Melee Damage

Melee Damage

Your weapon attacks deal x additional damage (depending on your weapon's Melee Damage scaling).

There is no limit to this stat. If it is negative, your melee attacks deal -x less scaled damage, down to a minimum of 1 damage per hit.

Melee damage rounds down. So if you have 1 melee damage on your knife which has a scaling of 80%. The +0.80 damage is rounded down and there is no increase. However if you have -1 melee damage, the -0.80 is rounded down to -1.

All melee weapons scale with melee damage to some degree except the Spiky Shield which scales with armor. In addition, the Shuriken is a ranged weapon, but scales with melee damage.

Items

Positive

These items increase your Melee Damage.

Due to Item Tags, the Character(s) Brawler, Crazy, Diver, Generalist, Gladiator, Glutton, Ogre have a higher chance to find these items in the Shop.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By
Alloy	Tier 3	+3 Melee Damage +3 Ranged Damage +3 Elemental Damage +3 Engineering +5 % Crit Chance -6 % Dodge	80
Big Arms	Tier 4	+12 Melee Damage +6 Ranged Damage +3 Knockback -3 % Attack Speed -3 % Speed	105		Win a run with Generalist
Black Belt	Tier 2	+25 % XP Gain +3 Melee Damage +3 Knockback -8 Luck	50
Charcoal	Tier 1	+1 Elemental Damage +2 Melee Damage -2 Harvesting	20
Claw Tree	Tier 1	+1 Melee Damage +3 % Crit Chance -1 Max HP	20
Defective Steroids	Tier 1	+2 Max HP +2 Melee Damage -3 % Attack Speed	20
Gnome	Tier 4	+10 Melee Damage +10 Elemental Damage -20 Range -20% pickup range	100		Win a run with Bull
Goat Skull	Tier 1	+3 Melee Damage -2 % Crit Chance	25
Handcuffs	Tier 3	+8 Melee Damage +8 Ranged Damage +8 Elemental Damage Your Max HP is capped at its current value	80	1
Hedgehog	Tier 1	+2 Melee Damage +1 Ranged Damage -1 HP Regeneration	30
Little Muscley Dude	Tier 2	+3 Melee Damage +5 Max HP -15 Range	50
Mammoth	Tier 4	+20 Melee Damage +5 HP Regeneration +5 Knockback -8 % Damage -3 % Speed	110
Mastery	Tier 2	+6 Melee Damage -3 Ranged Damage	55
Wheat	Tier 3	+4 Melee Damage +2 Ranged Damage +10 Harvesting -2 Elemental Damage	85		Win a run with Farmer

Negative

These items decrease your Melee Damage.

Name	Rarity	Effects	Base Price	Limit	Unlocked By
Cape	Tier 4	+5 % Life Steal +20 % Dodge -2 Melee Damage -2 Ranged Damage -2 Elemental Damage	110
Fertilizer	Tier 1	+8 Harvesting -1 Melee Damage	15
Fuel Tank	Tier 2	+4 Elemental Damage -1 Melee Damage -1 Ranged Damage	45
Lucky Charm	Tier 3	+30 Luck -2 Melee Damage -1 Ranged Damage	75		Win a run with Lucky
Peaceful Bee	Tier 1	+4 % Dodge +4 Harvesting -1 Melee Damage -1 Ranged Damage	18
Shmoop	Tier 3	+6 Max HP +2 HP Regeneration -2 Melee Damage -1 Ranged Damage	60

Characters

These Characters start with different Melee Damage, or have mechanics related to their Melee Damage:

Name	Stats	Unlocked By	Unlocks	Item Tags
Cyborg	You start with 1 Minigun Ranged Damage modifications are increased by 200% 100% of your Ranged Damage are temporarily converted into Engineering halfway through a wave (1 Ranged Damage = 2 Engineering) Engineering modifications are reduced by 75% Melee modifications are reduced by 100% Elemental modifications are reduced by 100%	Reach 10 Ranged Damage and get 3 structures at the same time	Improved Tools	Engineering, Ranged Damage
Mage	Elemental Damage modifications are increased by 25% You start with 1 Snake You start with 1 Scared Sausage Melee Damage Modifications are reduced by -100% Ranged Damage Modifications are reduced by -100% Engineering Modifications are reduced by -50%	Unlocked by default	Thunder Sword	Elemental Damage
Generalist	+2 Melee Damage for every 1 Ranged Damage you have +1 Ranged Damage for every 2 Melee Damage you have You can only equip 3 melee weapons and 3 ranged weapons at a time	Collect 2000 materials	Big Arms	Melee Damage, Ranged Damage
Gladiator	+20% Attack Speed for every different weapon you have +5 Melee Damage You can't equip ranged weapons -40% Attack Speed -30 Luck	Kill 20000 enemies	Spider	Melee Damage
Speedy	+30% Speed +1 Melee Damage for every 2% Speed you have -100 Armor while standing still -3 Armor	Reach +50% Speed	Fin	Speed
Knight	+2 Melee Damage for every 1 Armor you have +3 Armor You can't equip ranged weapons You can only equip tier 2 weapons or above % Attack Speed modifications are reduced by 50% Harvesting modifications are reduced by 80%	Win a run in Danger 4	Plasma Sledge	Armor

Weapon Classes

These Weapon Classes affect Melee Damage:

Class	Bonuses	Weapons
Blade	(2)+1 Melee Damage 1% Life Steal (3)+2 Melee Damage 2% Life Steal (4)+3 Melee Damage 3% Life Steal (5)+4 Melee Damage 4% Life Steal (6)+5 Melee Damage 5% Life Steal	Chopper   Circular Saw   Sword   Captain's Sword   Chainsaw   Thunder Sword   Excalibur

Stats
Max HP	Melee Damage	Crit Chance	Dodge
HP Regeneration	Ranged Damage	Engineering	Speed
Life Steal	Elemental Damage	Range	Luck
Damage	Attack Speed	Armor	Harvesting
DLC Stats
Curse