[FatherCrixius]

Real tanks don't build strength.

Magic and tomes eclipses anything melee and strength based has to offer rn.

As for your suggestions, I disagree with both;

1% Crit damage per point would make it similar to gui, and people still refuse to build that because of it's terrible position in the basic hit damage calculation, hence the overwhelming reliance on volcanic, claret, or what have you.

Mitigating armour / 2 points of strength is also overtuned, partially due to the above reason, and already exists in the form of wear down weapons.

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And lastly removing HP scaling will affect dodge builds MORE than tanks. Dodge builds run significantly lower vit than any tank. There are far more stat requirements for basic hitting than autohits, resulting in less Vit. I see too many 700 HP no dr kensei's wonder why they're getting their asses whooped, and removing strength defensive scaling does nothing to alleviate that. If you want to make crutchless basic hitting viable, either Kite or make the stats far more efficient to spec into defensive stats of your own.