Goliath

I saw some posts saying that combo tag on both charge and attack goliath effect damage, but when i do it the damage is the same nearly (bad stability). 500-560k on all my goliaths when my combos were breathwork> Goliath Smite, and dash>Goliath Smite.
Can anyone verify that my stability is just bad?

Also I'm going str>agi but is agi>str /agi>dex /dex>agi a better choice?

 

Hmm i just tested at dy using cat paws (100% stability) and the damage still seems to be the same with no smite charge>smite attack and smite charge>smite attack

 

It's probably same mechanics of cf: If you use same tag in both combos, one gets ignored

 

Is there any way for knuckles to deal with the stability drop? or do we just accept we can hit 500k-1.2m

 

So they just released Bull Horns (i think its called) its an additional gear with 12% stab. On top of that if you use the recent anniversary knuckles (the only knuckles that are currently viable AND have 90% stab) then your base stab should be 102%.
Deducting the -10% when activating annihilator should then leave you with 92% stab which is exceptionally good for a mainstream weapon in the game. I think york and venena also help stab by a little bit too so using annihilator shouldnt really be a problem. The only way I can see annihilator being problematic is if you use toy guns, tonfas, or piton wristbands, which leave u with around 60-70% stab. Honestly I cant afford player crafted anniv knux so im waiting out on the next update that gives a boss dropped 90% stab knuck