All character builds need a certain level of Strength, as it allows the player to carry more items and increases the power of the Wrench and other melee weapons.Powered Armor, Stasis Field Generator, Annelid Launcher Light Combat Armor, M-22 Assault Rifle, WormSkin Armor Strength is also the requirement of certain weapons and armors:

In other words, the bonus melee damage value itself is not multiplied. The bonus melee damage is added only after each weapon's damage have been multiplied by any factors that need to be taken in (like the type of enemy attacked, bonuses from researching organs, any particular weapon upgrades, any upgrades of weapon category, O/S upgrades).Strength increases the inventory size and the melee damage bonus of a player: Note that exceeding level 8 does not yield extra benefits. The last two levels require a combination of the following items/ Psionic Power: A player can only permanently upgrade Strength to level 6. The maximum level of each statistic is 8. Strength or STR is one of the basic statistics in System Shock 2.

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