Melee DamageGive feedback

Melee Damage is a stat that Heroes start with and determines how much damage a hero's Melee Attack deals. Melee damage scales with Boons and Items. Melee damage scales with the Weapon Damage stat at a rate of 50%.

Most heroes have the same base melee damage and scaling, with a few exceptions:

Ivy has lower base damage and lower scaling for both light and heavy melee;
Bebop, Calico, Pocket and Viscous have higher base damage for light melee and lower scaling for heavy melee;
Yamato has higher base damage for both light and heavy melee and higher scaling for heavy melee.

Base Melee Damage based on Boons

Values referenced from Hero Comparison.

Base Light Melee Stats
Hero	Starting	Added per Boon	At Max Boon
Abrams	50	+1.74	110.9
Apollo	63	+1.58	118.3
Bebop	63	+1.58	118.3
Billy	50	+1.58	105.3
Calico	63	+1.58	118.3
Celeste	50	+1.58	105.3
The Doorman	50	+1.58	105.3
Drifter	51.5	+1.58	106.8
Dynamo	50	+1.58	105.3
Graves	50	+1.58	105.3
Grey Talon	50	+1.58	105.3
Haze	50	+1.58	105.3
Holliday	50	+1.58	105.3
Infernus	50	+1.58	105.3
Ivy	50	+1.58	105.3
Kelvin	50	+1.58	105.3
Lady Geist	50	+1.58	105.3
Lash	50	+1.58	105.3
McGinnis	50	+1.58	105.3
Mina	50	+1.58	105.3
Mirage	50	+1.58	105.3
Mo & Krill	50	+1.58	105.3
Paige	42	+1.2	84
Paradox	50	+1.58	105.3
Pocket	60	+1.58	115.3
Rem	58	+1.58	113.3
Seven	50	+1.58	105.3
Shiv	50	+1.58	105.3
Silver	50	+1.58	105.3
Silver (Transformed)	50	+1.58	105.3
Sinclair	50	+1.58	105.3
Venator	50	+1.7	109.5
Victor	50	+1.58	105.3
Vindicta	50	+1.58	105.3
Viscous	63	+1.58	118.3
Vyper	50	+1.58	105.3
Warden	50	+1.58	105.3
Wraith	50	+1.58	105.3
Yamato	55	+1.58	110.3

Base Heavy Melee Stats
Hero	Starting	Added per Boon	At Max Boon	Spirit Scaling
Abrams	116	+4.03	257.1	+0
Apollo	116	+2.91	217.9	+0
Bebop	116	+2.91	217.9	+0
Billy	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Calico	116	+2.91	217.9	+0
Celeste	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
The Doorman	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Drifter	120	+3.68	248.8	+0
Dynamo	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Graves	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Grey Talon	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Haze	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Holliday	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Infernus	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Ivy	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Kelvin	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Lady Geist	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Lash	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
McGinnis	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Mina	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Mirage	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Mo & Krill	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Paige	120	+3.43	240.1	+0.3
Paradox	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Pocket	116	+3.05	222.8	+0
Rem	116	+3.16	226.6	+0
Seven	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Shiv	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Silver	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Silver (Transformed)	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Sinclair	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Venator	125	+4.25	273.8	+0
Victor	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Vindicta	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Viscous	116	+2.91	217.9	+0
Vyper	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Warden	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Wraith	116	+3.67	244.5	+0
Yamato	128	+3.68	256.8	+0

Abilities

The following abilities scale with light melee damage (unless noted otherwise).

These abilities have no inherent base damage, so their base damage is equal to the light melee damage * melee scaling. E.g. 63 * 1.6 = 101

Hero	Ability	Base	Bonus damage	Melee Damage scaling	Notes
Bebop	Exploding Uppercut	63		+1.0
Calico	Leaping Slash	101	+60 (T2)	+1.6
Viscous	Puddle Punch	69	+35 (T2)	+1.1	Upgrades to Heavy Melee on T3

Sources

Bonus Melee Damage

This is a dynamic list "Bonus Melee Damage". Edit contents.


Name	Cost	Category	Stat change
Melee Charge	1,600	Weapon	+10% Bonus Melee Damage
Shadow Weave	3,200	Weapon	+25% Bonus Melee Damage
Crushing Fists	6,400	Weapon	+22% Bonus Melee Damage
Runed Gauntlets	Legendary	Weapon	+30% Bonus Melee Damage
Melee Lifesteal	800	Vitality	+12% Bonus Melee Damage
Lifestrike	3,200	Vitality	+16% Bonus Melee Damage
Colossus	6,400	Vitality	+30% Bonus Melee Damage
Spirit Snatch	3,200	Spirit	+7% Bonus Melee Damage

Bonus Heavy Melee Damage

This is a dynamic list "Bonus Heavy Damage". Edit contents.


Name	Cost	Category	Stat change
Melee Charge	1,600	Weapon	+25% Bonus Heavy Damage
Crushing Fists	6,400	Weapon	+25% Bonus Heavy Damage

Melee Resist

This is a dynamic list "Melee Resist". Edit contents.


Name	Cost	Category	Stat change
Close Quarters	800	Weapon	+20% Melee Resist
Point Blank	3,200	Weapon	+30% Melee Resist
Runed Gauntlets	Legendary	Weapon	+50% Melee Resist
Rebuttal	800	Vitality	+18% Melee Resist
Juggernaut	6,400	Vitality	+25% Melee Resist
Torment Pulse	3,200	Spirit	+18% Melee Resist

Items that provide Weapon Damage also scale Melee Damage at a rate of 50%.