Attributes vs Tables

[CoolBrick_1 (samuel)]

If I had a combat game and needed to store data such as if the player is blocking or not, which of these would be the better way of doing things?

local Players = game:GetService('Players')

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
	Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(Character)
		
		Character:SetAttribute('Blocking', false)
		Character:SetAttribute('Disabled', false)
		Character:SetAttribute('Attacking', false)
		
	end)
end)

or

local Players = game:GetService('Players')

local Table = {}

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
	Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(Character)
		
		Table[Character] = {
			['Blocking'] = false,
			['Disabled'] = false,
			['Attacking'] = false
		}
		
	end)
	
	Player.CharacterRemoving:Connect(function(Character)
		Table[Character] = nil
	end)
end)

return Table

The first one is in a server script and the second one is in a module script.

Edit: I forgot to mention that I intend to store more data like damage reduction and damage multiplier values.

[Katrist]

A dictionary would be faster to access for the script so therefore better, but it mostly comes to personal preference if you aren’t checking the data too often.

[CoolBrick_1 (samuel)]

Thank you for your reply, may I ask why you said “if you aren’t checking the data too often.” Does checking attributes use a lot of resources or something?

[Katrist]

No, it uses very minimal resources, but tables use even less.