Melee

Melee Affects: Melee Damage Melee Knockback Chance of destroying Objects Melee Damage per Level Melee 1: Fist:   5      Weapons:    8, 11, 15 Melee 2: Fist:   6      Weapons:  10, 14, 20 Melee 3: Fist:   8      Weapons:  13, 18, 25 Melee 4: Fist:  10     Weapons:  16, 22, 30 Melee 5: Fist:  11     Weapons:  18, 25, 35 Melee 6: Fist:  13    (Werewolf only) Melee 8: Fist:  16    (Werewolf's Super Special) Description Determines the strength of all characters' melee attacks (both Players and NPCs). In-Game Tooltip "Affects how much damage your melee attacks will inflict"

Melee is an attribute in Streets of Rogue. It determines the strength and damage of attacks with fists and melee weapons, for all characters (playable and non-playable). It impacts the following:

• Melee damage (obviously)
• Damage dealt with Fists
• Amount of knockback applied when hitting other characters with melee
• Likelihood of knocking targets through walls with a melee hit
• Potential to destroy some objects/walls outright (usually applies to the Sledgehammer)

Destroying Objects

If enough damage is dealt in a single melee strike against some objects which are normally only damaged rather than destroyed (such as windows), they may be completely destroyed with the attack. In the case of windows, this would mean no need to traverse the broken glass (thereby avoiding HP damage in the process). Some weaker walls can also be destroyed in this way.

Attribute Modifiers

There are a number of ways to directly increase the Melee attribute:

Disasters

• Shifting Status Effects (Strength) — Melee +2

Hazards

• Effect Pond (Strength) — Melee +2

Items

• Muscly Pill - Melee +2
• Bracelet of Strength - Melee +1 while worn and equipped.

Special Abilities

• Ride Mech — Melee 5
• Werewolf Transformation — Melee 6
• Primal Lunge — Melee +3

Super Special Abilities

• Cop (as Supercop) — Melee +1
• Werewolf — Melee 8
• Zombie — Melee +1 for all Zombies (not just the Player)

Status Effects

• Strength — Melee +2
• Strength (Small) — Melee +1
• Weak — Melee -3

Traits

• Inhuman Strength — Melee +1 for all Zombies (not just the Player)

Notes

• Characters who are Near-Harmless can only deal 1 damage with their fists, and cannot use melee weapons (or any other weapons). No status effects or items of any kind will allow a Near-Harmless character to do more than 1 damage per fist strike.

Damage Per Strike

Melee Attribute	Fist	Bat, Crowbar, Knife, Baton, Wrench	Axe, Sword	Sledgehammer
1	5	8	11	15
2	6	10	14	20
3	8	13	18	25
4	10	16	22	30
5	11	18	25	35
6	13	N/A	N/A	N/A
8	16	N/A	N/A	N/A

Damage Modifiers

There are a number of ways to increase damage dealt with melee attacks, either directly or indirectly, using items and status effects:

• Bracelet of Strength
• Cocktail (Strength)
• Critter Upper - x2 damage
• Effect Pond (Strength)
• Giantizer - x3 damage
• Muscly Pill
• Primal Lunge - x2 damage
• Shifting Status Effects disaster
• Syringe (Strength)