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.
16 Uniques lock it to a fixed number: The Second Oath, Aftershocks, Stonecircle, A Thousand Cuts, The Wasp's Argument and The Long Reply and 10 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 16 →
The Second Oath
T10 · +42%
Aftershocks
T10 · +42%
Stonecircle
T10 · +42%
A Thousand Cuts
T10 · +42%
The Wasp's Argument
T10 · +42%
The Long Reply
T10 · +42%
Quick Manners
T10 · +42%
The Headsman's Hour
T10 · +42%
Three Tolls
T10 · +42%
The Carousel
T10 · +42%
The Millstone
T10 · +42%
Moorwraith's Third
T9 · +36%
The Glacier's Shoulder
T10 · +42%
The Tempo Ring
T10 · +42%
Deep Wyrm Crown
T9 · +36%
The Quick Lie
T9 · +36%