Just do what you want to, simple as that. Nowadays you can respec once per week without any penalties (unless artie is your strat character, in which case just make an alt your strat character since to my knowledge you don't give a flying fuck about strat), so there is no real reason to worry about getting "stuck" with a shitty build. Go pure str thrower again, we all know it's what you want to do.
Good thing I have shield skill nowadays...