Hi there,
i had a look around the internet for my lill reaver template.
I am going to have the following spec:
50 flex, 42 shield, 41 SR, rest parry.

Here comes my question...
WHY do people put +11 flex on their templates?
will it give any dmg bonus? higher crit chance? WHY do they do it?!

if it doenst help anything, why do people do it?

+8 i shield would be enough too, right?
and +9 SR enough aswell?!

Would be nice to get some answers. What + SKILL does to your skills. For SR for example, will the dmg be higher, the reist rate lower? and whats the point of getting anything above lvl 50?!?!

Thanks!

just make an all cap template and dont worry about it!

+skills to weaponspec increases style damage when using styles from your weaponline.

and thats like how much more damage?
Are there any studies regarding this?
thanks

I think it lowers the variance of the style/base damage - (not sure what excactly ^^)

More flex skill = more Weaponskill
More shield skill = more weaponskill (higher chance to get a slam through and to block)

Yip more Weaponskill, even it doesnt work on Uth

Blue also said in a post, that 50+XX also lowers the variance-window

Go 36 SR and up your parry.
Better to have a considerable passive bonus to parry then a slightly better lt every 30s...

+SR gives you a very slight spell dmg boost, whereas +75 piety boosts your spell dmg and your power pool considerably.
You cant reduce your variance with +SR because your spec lvl is equal or greater then your spell lvl.

Just cap +flex, +shield, and +parry, along with str, dex, con, qui, pie, and you'll be fine.