Is a yeast starter required for this recipe

According to brewers-friend, I am short 139 billion yeast cells for a recipe I was estimating. I was planning on trying something along the lines of this recipe.

My original idea was to re-hydrate a packet of Safale S04 and chuck it in. Most of my brews had an F.G between 1.010 to 1.015 but I have not brewed a beer with this high of an O.G

Is brewers-friend being a bit conservative with their estimates or should I take some action to guarantee a good F.G?

Thanks!

Topic pitch yeast-starters yeast homebrew

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OK, a couple things. One, don't make a starter for dry yeast. It has many more cells than liquid so a starter isn't needed. In addition, dry yeast is coated with a nutrient and if you make a starter that nutrient won't be available in your beer. Second, the OG isn't all that high. A single pack of rehydrated dry yeast will be plenty. Make it easy on yourself.

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