be better (dark). He can use dark king, mountain king, and liche totem. Barb has phoenix stance instead of dark king, but imo dark king is better.
With barb and high damage sacred weapon it was possible to get >200k (with many buffs, ctc, oskills, vanqiuish ect) physical damage and more. But if youre using 1.11, lion stance is enough to reach damage cap.

[Doabli]

I think he means your based saved stats (the points you put in str/dex) should never exceed 1023. Then you can pump gears and skills however you want, it'll still update correctly ingame.

The 100 str bonus thing is not correct anymore, check Laz's site for a new list. The str/dex bonus means you have a bonus to weapon %ED every 100 points (so str bonus of 50 means 0.5% ED per str point) .

[enkephalin07]

I'm using the manual straight off the website, searches quicker and takes less mem to keep multiple pages open. Isn't that up to date? The link I'm reading is: http://modsbylaz.planetdiablo.gamespy.com/ on the base items page.

[Doabli]

I guess I misinterpreted your last sentence. Sorry (I was thinking about old LOD str bonus) .

The latter is correct (you don't need to have str in 100s, even 1 point have an effect) .

[Baerk Konnevala]

Actually I thought my 2nd retaliator paladin had 1050 Base vitality. As for the level your stats can be after boosts has no practical limit of any sort (because the rollover point is over 100,000 for stats such as strength).