How is the optimal distribution found?

Because the effectiveness score is a weighted sum of points, the exact optimum keeps every stat at its baseline and puts all spare points into the single highest-weighted stat. The tool computes this directly rather than guessing, so the min-max result is provably the highest possible score.

What is the difference between min-max and balanced?

Min-max dumps every spare point into your top-weighted stat for the maximum score, which is ideal when one attribute dominates. Balanced spreads the spare points across stats in proportion to their weights for a rounded character that handles a wider range of activities.

How do I choose stat weights?

Set each weight to how much one point in that stat is worth for your goal — for example a higher weight on the attributes that speed up the skills you plan to train. The ranking only depends on relative weights, so doubling them all changes nothing.

Why must my points cover the baselines?

Each baseline is the minimum a stat must keep, often a hard floor set by the game. If the baselines add up to more than your point pool the build is impossible, so the tool asks you to raise the pool or lower a baseline.

Does this apply to character remaps?

Yes. EVE attribute remaps redistribute a fixed pool above per-attribute floors, which is exactly this problem. Use your remap point total as the pool and the per-attribute minimum as each baseline to plan an optimal remap.

EVE Online Stat Optimizer

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Build the strongest EVE Online stat spread

Distributing a fixed pool of attribute points is a math problem with a clean answer, but it is easy to spread points by feel and leave effectiveness on the table. This tool computes the provably optimal allocation for your weights, plus a balanced alternative for flexibility, so you can pick the build that fits your goal. It runs entirely in your browser.

How it works

Your effectiveness is a weighted sum of the points in each stat:

score = sum over stats of weight_i * allocated_i

subject to keeping each stat at or above its baseline and spending exactly the pool. Because the score is linear, the exact optimum is to hold every stat at its baseline and pour all remaining points into the single highest-weighted stat. The balanced build instead distributes the spare points in proportion to the weights, rounding fairly so the totals still add up.

Example and tips

With five attributes weighted for a training-focused character and a 117-point pool over baselines of 20/20/20/20/17, min-max sends every spare point to the top-weighted attribute for the highest score, while balanced spreads them so no single stat is starved. Choose min-max when one attribute clearly dominates your plan, and balanced when you want a character that copes with varied activities. Only relative weights matter, so focus on getting the order and ratios right rather than the absolute numbers.