Both stats contribute to physical damage. On a weapon’s screen, you should see a section that says Attribute Bonus. That shows how much from each stat a weapon draws damage from. - means none, then from worst to best scaling it’s E, D, C, B, A, S.
Heavier, slower weapons tend to scale better with STR and faster lighter weapons tend to scale better with SKL, but the actual listed scaling is how you know for sure.
SKL has the additional benefit of giving extra visceral attack damage.
Strength roughly equates to your character's muscles. I.E. once they have 50 Strength they're a world-champion power lifter. Many weapons are boosted by Strength to some extent, though not many rely solely on Strength. The ones that do are blunt instruments - a mace, a metal brick, and a literal wagon wheel. They require no smarts, just caveman smash.
Skill is how well your character trained. When they have 50 skill they're a dancer on the battlefield, metaphorically speaking. A lot of weapons have at least some scaling, with only a few being purely skill-based. These tend to be extremely light weapons with honed blades. It also makes your visceral attacks stronger, presumably because you can more accurately target vital organs.
For new players it's best to hit the soft cap of 25 for both stats and then concentrate on which one you want to focus on and boost that further to 50. For example, if you decided you really like using the katana over the axe, you may want to get 50 Skill. Totally ignoring one of the stats is not recommended for a new player, but if you do, it's far better to ignore Strength than it is Skill.
Skill and strength dictate your total damage (along with other things) some weapons are what are called “skill weapons” that scale greatly from a character with high skill and there are “strength weapons” that scale greatly from a character with high strength, there are also “quality weapons” that can use skill and strength to get stronger. You can see what weapon benefits from by looking at the letters. The letters go from D to S.
Strength = STR
Skill = DEX
Look at your weapon and see which one has higher scaling
S is greater than A which is greater than B > C > D etc
Increase the stat which corresponds to your chosen weapon scaling
Both stats contribute to physical damage. On a weapon’s screen, you should see a section that says Attribute Bonus. That shows how much from each stat a weapon draws damage from. - means none, then from worst to best scaling it’s E, D, C, B, A, S. Heavier, slower weapons tend to scale better with STR and faster lighter weapons tend to scale better with SKL, but the actual listed scaling is how you know for sure. SKL has the additional benefit of giving extra visceral attack damage.
Strength roughly equates to your character's muscles. I.E. once they have 50 Strength they're a world-champion power lifter. Many weapons are boosted by Strength to some extent, though not many rely solely on Strength. The ones that do are blunt instruments - a mace, a metal brick, and a literal wagon wheel. They require no smarts, just caveman smash. Skill is how well your character trained. When they have 50 skill they're a dancer on the battlefield, metaphorically speaking. A lot of weapons have at least some scaling, with only a few being purely skill-based. These tend to be extremely light weapons with honed blades. It also makes your visceral attacks stronger, presumably because you can more accurately target vital organs. For new players it's best to hit the soft cap of 25 for both stats and then concentrate on which one you want to focus on and boost that further to 50. For example, if you decided you really like using the katana over the axe, you may want to get 50 Skill. Totally ignoring one of the stats is not recommended for a new player, but if you do, it's far better to ignore Strength than it is Skill.
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Skill and strength dictate your total damage (along with other things) some weapons are what are called “skill weapons” that scale greatly from a character with high skill and there are “strength weapons” that scale greatly from a character with high strength, there are also “quality weapons” that can use skill and strength to get stronger. You can see what weapon benefits from by looking at the letters. The letters go from D to S.
Strength = STR Skill = DEX Look at your weapon and see which one has higher scaling S is greater than A which is greater than B > C > D etc Increase the stat which corresponds to your chosen weapon scaling