Understanding Stats
In Where Winds Meet, your character's power is determined by a combination of primary and secondary stats. Primary stats directly affect your combat capabilities, while secondary stats provide utility and enhance specific playstyles. Knowing when to invest in each stat is crucial for optimizing your build.
Primary Stats
| Stat | Description | Effect | Soft Cap | Hard Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strength | Physical power and melee damage | Increases base damage with melee weapons and carrying capacity | - | - |
| Agility | Speed and evasion capabilities | Improves dodge speed, attack speed, and movement speed | - | - |
| Constitution | Health and physical resilience | Increases maximum health and stamina recovery rate | - | - |
| Spirit | Internal energy and cultivation power | Increases Qi pool and martial arts effectiveness | - | - |
Secondary Stats
| Stat | Description | Effect | Soft Cap | Hard Cap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wisdom | Mental fortitude and insight | Improves skill learning speed and status effect resistance | - | - |
| Luck | Fortune in combat and exploration | Affects critical hit chance and item discovery rate | - | - |
Stat Scaling
Soft Caps
After reaching the soft cap, each point invested provides diminishing returns. Your stat will continue to increase, but at a reduced rate. This encourages balanced builds rather than putting all points into one stat.
Hard Caps
The hard cap is the maximum effective value for a stat. Points invested beyond this threshold provide no additional benefit. Focus your remaining points on other stats once you've reached a hard cap.
Build Archetypes
Berserker
High Strength, moderate Constitution
Focus on raw damage output with enough health to survive close combat.
Swift Blade
High Agility, balanced Spirit
Emphasize speed and evasion with martial arts for burst damage.
Cultivator
High Spirit, moderate Wisdom
Master internal energy to unleash devastating martial arts techniques.