Strength

Strength is one of the three primary attributes with the theme of defending against magic damage. It grants health, health regeneration, and magic resistance to every hero. Strength heroes gain 25% more than other heroes, and also gain attack damage.

Bonuses

Agility and intelligence heroes gain the following bonuses for each point of strength:

• 18 Health
• 0.1 Health regeneration
• 0.08% Magic resistance

Strength heroes gain the following bonuses for each point of strength:

• 1 Attack damage
• 22.5 Health
• 0.125 Health regeneration
• 0.1% Magic resistance

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 (8 for strength heroes) strength points are required. To gain 1% magic resistance, 13 (10 for strength heroes) strength points are required.

Strength heroes

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 37 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
	Abaddon	23	2.6	23	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	2	14	1.6
	Bristleback	22	2.5	17	1.8	14	2.8
	Centaur Warrunner	27	4	15	1	15	1.6
	Chaos Knight	22	3.2	14	2.1	18	1.2
	Clockwerk	26	3.2	13	2.3	17	1.3
	Doom	26	3.5	11	0.9	15	2.1
	Dragon Knight	19	3.1	19	2	15	1.7
	Earth Spirit	21	3.8	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	2.4	15	1.8
	Lycan	25	3.3	16	1	17	1.4
	Magnus	23	3.2	15	2.5	19	1.7
	Night Stalker	23	3.1	18	2.3	13	1.6
	Omniknight	22	3.1	15	1.8	15	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	2.8	19	1.8	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	2.4	16	1.3	21	2.4
	Tiny	30	3.6	0	0	17	1.6
	Treant Protector	25	3.6	15	2	20	1.8
	Tusk	23	3.4	23	2.1	18	1.7
	Underlord	25	2.9	12	1.3	17	2.3
	Undying	22	2.4	10	0.8	27	2.8
	Wraith King	22	2.8	18	1.7	18	1.6

Strength items

These items grant heroes a passive strength bonus by having them merely equipped.

Bonus strength

Item	Value	Item cost	Cost per value point
Abyssal Blade	10	6650	665
Aghanim's Scepter	10	4200	420
Belt of Strength	6	450	75
Black King Bar	10	4050	405
Bracer	6	515	85.83
Buckler	2	800	400
Circlet	2	165	82.5
Crimson Guard	2	3550	1775
Crown	4	450	112.5
Dagon 1	5	2700	540
Dagon 2	5	3950	790
Dagon 3	5	5200	1040
Dagon 4	5	6450	1290
Dagon 5	5	7700	1540
Dragon Lance	12	1900	158.33
Drum of Endurance	6	1525	254.17
Echo Sabre	12	2650	220.83
Ethereal Blade	10	4700	470
Eye of Skadi	25	5500	220
Gauntlets of Strength	3	135	45
Ghost Scepter	5	1500	300
Guardian Greaves	5	5375	1075
Headdress	2	525	262.5
Heart of Tarrasque	45	5200	115.56
Heaven's Halberd	20	3500	175
Helm of the Dominator	2	1875	937.5
Hurricane Pike	15	4600	306.67
Iron Branch	1	50	50
Kaya and Sange	16	4100	256.25
Linken's Sphere	13	5050	388.46
Magic Wand	3	450	150
Manta Style	10	4700	470
Mekansm	5	2275	455
Meteor Hammer	12	2625	218.75
Necronomicon 1	10	2400	240
Necronomicon 2	15	3700	246.67
Necronomicon 3	20	5000	250
Null Talisman	3	515	171.67
Ogre Axe	10	1000	100
Pipe of Insight	2	3025	1512.5
Power Treads (Strength)	14	1380	98.57
Reaver	25	3000	120
Rod of Atos	12	2750	229.17
Sange	16	2050	128.13
Sange and Yasha	16	4100	256.25
Satanic	25	5300	212
Scythe of Vyse	10	5700	570
Silver Edge	15	5550	370
Skull Basher	10	2950	295
Solar Crest	10	3875	387.5
Soul Ring	6	770	128.33
Spirit Vessel	2	2975	1487.5
Ultimate Orb	10	2150	215
Urn of Shadows	2	875	437.5
Veil of Discord	6	2050	341.67
Vladmir's Offering	2	1925	962.5
Wraith Band	3	515	171.67
Values may include portions from actives or auras.

Version history

Version

Description

7.20

• Strength now grants 0.1 flat health regeneration, instead of 0.55% health regen amplification.

7.13

• 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.
  • Strength now grants 0.08% magic resistance per point. [?]
  • Reduced health per strength from 20 to 18. [?]
  • Reduced health regen amplification bonus per strength from 0.71% (5/7) to 0.55%. [?]

7.07

• Strength no longer grants 0.06 health regeneration per point.
• Strength now grants 0.71% (5/7) health regen amplification per point.
• Strength heroes now gain 0.15% status resistance for each point of strength.

7.06

• Increased health regeneration per strength from 0.03 to 0.06.

6.87

• Increased health per strength from 19 to 20.

See also

• Table of hero attributes

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