Strength is one of the three primary attributes that grants health and health regeneration to every hero. Strength heroes also gain attack damage per point of strength.
Bonuses[]
Every point in strength increases:
- Maximum health by 22.
- Health regeneration by 0.1.
For strength heroes, every point in strength also increases main attack damage by 1.
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[]
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 exceptions, 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 31 strength heroes in Dota 2.
Below is a table of all heroes with strength as their primary attribute. The growth columns indicate how much the base values increase for each hero level.
Hero | Base | + / LVL | L30 | Base | + / LVL | L30 | Base | + / LVL | L30 | Base | + / LVL | L30 |
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Alchemist | 23 | 2.7 | 115.3 | 22 | 1.5 | 79.5 | 25 | 1.8 | 91.2 | 70 | 6 | 286 |
Axe | 25 | 2.8 | 120.2 | 20 | 1.7 | 83.3 | 18 | 1.6 | 78.4 | 63 | 6.1 | 281.9 |
Bristleback | 22 | 2.7 | 114.3 | 17 | 1.8 | 83.2 | 14 | 2.8 | 109.2 | 53 | 7.3 | 306.7 |
Centaur Warrunner | 27 | 4 | 157 | 15 | 1 | 58 | 15 | 1.6 | 75.4 | 57 | 6.6 | 290.4 |
Chaos Knight | 24 | 3.2 | 130.8 | 18 | 1.4 | 72.6 | 18 | 1.2 | 66.8 | 60 | 5.8 | 270.2 |
Dawnbreaker | 25 | 3.4 | 137.6 | 14 | 1.7 | 77.3 | 20 | 2 | 92 | 59 | 7.1 | 306.9 |
Doom | 24 | 3.7 | 145.3 | 15 | 1.5 | 72.5 | 15 | 1.7 | 78.3 | 54 | 6.9 | 296.1 |
Dragon Knight | 21 | 3.6 | 139.4 | 16 | 2 | 88 | 18 | 1.7 | 81.3 | 55 | 7.3 | 308.7 |
Earth Spirit | 22 | 3.8 | 146.2 | 17 | 2.4 | 100.6 | 18 | 2.1 | 92.9 | 57 | 8.3 | 339.7 |
Earthshaker | 22 | 3.7 | 143.3 | 12 | 1.4 | 66.6 | 18 | 2.1 | 92.9 | 52 | 7.2 | 302.8 |
Elder Titan | 26 | 3 | 127 | 16 | 1.8 | 82.2 | 23 | 1.6 | 83.4 | 65 | 6.4 | 292.6 |
Huskar | 23 | 3.3 | 132.7 | 10 | 1.5 | 67.5 | 18 | 1.5 | 75.5 | 51 | 6.3 | 275.7 |
Kunkka | 24 | 3.8 | 148.2 | 14 | 1.6 | 74.4 | 18 | 1.8 | 84.2 | 56 | 7.2 | 306.8 |
Legion Commander | 23 | 3.1 | 126.9 | 18 | 1.7 | 81.3 | 20 | 2.2 | 97.8 | 61 | 7 | 306 |
Lifestealer | 25 | 2.4 | 108.6 | 19 | 2.6 | 108.4 | 15 | 1.8 | 81.2 | 59 | 6.8 | 298.2 |
Mars | 23 | 3.7 | 144.3 | 20 | 1.7 | 83.3 | 21 | 2.2 | 98.8 | 64 | 7.6 | 326.4 |
Night Stalker | 23 | 3 | 124 | 18 | 2.2 | 95.8 | 15 | 1.6 | 75.4 | 56 | 6.8 | 295.2 |
Ogre Magi | 23 | 4.2 | 158.8 | 14 | 1.5 | 71.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 5.7 | 230.3 |
Omniknight | 23 | 3.1 | 126.9 | 15 | 2 | 87 | 16 | 2.1 | 90.9 | 54 | 7.2 | 304.8 |
Primal Beast | 26 | 4.3 | 164.7 | 15 | 1 | 58 | 16 | 1.4 | 70.6 | 57 | 6.7 | 293.3 |
Pudge | 25 | 3 | 126 | 14 | 1.4 | 68.6 | 16 | 1.8 | 82.2 | 55 | 6.2 | 276.8 |
Slardar | 21 | 3.6 | 139.4 | 17 | 2.4 | 100.6 | 15 | 1.5 | 72.5 | 53 | 7.5 | 312.5 |
Spirit Breaker | 28 | 3.3 | 137.7 | 17 | 1.7 | 80.3 | 14 | 1.8 | 80.2 | 59 | 6.8 | 298.2 |
Sven | 22 | 3.2 | 128.8 | 21 | 2.2 | 98.8 | 16 | 1.5 | 73.5 | 59 | 6.9 | 301.1 |
Tidehunter | 27 | 3.5 | 142.5 | 15 | 1.5 | 72.5 | 18 | 1.7 | 81.3 | 60 | 6.7 | 296.3 |
Tiny | 30 | 4 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 17 | 2.2 | 94.8 | 47 | 6.2 | 268.8 |
Treant Protector | 25 | 3.4 | 137.6 | 15 | 1.8 | 81.2 | 20 | 1.8 | 86.2 | 60 | 7 | 305 |
Tusk | 23 | 3.9 | 150.1 | 23 | 2.1 | 97.9 | 18 | 1.7 | 81.3 | 64 | 7.7 | 329.3 |
Underlord | 25 | 3 | 126 | 12 | 1.6 | 72.4 | 17 | 2.3 | 97.7 | 54 | 6.9 | 296.1 |
Undying | 22 | 2.4 | 105.6 | 10 | 1.2 | 58.8 | 27 | 2.8 | 122.2 | 59 | 6.4 | 286.6 |
Wraith King | 22 | 2.8 | 117.2 | 16 | 1.7 | 79.3 | 18 | 1.6 | 78.4 | 56 | 6.1 | 274.9 |
Strength Increasing Sources[]
- Attributes – Attribute Bonus
- Alchemist – Aghanim's Scepter Synth
- Apex – Primary Attribute Bonus
- Armlet of Mordiggian – Unholy Strength
- Centaur Warrunner – Double Edge2b
- Magnus – Reverse Polarity1
- Power Treads – Switch Attribute
- Omniknight – Repel
- Pudge – Flesh Heap
- Sven – Great Cleave
- Undying – Decay
- Undying – Flesh Golem
- Vambrace – Switch Attribute
- Invoker – Quas
- Morphling – Adaptive Strike (Strength)
- Morphling – Morph2a
- Slark – Essence Shift
- 1 Requires talent.
- 2a Requires Aghanim's Scepter.
- 2b Requires Aghanim's Shard.
Strength Granting Talents[]
Passive
Self
- Grants the hero bonus strength.
- The following values exist:
- 3/4/5/6/7/8/9/10/11/12/13/14/15/16/18/20/25/30/35/40
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 | |
Strength |
Strength Granting Items[]
These items grant heroes a passive strength bonus by having them merely equipped.
Item | Value | Item Cost | Cost/Value Point |
---|---|---|---|
Abyssal Blade | 10 | 6250 | 625 |
Aghanim's Scepter | 10 | 4200 | 420 |
Belt of Strength | 6 | 450 | 75 |
Black King Bar | 10 | 4050 | 405 |
Book of Shadows | 13 | N/A | N/A |
Book of the Dead | 25 | N/A | N/A |
Boots of Bearing | 8 | 4275 | 534.38 |
Bracer 1 | 5 | 505 | 101 |
Bracer 2 | 10 | 505 | 50.5 |
Circlet | 2 | 155 | 77.5 |
Crown | 4 | 450 | 112.5 |
Defiant Shell | 7 | N/A | N/A |
Diadem | 6 | 1000 | 166.67 |
Dragon Lance | 10 | 1900 | 190 |
Drum of Endurance | 7 | 1650 | 235.71 |
Echo Sabre | 15 | 2700 | 180 |
Eternal Shroud | 14 | 3600 | 257.14 |
Ethereal Blade | 8 | 5375 | 671.88 |
Eye of Skadi | 22 | 5300 | 240.91 |
Gauntlets of Strength | 3 | 140 | 46.67 |
Ghost Scepter | 5 | 1500 | 300 |
Giant's Ring | 30 | N/A | N/A |
Harpoon | 25 | 4700 | 188 |
Havoc Hammer | 16 | N/A | N/A |
Heart of Tarrasque | 40 | 5200 | 130 |
Heaven's Halberd | 20 | 3550 | 177.5 |
Helm of the Dominator | 6 | 2625 | 437.5 |
Helm of the Overlord | 21 | 5725 | 272.62 |
Holy Locket | 9 | 2350 | 261.11 |
Hurricane Pike | 15 | 4450 | 296.67 |
Iron Branch | 1 | 50 | 50 |
Kaya and Sange | 16 | 4050 | 253.13 |
Khanda | 8 | 5000 | 625 |
Linken's Sphere | 16 | 4800 | 300 |
Magic Wand | 3 | 450 | 150 |
Manta Style | 10 | 4600 | 460 |
Meteor Hammer | 6 | 2850 | 475 |
Mirror Shield | 10 | N/A | N/A |
Null Talisman 1 | 2 | 505 | 252.5 |
Null Talisman 2 | 4 | 505 | 126.25 |
Occult Bracelet | 3 | N/A | N/A |
Ogre Axe | 10 | 1000 | 100 |
Ogre Seal Totem | 10 | N/A | N/A |
Overwhelming Blink | 25 | 6800 | 272 |
Phylactery | 7 | 2400 | 342.86 |
Pig Pole | 5 | N/A | N/A |
Power Treads (Strength) | 10 | 1400 | 140 |
Reaver | 25 | 2800 | 112 |
Sange | 16 | 2000 | 125 |
Sange and Yasha | 16 | 4050 | 253.13 |
Satanic | 25 | 5050 | 202 |
Shiva's Guard | 5 | 5175 | 1035 |
Skull Basher | 10 | 2875 | 287.5 |
Solar Crest | 4 | 2700 | 675 |
Soul Ring | 6 | 805 | 134.17 |
Specialist's Array | 6 | N/A | N/A |
Spirit Vessel | 6 | 2780 | 463.33 |
Ultimate Orb | 15 | 2800 | 186.67 |
Urn of Shadows | 2 | 880 | 440 |
Vambrace (Agility) | 2 | N/A | N/A |
Vambrace (Intelligence) | 2 | N/A | N/A |
Vambrace (Strength) | 8 | N/A | N/A |
Veil of Discord | 4 | 1725 | 431.25 |
Wraith Band 1 | 2 | 505 | 252.5 |
Wraith Band 2 | 4 | 505 | 126.25 |
Attack Damage Items[]
The following list calculates the Gold cost efficiency for strength heroes when equipping certain attack damage granting items (for both main and bonus attack damage values).
Item | Value | Item Cost | Cost/Value Point |
---|---|---|---|
Abyssal Blade | 45 | 6250 | 138.89 |
Aghanim's Scepter | 10 | 4200 | 420 |
Apex | 70 | N/A | N/A |
Armlet of Mordiggian | 15 | 2500 | 166.67 |
Battle Fury | 65 | 4100 | 63.08 |
Belt of Strength | 6 | 450 | 75 |
Black King Bar | 34 | 4050 | 119.12 |
Blade Mail | 18 | 2100 | 116.67 |
Blades of Attack | 9 | 450 | 50 |
Bloodthorn | 10 | 6825 | 682.5 |
Book of Shadows | 13 | N/A | N/A |
Book of the Dead | 25 | N/A | N/A |
Boots of Bearing | 8 | 4275 | 534.38 |
Bracer 1 | 8 | 505 | 63.13 |
Bracer 2 | 16 | 505 | 31.56 |
Broadsword | 15 | 1000 | 66.67 |
Broom Handle | 8 | N/A | N/A |
Butterfly | 25 | 5450 | 218 |
Circlet | 2 | 155 | 77.5 |
Claymore | 20 | 1350 | 67.5 |
Cornucopia | 7 | 1200 | 171.43 |
Crown | 4 | 450 | 112.5 |
Crystalys | 32 | 2000 | 62.5 |
Daedalus | 88 | 5100 | 57.95 |
Defiant Shell | 7 | N/A | N/A |
Demon Edge | 40 | 2200 | 55 |
Desolator | 50 | 3500 | 70 |
Diadem | 6 | 1000 | 166.67 |
Divine Rapier | 350 | 5600 | 16 |
Dragon Lance | 10 | 1900 | 190 |
Drum of Endurance | 7 | 1650 | 235.71 |
Duelist Gloves | 12 | N/A | N/A |
Echo Sabre | 35 | 2700 | 77.14 |
Eternal Shroud | 14 | 3600 | 257.14 |
Ethereal Blade | 8 | 5375 | 671.88 |
Eye of Skadi | 22 | 5300 | 240.91 |
Faerie Fire | 2 | 65 | 32.5 |
Falcon Blade | 14 | 1125 | 80.36 |
Gauntlets of Strength | 3 | 140 | 46.67 |
Ghost Scepter | 5 | 1500 | 300 |
Giant's Ring | 30 | N/A | N/A |
Gleipnir | 30 | 5450 | 181.67 |
Harpoon | 50 | 4700 | 94 |
Havoc Hammer | 32 | N/A | N/A |
Heart of Tarrasque | 40 | 5200 | 130 |
Heaven's Halberd | 20 | 3550 | 177.5 |
Helm of the Dominator | 6 | 2625 | 437.5 |
Helm of the Overlord | 21 | 5725 | 272.62 |
Holy Locket | 9 | 2350 | 261.11 |
Hurricane Pike | 15 | 4450 | 296.67 |
Iron Branch | 1 | 50 | 50 |
Kaya and Sange | 16 | 4050 | 253.13 |
Khanda | 58 | 5000 | 86.21 |
Linken's Sphere | 16 | 4800 | 300 |
Maelstrom | 25 | 2950 | 118 |
Magic Wand | 3 | 450 | 150 |
Manta Style | 10 | 4600 | 460 |
Mask of Madness | 20 | 1900 | 95 |
Meteor Hammer | 6 | 2850 | 475 |
Mind Breaker | 45 | N/A | N/A |
Mirror Shield | 10 | N/A | N/A |
Mithril Hammer | 24 | 1600 | 66.67 |
Mjollnir | 25 | 5500 | 220 |
Monkey King Bar | 40 | 4700 | 117.5 |
Null Talisman 1 | 2 | 505 | 252.5 |
Null Talisman 2 | 4 | 505 | 126.25 |
Nullifier | 75 | 4375 | 58.33 |
Occult Bracelet | 3 | N/A | N/A |
Ogre Axe | 10 | 1000 | 100 |
Ogre Seal Totem | 10 | N/A | N/A |
Orchid Malevolence | 10 | 3275 | 327.5 |
Overwhelming Blink | 25 | 6800 | 272 |
Paladin Sword | 16 | N/A | N/A |
Philosopher's Stone | -30 | N/A | N/A |
Phylactery | 7 | 2400 | 342.86 |
Pig Pole | 5 | N/A | N/A |
Power Treads (Strength) | 10 | 1400 | 140 |
Radiance | 55 | 4700 | 85.45 |
Reaver | 25 | 2800 | 112 |
Refresher Orb | 10 | 5000 | 500 |
Refresher Shard | 20 | N/A | N/A |
Revenant's Brooch | 70 | 4900 | 70 |
Sacred Relic | 55 | 3400 | 61.82 |
Sange | 16 | 2000 | 125 |
Sange and Yasha | 16 | 4050 | 253.13 |
Satanic | 50 | 5050 | 101 |
Shadow Blade | 20 | 3000 | 150 |
Shiva's Guard | 5 | 5175 | 1035 |
Silver Edge | 60 | 5450 | 90.83 |
Skull Basher | 40 | 2875 | 71.88 |
Solar Crest | 4 | 2700 | 675 |
Soul Ring | 6 | 805 | 134.17 |
Specialist's Array | 18 | N/A | N/A |
Spirit Vessel | 6 | 2780 | 463.33 |
Stygian Desolator | 60 | N/A | N/A |
Ultimate Orb | 15 | 2800 | 186.67 |
Urn of Shadows | 2 | 880 | 440 |
Vambrace (Agility) | 2 | N/A | N/A |
Vambrace (Intelligence) | 2 | N/A | N/A |
Vambrace (Strength) | 8 | N/A | N/A |
Veil of Discord | 4 | 1725 | 431.25 |
Wraith Band 1 | 2 | 505 | 252.5 |
Wraith Band 2 | 4 | 505 | 126.25 |
Values do not include portions from actives or auras. |
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