Which is more important for a Warblade, DEX or INT?

[Black_Zawisza]

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[Reynard]

Int.

Unless you're using one of the Homebrew archery disciplines.

[gallagher]

INT
you get quite a number of bonuses based on your INT, and you will probably be wearing heavy armor during early-level games, so Dex will have a limited role in your repetoir

[Elemental_Elf]

INT by far, though that doesn't mean Dex should be your dump stat

[Reynard]

Warblades don't get Heavy Armour Prof., but then a 1-2 level dip in Fighter, for a couple of feats (or Dungeon Crasher) fixes that.

[Chipp Zanuff]

Int by far. Stat priorities are:

Str
Con+Int
Dex
Wis
Cha

[gallagher]

Warblades don't get Heavy Armour Prof., but then a 1-2 level dip in Fighter, for a couple of feats (or Dungeon Crasher) fixes that.

you know, i could have sword that warblades do indeed get heavy armor, but after opening the book (which i should have done in the first place) i see that you are correct.

the only warblade i ever played was a dungeoncrashing one, and i took the warblade as a dip for a few maneuvers and such. that was indeed a fun game.

my specialty is swordsages

[Draz74]

Depends on the Warblade. I have a light-armored (flying!), TWF-ing Warblade build that definitely needs to pump Dex. The Intelligence-based abilities, while nice, are entirely optional, especially for a build that isn't planning to crit-fish much.

[Thrawn183]

Well if you want to make a stormgaurd warrior build or use Robilar's Gambit, I'd take Dex over Int. Normally Int>Dex though.

[lsfreak]

Yea, depends heavily on the build. AoO and TWF builds are definitely Dex over Int. Cunning duelist, swashbuckler or the like it depends on how you're building the character. More prototypical tank/tripper/charger, Int.

[Draz74]

Well if you want to make a stormgaurd warrior build or use Robilar's Gambit, I'd take Dex over Int. Normally Int>Dex though.

Aye, the build I referred to happens to use both of those feats.