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Originally Posted by gprater
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I have also grouped with another rogue twice (in a HHK goblin group) who is 2 levels lower with a rapier of Oriin and backstabbing for over 200 fairly consistently. I asked him his STR and it was buffed at the time at 213. So, am i to understand that the differences in our weapons made up for the huge difference in our BS values and not the STR? No doubting the advice here but when i read the math of BSing in the mechanics section STR is integral it seems.
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Simplifying a bit, if both of you were level 30 and were buffed to 200 strength:
Your damage: (355 *
9 * 5.1) / 100 = 163 damage
His damage: (355 *
12 * 5.1) / 100 = 217 damage
So yes, by him using the Rapier of Oriin, he could backstab for 54 more damage than you, all other things equal. A big difference!
Some further math on strength and weapons:
With your current 9/20 main hand weapon:
((155 +
100) * 9 * 5.1) / 100 = 117 damage
((155 +
150) * 9 * 5.1) / 100 = 140 damage
((155 +
200) * 9 * 5.1) / 100 = 163 damage
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+1 STR = +0.46 Backstab Damage
With increasingly powerful weapons:
((155 + 100) *
9 * 5.1) / 100 = 117 damage
((155 + 100) *
11 * 5.1) / 100 = 143 damage
((155 + 100) *
13 * 5.1) / 100 = 170 damage
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+1 top end damage = +13 Backstab Damage
For 1,000pp you can get:
Frozen Shard (13/26) = +53 Backstab Damage
Gauntlets of Potence (+15 STR) = +7 Backstab Damage
So to answer your question, strength is indeed important. But for a young Rogue, getting a strong backstab weapon is the best use of your limited funds.
On top of that, nobody can "buff your weapon damage". But they can cast +25 STR on you. Especially with diminishing returns above 200 Strength (+1 Strength = +0.09 Damage), you get lousy results at a certain point. Max damage is "always on" and will always help you.