Strength

Strength is one of the three primary attributes with the theme of defending against magic damage. It grants health and health regeneration to every hero. Strength heroes also gain attack damage per point of strength.
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Bonuses[edit]
For each point of strength, a hero gains the following bonuses:
- 20 health
- 0.1 health regeneration
Additionally, strength heroes also get 1 attack damage per point of strength.
The health bonus is only applied to the maximum health pool. The hero's current health is not increased, but keeps the current health percentage. To gain 1 health regeneration, 10 strength points are required.
Strength heroes[edit]
Strength heroes tend to have more health and health regeneration than other heroes, making them more resilient to both physical attacks and spells. Strength heroes have a great 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 a few exception, most 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.
There are 39 strength heroes 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 increases for each level of the hero.
Hero | Base Strength | Strength Growth | Base Agility | Agility Growth | Base Intelligence | Intelligence Growth | |
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Abaddon | 23 | 3 | 23 | 1.5 | 18 | 2 |
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Alchemist | 25 | 2.7 | 22 | 1.5 | 25 | 1.8 |
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Axe | 25 | 3.4 | 20 | 2.2 | 18 | 1.6 |
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Beastmaster | 23 | 2.9 | 18 | 1.6 | 16 | 1.9 |
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Brewmaster | 23 | 3.7 | 19 | 2 | 15 | 1.6 |
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Bristleback | 22 | 2.9 | 17 | 1.8 | 14 | 2.8 |
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Centaur Warrunner | 27 | 4.6 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1.6 |
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Chaos Knight | 22 | 3.4 | 18 | 1.4 | 18 | 1.2 |
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Clockwerk | 26 | 3.5 | 13 | 2.3 | 18 | 1.5 |
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Doom | 24 | 3.7 | 11 | 0.9 | 15 | 2.1 |
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Dragon Knight | 21 | 3.4 | 19 | 2 | 18 | 1.7 |
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Earth Spirit | 22 | 4.4 | 17 | 2.4 | 20 | 2.1 |
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Earthshaker | 22 | 3.7 | 12 | 1.4 | 16 | 1.8 |
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Elder Titan | 26 | 3 | 14 | 1.8 | 23 | 1.6 |
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Huskar | 21 | 3.2 | 15 | 1.8 | 18 | 1.5 |
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Io | 17 | 3 | 14 | 1.6 | 23 | 1.7 |
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Kunkka | 24 | 3.8 | 14 | 1.3 | 18 | 1.8 |
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Legion Commander | 25 | 3.3 | 18 | 1.7 | 20 | 2.2 |
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Lifestealer | 25 | 2.4 | 18 | 2.4 | 15 | 1.8 |
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Lycan | 26 | 3.4 | 16 | 1 | 23 | 1.4 |
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Magnus | 25 | 3.5 | 15 | 2.5 | 19 | 1.7 |
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Mars | 23 | 3.4 | 20 | 1.9 | 21 | 1.6 |
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Night Stalker | 23 | 3 | 18 | 2.3 | 15 | 1.6 |
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Omniknight | 22 | 3.4 | 15 | 1.8 | 15 | 1.8 |
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Phoenix | 23 | 3.5 | 12 | 1.3 | 16 | 1.8 |
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Pudge | 25 | 3 | 14 | 1.4 | 16 | 1.5 |
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Sand King | 22 | 3 | 19 | 1.8 | 19 | 1.8 |
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Slardar | 21 | 3.6 | 17 | 2.4 | 15 | 1.5 |
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Snapfire | 20 | 3.3 | 16 | 1.9 | 18 | 2.2 |
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Spirit Breaker | 29 | 3.1 | 17 | 1.7 | 14 | 1.8 |
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Sven | 22 | 3.2 | 21 | 2 | 16 | 1.3 |
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Tidehunter | 27 | 3.5 | 15 | 1.5 | 18 | 1.7 |
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Timbersaw | 24 | 3.2 | 16 | 1.6 | 23 | 2.7 |
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Tiny | 28 | 3.8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2.2 |
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Treant Protector | 25 | 3.4 | 15 | 2 | 20 | 1.8 |
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Tusk | 23 | 3.9 | 23 | 2.1 | 18 | 1.7 |
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Underlord | 25 | 3 | 12 | 1.6 | 17 | 2.3 |
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Undying | 22 | 2.8 | 10 | 0.8 | 27 | 2.8 |
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Wraith King | 22 | 3 | 18 | 1.7 | 18 | 1.6 |
Strength granting talents[edit]
The following heroes have a talent that grants them bonus strength.
Bonus | Level 10 | Level 15 | Level 20 | Level 25 | ||||
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Left | Right | Left | Right | Left | Right | Left | Right | |
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Strength granting items[edit]
These items grant heroes a passive strength bonus by having them merely equipped.
Item | Value | Item cost | Cost per value point |
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Abyssal Blade | 10 | 6625 | 662.5 |
Aghanim's Scepter | 10 | 4200 | 420 |
Belt of Strength | 6 | 450 | 75 |
Black King Bar | 10 | 4050 | 405 |
Book of Shadows | 12 | N/A | N/A |
Book of the Dead | 30 | N/A | N/A |
Bracer | 5 | 510 | 102 |
Circlet | 2 | 155 | 77.5 |
Crown | 4 | 450 | 112.5 |
Dagon 1 | 6 | 2750 | 458.33 |
Dagon 2 | 8 | 4050 | 506.25 |
Dagon 3 | 10 | 5350 | 535 |
Dagon 4 | 12 | 6650 | 554.17 |
Dagon 5 | 14 | 7950 | 567.86 |
Dragon Lance | 12 | 1900 | 158.33 |
Drum of Endurance | 6 | 1700 | 283.33 |
Echo Sabre | 12 | 2500 | 208.33 |
Ethereal Blade | 10 | 4300 | 430 |
Eye of Skadi | 25 | 5300 | 212 |
Fallen Sky | 20 | N/A | N/A |
Gauntlets of Strength | 3 | 145 | 48.33 |
Ghost Scepter | 5 | 1500 | 300 |
Giant's Ring | 40 | N/A | N/A |
Gleipnir | 12 | 6150 | 512.5 |
Heart of Tarrasque | 45 | 4800 | 106.67 |
Heaven's Halberd | 20 | 3650 | 182.5 |
Holy Locket | 3 | 2500 | 833.33 |
Hurricane Pike | 15 | 4525 | 301.67 |
Illusionist's Cape | 14 | N/A | N/A |
Iron Branch | 1 | 50 | 50 |
Ironwood Tree | 6 | N/A | N/A |
Kaya and Sange | 16 | 4100 | 256.25 |
Linken's Sphere | 14 | 4600 | 328.57 |
Magic Wand | 3 | 450 | 150 |
Manta Style | 10 | 4600 | 460 |
Meteor Hammer | 8 | 2350 | 293.75 |
Minotaur Horn | 20 | N/A | N/A |
Mirror Shield | 16 | N/A | N/A |
Necronomicon 1 | 6 | 2050 | 341.67 |
Necronomicon 2 | 12 | 3300 | 275 |
Necronomicon 3 | 18 | 4550 | 252.78 |
Null Talisman | 2 | 510 | 255 |
Ocean Heart | 5 | N/A | N/A |
Ogre Axe | 10 | 1000 | 100 |
Overwhelming Blink | 25 | 6800 | 272 |
Power Treads (Strength) | 10 | 1400 | 140 |
Reaver | 25 | 2800 | 112 |
Ring of Aquila | 3 | N/A | N/A |
Rod of Atos | 10 | 2750 | 275 |
Sange | 16 | 2050 | 128.13 |
Sange and Yasha | 16 | 4100 | 256.25 |
Satanic | 25 | 5050 | 202 |
Scythe of Vyse | 10 | 5675 | 567.5 |
Skull Basher | 10 | 2950 | 295 |
Solar Crest | 10 | 3725 | 372.5 |
Soul Ring | 6 | 740 | 123.33 |
Spell Prism | 12 | N/A | N/A |
Spirit Vessel | 2 | 2940 | 1470 |
Ultimate Orb | 10 | 2050 | 205 |
Urn of Shadows | 2 | 840 | 420 |
Vambrace (Agility) | 5 | N/A | N/A |
Vambrace (Intelligence) | 5 | N/A | N/A |
Vambrace (Strength) | 10 | N/A | N/A |
Veil of Discord | 4 | 1525 | 381.25 |
Wraith Band | 2 | 510 | 255 |
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Version history[edit]
- No longer grants 0.08% magic resistance per strength.
- Strength heroes no longer gain 25% more health/health regeneration/magic resistance per strength.
- Increased health per strength from 18 to 20.
- No longer grants 0.55% health regeneration amplification.
- Now grants 0.1 flat health regeneration.
- Reworked strength bonuses
- Strength heroes now gain 25% more of all strength stats than agility and intelligence heroes.
- Strength heroes no longer gain 0.15% status resistance per point of strength.
- Now grants 0.08% magic resistance per strength. [?]
- Reduced health per strength from 20 to 18. [?]
- Reduced health regeneration amplification bonus per strength from 0.71% (or ?] ) to 0.55%. [
- No longer grants 0.06 health regeneration per point.
- Now grants 0.71% (or ) health regeneration amplification per strength.
- Strength heroes now gain 0.15% status resistance for each point of strength.
- Increased health regeneration per strength from 0.03 to 0.06.
- Reduced health regeneration per strength from 0.05 to 0.03.
See also[edit]
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