Strength

Strength increases the damage of your Weapon and Spin Kicks, and the effectiveness of Lifesteal Runes.

Armor Sets

Every weapon within an Armor Set increases Strength, usually by higher amounts than the last.

There are 3 Armor Sets that increase Strength, or benefit the most from it:

• Drowned Set
  • Very high Strength stat for its weapon (16)
  • Unity Bonuses that all increase strength
  • Typically requires NG+1, but can drop from high-level rooms in Pishon Dry Lake in NG+0
• Sanguine Set
  • Low overall stats
  • Has the only Trinket that increases Strength (+3).
  • Unity Bonuses add Lifesteal Runes (which scale with Strength)
• Kin Set
  • High Strength stat on its weapon (24)
  • However, Drowned Weapon+1 has the same Strength stat (also 24), with much less weight
  • Requires at least NG+2
• White Wood Set
  • Only helm in the game to increase Strength (25)
• Black Root Set
  • Highest Strength stat on its weapon (33)

The following table lists all armor set pieces that affect Strength. Significant items are in bold.

	Armor Set	Item	Strength	Unity
	Leather	Weapon	2 STR	-
	Scholar	Weapon	4 STR	-
	Warden	Weapon	7 STR	-
	Sanguine	Weapon	3 STR	+2 Lifesteal Runes (Level 1) +3 Lifesteal Runes (Level 2)
	Sanguine	Trinket	3 STR
	Ammonite	Weapon	5 STR | 7 ARM	-
	Crescent	Weapon	11 STR	-
	Drowned	Weapon	16 STR	15 STR / 30 STR / +20% STR
	Gilded	Weapon	6 STR	-
	Obsidian	Weapon	9 STR | 9 VIT	-
	Leviathan	Weapon	10 STR | 10 INT	-
	Kin	Weapon	24 STR	-
	White Wood	Weapon	27 STR / 27 FOC	-
	White Wood	Helm	25 STR / 25 FOC	-
	Black Root	Weapon	33 STR / 33 DEX	-

Classes

All classes have the same Strength stats, except Ranger (110% Strength) and Ronin (120% Strength).

Nearly every class benefits from the Strength stat. The only exception is Bard, whose Lute deals a tiny 30% Strength damage (their main source of damage is from spin-kicking notes, which only scales with Intelligence).

Runes

Only 1 Rune interacts with Strength, the Lifesteal Rune. They can be bought and applied from the Enchantress.

You also gain Lifesteal Runes from the Level 1 & 2 Unity Bonuses from the Sanguine Set. Unity level 1 adds two runes, and level 2 adds three runes. The set will start appearing around The Sun Tower.

Icon	Name	Scaling	Calc	Effect
	Lifesteal	3%	STR * 0.03	Restore Health for every enemy defeated. HP restored is 1 + 3% of your Strength. Adds +3% per rune. Healing is capped at 10 HP per rune.

Upgrades

Icon	Name	Effect
	Arsenal	Increases Strength, raising Weapon Damage. +1 Strength per rank
	Rock Climbing Wall
	Sauna

Weapons

All Weapons scale with Strength.

See individual Class pages for more details on each weapon.

Icon	Weapon	Class	Scaling	Calc	Notes
	Bag o' Spoons	Waiter	175%	STR * 1.75
	Blunderbuss	Brigand	50%	STR * 0.5
	Boxing Gloves	Boxer	50%	STR * 0.5
	Boxing Gloves - Uppercut	Boxer	100%	STR * 1
	Cannon - Swing	Pirate	175%	STR * 1.75
	Cannon - Ball explosion	Pirate	230%	STR * 2.3
	Celestial Sceptre - Initial	Astromancer	60%	STR * 0.6
	Celestial Sceptre - AOE	Astromancer	20%	STR * 0.2
	Charge Lance - Swing	Dragon Lancer	200%	STR * 2	Regular attack
	Charge Lance - Flying Joust	Dragon Lancer	200%	STR * 2	+Bonus INT scaling (160%)
	Charon's Scythe	Reaper	125%	STR * 1.25
	Crow Storm	Lich	85%	STR * 0.85
	Dragon Fangs	Eventide Spymaster	20%	STR * 0.2
	Dragon Fangs - Fifth slash	Eventide Spymaster	40%	STR * 0.4
	Dragon Puppet	Dragon Puppeteer	225%	STR * 2.25
	Dual Blades	Assassin	50%	STR * 0.5
	Dual Blades - Third slash	Assassin	100%	STR * 1
	Electric Lute	Rock Star	150%	STR * 1.50	+Bonus INT scaling (150%)
	Enkindled Gauntlets	Enkindled Boxer	200%	STR * 2	Explosion AOE
	Fauchard	Valkyrie	160%	STR * 1.6
	Frying Pan	Chef	165%	STR * 1.65
	Great Sword	Knight	200%	STR * 2
	Handheld Ballista	Ballistic Archer	425%	STR * 4.25
	Hephaestus' Hammer	Fighter	40%	STR * 0.4
	Kasa-obake	Demon Tamer	225%	STR * 2.25
	Katana	Ronin	200%	STR * 2
	Kinetic Revolver	Gunslinger	40%	STR * 0.4
	Labrys - Ground	Barbarian	240%	STR * 2.4	Ground attack
	Labrys - Just landed	Barbarian	70%	STR * 0.7	Same as air
	Labrys - Air	Barbarian	70%	STR * 0.7	Same as just landed
	Lute	Bard	25%	STR * 0.3
	Mjolnir	God of Thunder	150%	STR * 1.5
	Pacifist Sign	Pacifist	0%	STR * 0	From Pacifist trait
	Pepperoni Pizza	Pizza Delivery Person	60%	STR * 0.6
	Saber	Duelist	180%	STR * 1.8
	Surfboard	Surfer	140%	STR * 1.4
	The Triangulator	Stygian Sharpshooter	120%	STR * 1.2
	Wand of Blasting	Mage	50%	STR * 0.5
	Wand of Blasting - Explosion	Mage	110%	STR * 1.1	Explosion AOE damage
	War Bow	Ranger	225%	STR * 2.25
	Spin Kick	ALL	40%	STR * 0.4
	Downstrike	Aerodynamic	60%	STR * 0.6	From Aerodynamic trait
	Door Break	ALL	125%	STR * 1.25	Also does 125% INT damage