Strength

Strength is the attribute that grants health and health regeneration. For each point of strength a hero gets:

20 Health
0.06 Health regeneration

Additionally, strength heroes also get 1 attack damage per strength point.

To gain 1 health regeneration, 17 strength points are required. The health increase only applies to the maximum health, the hero's current health is not increased by 20. The current health percentage stays unchanged upon gaining strength.

Strength heroes[edit]

Strength heroes tend to have more health and health regeneration than heroes of other classes, making them more resilient to both physical attacks and spells. Strength heroes have the greatest variety in their roles, including that of carry, ganker, and support, but almost all of them have some form of strong initiation and are supposed to act as tanks to some degree. In addition, heroes with a large amount of strength may greatly increase the damage needed to bring a team down. With the exception of Huskar, Io, Phoenix and Dragon Knight in his Elder Dragon Form, all strength heroes are melee. Whilst Intelligence heroes typically sport a strong early game, and Agility heroes excel in the late game, Strength heroes are often able to strike a balance between the two and remain relevant at all points of the game.

At the moment, there are 37 Strength Heroes implemented in Dota 2.

Below is a table of all heroes with strength as their primary attribute. The growth columns indicate by how much the base values will increase for each level of the hero.

	Base Strength	Strength Growth	Base Agility	Agility Growth	Base Intelligence	Intelligence Growth
Abaddon	23	2.6	17	1.5	21	2
Alchemist	25	2.1	16	1.2	25	1.8
Axe	25	2.8	20	2.2	18	1.6
Beastmaster	23	2.5	18	1.6	16	1.9
Brewmaster	23	3.2	22	1.95	14	1.25
Bristleback	22	2.2	17	1.8	14	2.8
Centaur Warrunner	23	4.3	15	1.6	15	1.6
Chaos Knight	22	3.2	14	2.1	16	1.2
Clockwerk	26	3.2	13	2.3	17	1.3
Doom	26	3.5	11	0.9	13	2.1
Dragon Knight	19	3.1	19	2.2	15	1.7
Earth Spirit	21	3.2	17	1.5	18	2.1
Earthshaker	22	3.2	12	1.4	16	1.8
Elder Titan	24	2.6	14	1.8	23	1.6
Huskar	21	2.7	15	1.4	18	1.5
Io	17	2.2	14	1.6	23	1.7
Kunkka	24	3.3	14	1.3	18	1.5
Legion Commander	26	2.9	18	1.7	20	2.2
Lifestealer	25	3.1	18	1.9	15	1.75
Lycan	25	3.3	16	1	17	1.55
Magnus	21	3.2	15	2.5	19	1.65
Night Stalker	23	3.1	18	2.25	13	1.6
Omniknight	22	3.1	15	1.75	17	1.8
Phoenix	19	3.2	12	1.3	18	1.8
Pudge	25	3.5	14	1.5	14	1.5
Sand King	22	2.9	19	2.1	16	1.8
Slardar	21	3.1	17	2.4	15	1.5
Spirit Breaker	29	2.7	17	1.7	14	1.8
Sven	23	3	21	2	16	1.3
Tidehunter	22	3.3	15	1.5	16	1.7
Timbersaw	21	2.1	16	1.3	21	2.4
Tiny	26	3.3	9	0.9	17	1.6
Treant Protector	25	3.6	15	2	17	1.8
Tusk	23	2.6	23	2.1	18	1.7
Underlord	25	2.9	12	1.3	17	2.6
Undying	22	2.4	10	0.8	27	2.8
Wraith King	22	3.2	18	1.7	18	1.6

Strength items[edit]

Bonus strength increase

Item	Value	Item cost	Cost per value point
Abyssal Blade	10	6400	640
Aghanim's Scepter	10	4200	420
Belt of Strength	6	450	75
Black King Bar	10	3975	397.5
Bracer	6	490	81.67
Buckler	2	800	400
Circlet	2	165	82.5
Crimson Guard	2	3550	1775
Dagon 1	3	2720	906.67
Dagon 2	3	3970	1323.33
Dagon 3	3	5220	1740
Dagon 4	3	6470	2156.67
Dagon 5	3	7720	2573.33
Dragon Lance	12	1900	158.33
Drum of Endurance	6	1640	273.33
Echo Sabre	10	2650	265
Ethereal Blade	10	4700	470
Eye of Skadi	25	5775	231
Gauntlets of Strength	3	150	50
Ghost Scepter	5	1500	300
Guardian Greaves	5	5375	1075
Headdress	2	675	337.5
Heart of Tarrasque	40	5200	130
Heaven's Halberd	20	3400	170
Helm of the Dominator	2	2025	1012.5
Hurricane Pike	15	4650	310
Iron Branch	1	50	50
Linken's Sphere	15	4850	323.33
Magic Wand	4	465	116.25
Manta Style	10	5000	500
Mekansm	5	2375	475
Necronomicon 1	8	2650	331.25
Necronomicon 2	12	3850	320.83
Necronomicon 3	16	5050	315.63
Null Talisman	3	470	156.67
Ogre Club	10	1000	100
Power Treads (Strength)	10	1350	135
Reaver	25	3000	120
Ring of Aquila	3	985	328.33
Rod of Atos	15	3080	205.33
Sange	16	1950	121.88
Sange and Yasha	16	3900	243.75
Satanic	25	5700	228
Scythe of Vyse	10	5700	570
Silver Edge	15	5550	370
Skull Basher	10	2700	270
Ultimate Orb	10	2150	215
Urn of Shadows	2	875	437.5
Veil of Discord	6	2340	390
Vladmir's Offering	2	2275	1137.5
Wraith Band	3	485	161.67
Values may include portions from actives or auras.