Strength

Use Strength first to satisfy exact equipment and gem requirements, then count its inherent Life bonus. Strength does not inherently grant damage, Armour, or any other benefit unless another item, passive, or skill explicitly scales from it.

Inherent Life

Each point of Strength grants 2 maximum Life as its inherent Attribute bonus.

Requirements

Strength is commonly required by Armour equipment, melee-aligned weapons, Sceptres, and their associated skills. The exact displayed requirement is the value that must be met.

No inherent damage

Strength does not inherently increase Attack, Melee, Physical, or Spell damage. Damage scaling occurs only when another rule explicitly refers to Strength.

Support capacity

Every 5 Strength permits one additional red Strength Support Gem across the character's equipped skills, subject to sockets and Support Category restrictions.

Percentage modifiers

Increased Strength scales the applicable total Strength after flat additions according to normal stat calculation. It does not separately multiply every Strength-derived stat unless that effect says so.

Replacement effects

Some effects remove Strength's inherent bonus and replace it with another explicitly stated benefit. The replacement wording controls what the Attribute provides in that setup.