Attributes

Every hero starts at 10 in each attribute. From then on, 5 attribute points are assigned automatically each level according to your chosen archetype — there are no points to spend by hand. Which attributes grow, and how fast, is set entirely by the archetype’s growth row. See the Archetypes page for the four archetypes and their growth rates.

The four attributes

Each point gives a flat, linear return. The one exception: Dexterity’s attack speed and Constitution’s percentage damage reduction feed into shared caps (noted below).

Attribute	Per-point effect
Strength	+0.25% physical damage, and +2 Attack Rating
Dexterity	+4 Attack Rating, and +0.05% attack speed
Vitality	+5 Max HP
Constitution	+5 Defense Rating, +0.1% physical-damage reduction, and flat per-hit reduction of 0.0025 × Constitution × level

Notes on each attribute

• Strength raises physical damage as a multiplier — 1 + 0.0025 × Strength applied to your weapon and flat-damage affixes (so +50% at 200 STR). Its Attack Rating helps heavy weapons actually land hits.
• Dexterity buys Attack Rating (accuracy) and attack speed. The attack-speed bonus from all sources combined is capped at ±85%, so DEX speed stops helping once you are already at the cap (roughly +15% at 300 DEX before other gear).
• Vitality is pure survivability — a flat +5 Max HP per point, before any % Max HP affixes multiply it.
• Constitution is the tank stat. Its Defense Rating improves hit-avoidance and armor mitigation; its +0.1% physical reduction feeds the shared 50% physical-damage-reduction cap (so +20% at 200 CON); and its flat per-hit reduction (0.0025 × CON × level) is applied after that cap. A single hit can never lose more than half its damage to flat reduction.

Per-level scaling (independent of attributes)

On top of attributes, every hero level automatically adds a fixed amount:

Stat	Gain per level
Max HP	+3
Attack Rating	+2
Defense Rating	+2

How attributes feed your derived stats

Derived stat	Formula
Max HP	(70 + flat HP affixes + 5 × Vitality + 3 × level) × (1 + % HP affixes)
Min / Max Damage	(weapon + flat damage affixes) × (1 + Enhanced Damage % from non-weapon slots) × (1 + 0.0025 × Strength), then main-skill / passive multipliers
Attack Rating	(50 + flat AR + 4 × Dexterity + 2 × Strength + 2 × level) × (1 + AR%)
Defense Rating	base + flat DR + 5 × Constitution + 2 × level + shield bonuses
Attack Interval	weapon base × (1 − attack-speed bonuses), where DEX contributes +0.05% per point

Worked example

Take a fully-levelled Berserker at level 99. Its archetype growth row resolves to 216 STR, 79 DEX, 172 VIT, 64 CON. Running each attribute through the coefficients above (verified against player.ts and computePlayerStats in formulas.ts):

Attribute	Value	Contribution	Result
Strength	216	0.0025 × 216 damage multiplier	+54% physical damage
Strength	216	2 × 216 Attack Rating	+432 AR
Dexterity	79	4 × 79 Attack Rating	+316 AR
Vitality	172	5 × 172 Max HP	+860 Max HP
Constitution	64	5 × 64 Defense Rating	+320 DR
Constitution	64	0.001 × 64 % reduction	+6.4% physical reduction
Constitution	64	0.0025 × 64 × 99 flat reduction	≈15.8 dmg/hit (shown as 16 on the sheet)

Reading it back:

• Damage. Every point of weapon and flat-damage affix is multiplied by 1 + 0.0025 × 216 = 1.54, a flat +54% on top of the Slow-weapon archetype bonus.
• Attack Rating. STR and DEX together add 432 + 316 = 748 AR before the base 50, the +2/level (here +198), and any AR% affixes — so accuracy is never a problem for this build.
• HP. The +860 from Vitality is added to the 70 base and the +3/level (+297) before any % Max HP affixes multiply the total.
• Defense. CON’s +320 DR feeds hit-avoidance and armor mitigation; its +6.4% reduction sits inside the shared 50% physical-damage-reduction cap; and its flat cut of 0.0025 × 64 × 99 ≈ 15.8 is subtracted from every hit after that cap (the character sheet rounds it to 16). That flat cut is uncapped per point, but a single hit can still never lose more than half its damage to flat reduction overall.

Note the asymmetry the archetype leans into: at 64 CON the Berserker’s flat reduction is modest (≈16), whereas a max-CON tank at ~200 CON would subtract 0.0025 × 200 × 99 ≈ 50 per hit — the tank’s true anti-attrition niche.

Changing your growth

Because points are archetype-assigned, you re-shape your attributes by changing archetype (one respec charge), which recomputes every attribute for the new archetype at your current level. There is no manual point-by-point respec. See Archetypes for details.