Board Thread:Dark Souls II/@comment-5264386-20130801122019/@comment-5264386-20131001133532

Once you look at their definitions, they actually both make sense, since Vigor means "physical strength and good health", whilst vitality is "the state of being strong".

* shrugs* It'll take a bit of time to get used to (especially since most builds are probably going to have start stacking Resistance now to prevent their weapons and armour from getting broken in two hits or so...)