Arcane Blade's Dex requirement is odd...

[Canderel]

I started playing an arcane blade now... (one of my first)

The Dex seems to be thrown in, but doesn't make sense... Also the load is too high... I need Str/Mag (main) - Con/Wil (HP/MP/SP) for this char to work, and now Dex is also added for some reason.

Cant we just scale it to Str and Mag, and leave Dex out of the calculations?

[Alpharat]

Take a look at Shadowblade. You need Dex, Cun, Mag, but everything requiring Mag requires massive mana and thus Wil... plus Con if you don't want to die.

Arcane Blade at least can get by with one less stat.

[Postman]

You don't really need Dex for arcane blade. It's only needed for Arcane tree, which is not very useful. In fact cunning tree is more useful IMO. Also some minimal amount of stat in everything you can get later with Inner Strength talent. And of cause ruby/diamond rings. Yea, and of cause you need substantial Will too later if you want to run 4 sustained talents and be able drop flameshock/earthen barrier occasionally

[Grey]

The dex requirement is a nuisance, but not too disabling. Arcane Blades are one of those classes that require a lot of stat balancing, but you can generally ignore Dex.

[Canderel]

Thanks for all the info. My real point is that we should just look at those skills and let Them scale off either str or mag. Looking at changing the class.

[Postman]

Arcane blade is my favorite class A lot of flexibility in both char building and tactic, but such freedom require careful planning.

[Canderel]

Explain why that tree should require dex? That spellpower skill could scale off str and require mag. I don't think it makes sense even flavourwise.

[Sirrocco]

I've heard of someone running a dex-heavy, str-light arcane blade with dual daggers that apparently worked out pretty well. Perhaps you should try to solve the MAD (Multiple Attribute Dependency) issues the other way.

[Grey]

One still needs St to unlock several talents, and to properly take advantage of such a build you need Cun too. Far from optimal for the class.