Melee Damage is a prefix that turns up on Ring, Main Hand and Head. It gives Melee Damage: +3% to +4% at its lowest step, +39% to +44% at its best — and you need item level 116 before the best one can appear at all.
It comes up at weight 6 when the game rolls affixes, never doubles up with another affix that does the same job (meleeDamage), and it is what puts Keen, Cleaving, Hacking, Sundering and Executioner's in an item's name — so you might pick up a Keen Wand.
14 Uniques lock it to a fixed number: The Second Oath, Aftershocks, Stonecircle, A Thousand Cuts, The Wasp's Argument and The Long Reply and 8 more.
Every step
10 steps · lowest to best
| Tier | Needs item level | Gives | Prefix word | Reads as |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | 1 | +3% to +4% | Keen | Keen Wand |
| T2 | 6 | +5% to +7% | Keen | Keen Wand |
| T3 | 14 | +8% to +10% | Cleaving | Cleaving Wand |
| T4 | 24 | +11% to +13% | Cleaving | Cleaving Wand |
| T5 | 36 | +14% to +17% | Hacking | Hacking Wand |
| T6 | 55 | +18% to +24% | Hacking | Hacking Wand |
| T7 | 75 | +25% to +28% | Sundering | Sundering Wand |
| T8 | 92 | +29% to +32% | Sundering | Sundering Wand |
| T9 | 105 | +33% to +38% | Executioner's | Executioner's Wand |
| T10 | 116 | +39% to +44% | Executioner's | Executioner's Wand |
Where you will see it
280 bases it can land on
Uniques that lock it in
all 14 →
The Second Oath
T6 · +21%
Aftershocks
T9 · +36%
Stonecircle
T5 · +16%
A Thousand Cuts
T9 · +36%
The Wasp's Argument
T5 · +16%
The Long Reply
T9 · +36%
Quick Manners
T6 · +21%
The Headsman's Hour
T9 · +36%
Three Tolls
T6 · +21%
The Carousel
T9 · +36%
The Millstone
T6 · +21%
Moorwraith's Third
T9 · +36%
The Glacier's Shoulder
T9 · +36%
The Tempo Ring
T9 · +36%