

The stats themselves are generally only important inasmuch as they affect what gear you can equip and how they influence various derived stats. In fact, most builds follow the same basic Stat Point allocation goals - enough Strength for gear, in the case of the Amazon and Paladin, enough Dexterity for gear and max block chance, then the rest of their points into Vitality. In practice, the variation between character’s starting stats just determines how many points they’ll have to drop into Strength and Dexterity to reach their equipment goals before they start investing into Vitality, which is one of the key factors for survivability. In general, your starting stats aren’t terribly important, as by Lv17 you’ll have doubled your starting Stat Point spread. You can complete it once each difficulty, for a total of 15 Stat Points. Completing this quest will earn you an additional 5 Stat Points to distribute. In addition to gaining 5 Stat Points per level, you can further increase your Stat Points by completing the quest Lam Esen’s Tome in Act 3.
