Melee Damage

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;
• Pocket has 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.

Light Melee Damage

Hero	Base	Boon increase	Max level
Other Heroes	63	+2.53	111
Ivy	54	+2.15	94.9
Pocket	75	+2.53	123
Yamato	69	+2.53	117

Heavy Melee Damage

Hero	Base	Boon increase	Max level
Other Heroes	116	+4.66	205
Ivy	99	+3.94	174
Pocket	116	+3.91	190
Yamato	128	+4.69	217

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

List of items

Name	Cost	Category	Stat change
Melee Charge	1,600	Weapon	+10% Bonus Melee Damage
Crushing Fists	6,400	Weapon	+20% Bonus Melee Damage
Melee Lifesteal	800	Vitality	+12% Bonus Melee Damage
Lifestrike	3,200	Vitality	+16% Bonus Melee Damage
Spirit Snatch	3,200	Spirit	+10% Bonus Melee Damage

Bonus Heavy Melee Damage

List of items

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

List of items

Name	Cost	Category	Stat change
Close Quarters	800	Weapon	+20% Melee Resist
Point Blank	3,200	Weapon	+30% Melee Resist
Juggernaut	6,400	Vitality	+25% Melee Resist
Bullet Resist Shredder	1,600	Spirit	+20% Melee Resist
Torment Pulse	3,200	Spirit	+15% Melee Resist

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