Attribute points

Learn how to allocate attribute points in Titan Quest 2 for Health, Energy, Strength, Intelligence, and Dexterity to optimize your character build.

Points allocated to mastery tiers grant bonus attribute points. These bonuses reflect the needs of a character specializing in that particular mastery. It is not advisable to let masteries solely decide your attribute distribution, as this can lead to problems. Your extra attribute points should be allocated similarly to your mastery bonuses.

Gaining Strength (str), Intelligence (int), Dexterity (dex), Health, and Energy from mastery tier increases means you should save a few attribute points. Just 10 points can provide a boost of 40 to str/int/dex. Save these points for when you find a special item that you do not yet meet the requirements for.

Your attributes affect the following:

• Health: +25 per point. Increases your health pool.
• Energy: +25 per point. Increases your energy pool.
• Strength: +4 per point. Increases melee damage and piercing damage only. Each 50 points of Strength adds 10% Physical damage and +2 flat Physical damage.
• Intelligence: +4 per point. Increases energy regeneration rate and all elemental damage over time (even on enchanted melee/ranged weapons). Each 65 points of Intelligence adds 10% Elemental damage and roughly 1.625 flat Elemental damage. Each 50 points of Intelligence adds 10% to Elemental duration damage, spread evenly over the duration.
• Dexterity: +4 per point. Increases Offensive Ability (OA) (chance to land critical hits), Defensive Ability (DA) (chance to avoid critical hits), shield abilities (chance to block), and piercing damage. Each 65 points of Dexterity adds 10% Piercing damage and roughly +1.95 flat Piercing damage.

The following are useful attributes for each type of player, in order of importance. This is a guideline, as it also depends on the items you find and the enhancements you have. Some attribute points will be allocated from your mastery tier increases, so it may not be necessary for a magic user to put all points into Intelligence.

Attribute points are problematic because they cannot be removed and reallocated. The attributes you need also depend on the items you find, making it wise to keep a few in stock. Check the items sections for the highest stats of epic and legendary items.

If you find yourself lacking attribute points in later difficulties for any purpose (e.g., for an item, Dexterity for offensive or defensive ability, Strength or Intelligence for melee or magical damage, or Health), you must rely on reserved points. If these are used up and you have completed all +attribute quests, you have two choices: Level up and do some XP runs, or use +% Dexterity, Strength, Intelligence items (this is best but means you cannot change to another item or you will lose the bonus).

Melee fighters:

• Benefit from more damage from Strength and better armor.
• Health is important due to significant health loss.
• Dexterity should be added for the option of ranged weapons such as bows.
• Energy and Intelligence are least important; it is better to find items to improve these rather than invest points.
• In later difficulties, melee characters may struggle with ranged attackers, especially archers. Skills (such as Squall in Storm) or high pierce protection are needed.
• Order of importance: Strength, Health, Dexterity, Energy, Intelligence.

Ranged weapons (hunters):

• Focus on Dexterity to use better bows.
• Strength and Health are important for slightly better armor and a bit more damage.
• Energy and Intelligence (even for elemental bonuses) are less useful; it is better to find items to improve these.
• +Offense is useless for ranged users as it is only used in melee calculations.
• Ranged non-magic users have limited area effect skills (Hunting), with Scattershot being almost a must for bow characters.
• Order of importance: Dexterity, Strength, Health, Energy, Intelligence.

Magic users:

• Need a lot of Energy, but most spells use small amounts offset by regeneration and potions. Invest in Energy if you constantly use energy-draining skills.
• It is better to use a staff with enhancements and skills to boost damage rather than cast spells yourself.
• Intelligence comes first for better armor (especially those boosting Energy and regeneration) and equipment that boosts skills.
• Health should be considered to avoid dying from a few ranged attacks.
• Strength and Dexterity are less important; powerful armor is not needed.
• In later difficulties, armor deficiencies for Intelligence-based magic users become apparent, requiring +Defense.
• +Offense is useless for magic users as it is only used in melee calculations.
• Order of importance: Intelligence, Health, Energy, Dexterity, Strength.

Rogues:

• Focus on Dexterity for weapon choice.
• Energy is useful because rogues/thieves/assassins tend to use many skill-based attacks that consume energy. Do not invest heavily in Energy unless short, as most constantly used skills rely on Energy reserve.
• Intelligence and Strength are important to a point; rogues need to be more balanced.
• Rogues are not strictly melee characters, though blade-based skills exist. They are primarily a defense mastery to complement another skill.
• Rogues may struggle in later difficulties from both melee and ranged due to limited offense or defense. Poison, bleed, and poison skills benefit bows, and a buffer such as pets or decoys is needed.
• Order of importance: Dexterity, Health, Energy, Intelligence, Strength.