Strength
Strength is the weapon-damage stat for heavy melee in Windrose. It scales damage specifically for Clubs and Halberds — the two weapon categories that trade attack speed for raw hit output. If your build uses either weapon, Strength is your primary damage stat; if it does not, Strength adds nothing to your damage.
Weapons That Scale With Strength
Club — one-handed heavy melee; slow but hard-hitting.
Halberd — two-handed reach melee; slower swings with superior crowd control.
Plague Halberd — Epic halberd whose special attack restores 35% Max HP.
Soul Eater — greatsword-form Strength weapon with a health-drain special.
Swamp Creature's Tooth — Strength club that triggers AoE Distortion damage on critical hits.
Bonebreaker — rare club variant.
Executioner — rare halberd variant.
Build Pairings
Pikeman Set — Strength two-handers (Halberd, Soul Eater) benefit directly from the Pikeman Set 4-piece +15% two-handed damage.
Meaty Croc Kebab — Epic dish granting +20 Strength for 30 minutes.
Vitality companion stat — heavy melee builds typically want Vitality alongside Strength so they can trade hits confidently.