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This article is about the Item Power called "Giant Strength". For the spell that this Power emulates, see Giant Strength.
Giant Strength
Item Power
ItemPower Axe Green
Cost Icon Mana 300
Required
Spellbooks
Icon Book NatureIcon Book NatureIcon Book Nature
Valid
Items
Sword
Mace
Axe
Jewelry
Effect
Sword
Mace
Icon Melee Magic +1
Axe
Icon Melee Magic +1
Icon Thrown +1
Misc Icon Melee Magic +1
Availability

"Giant Strength" is an Item Power associated with the Icon NatureNature Realm. It may be added to Magical Weapons created for Heroes via Create Artifact. Some of the 250 premade Items possess this power, and these can be found mainly as Treasure during the campaign. "Giant Strength" boosts the hero's melee attack strength by one point (for which this power seems somewhat overpriced).

Effect[]

Vital Icon NatureNature energy can directly increase the strength of a hero's swordarm. This Power works in tandem with any direct enhancements that have been forged into his weapon, as well as with the Giant Strength spell itself.

"Giant Strength" imparts a straight Melee Attack bonus during the type of attack for which the host weapon is designed. These are, respectively:

Despite its apparent basis on the Unit Enchantment Spell of this name, the spell and item power stack together - in fact, multiple instances of this same power are also cumulative!

Strategy[]

This is one of several Powers which may be used to maximize a Hero's potential Icon Melee Normal Melee Strength. Technically the "Giant Strength" power is always helpful, provided you can afford the extra time and cost in creation, and do not need the enchantment space for something more crucial. Point-for-point though, "Giant Strength" is less mana-efficient than increasing a weapon's attack bonus at any increment. It is equal in Icon Mana Cost to increasing the generic attack boost on Jewelry from +3 to +4, but then will limit that point to Icon Melee Normal Melee only, not even improving Icon Thrown Thrown.

The comparable Icon ChaosChaos derived power, Flaming, is thrice as mana-efficient as Icon NatureNature's "Giant Strength".

Acquisition[]

Create Artifact[]

Main article: Item Crafting

With Icon Nature3, "Giant Strength" may be added to Melee Weapons and Accessories of your own design through Icon Arcane Create Artifact. Making strong Items through this spell is an incredibly expensive and time-consuming process. Some recipes are more expensive than the Spell of Mastery. The proposition is made more reasonable by the Artificer and Runemaster Retorts.

Casting Cost Structure for "Giant Strength"
Base Runemaster Artificer Both
Icon Mana 300 Icon Mana 225 Icon Mana 150 Icon Mana 75

Overland[]

Main article: Magical Items in Treasure

The game data files contain 250 pre-defined Items. Of these, ten possess the "Giant Strength" power. The power causes a premade Item to demand that the Wizard have particular Spellbooks in order to appear in Treasure, and the requirements are irregular.

There are three different ways by which you can acquire one of these pre-defined Items:

It is often better to acquire items in this way, as it means you do not need to spend any time or Icon Mana Mana to create them. Still, Items found through these means are in no way guaranteed to exactly suit your needs.

The table below lists the pre-defined Items with this power.


Premade Items with "Giant Strength"
Icon Mana Item Attributes Realm Powers Required Ranks
1200 Item Axe 1 Power Axe Icon Melee Magic 6 Giant Strength

Icon Sorcery3
1600 Item Misc 4 Trinket of Strength Icon Melee Magic 4 Icon Defense 4 Icon Resist 5 Giant Strength

Icon Life3
1750 Item Mace 3 Whirlwind Icon Melee Magic 2 Icon ToHit 3 Icon Defense 1 Giant Strength

Icon Life3
2400 Item Axe 5 Golden Axe of Rath Icon Melee Magic 6 Icon ToHit 2 Icon Mana 10 Giant Strength

Icon Life3
850 Item Sword 5 Laik Kenegul Icon Melee Magic 3 Icon Defense 1 Resist Magic
Giant Strength
Icon Chaos3 Icon Life2
1000 Item Axe 7 Tree Tamer Icon Melee Magic 3 Death
Giant Strength
Icon Sorcery3 Icon Chaos3
1100 Item Sword 1 Living Sword Icon Melee Magic 2 Icon Defense 2 Elemental Armor
Giant Strength
Icon Chaos4 Icon Life3
1400 Item Sword 1 Sword of Renfield Icon Melee Magic 2 Icon Defense 2 Vampiric
Giant Strength
Icon Chaos5 Icon Life3
4000 Item Axe 1 The Kick Axe Icon Melee Magic 6 Icon ToHit 2 Haste
Giant Strength
Icon Chaos3 Icon Life7
Merchant Only
Icon Mana Item Attributes Realm Powers Required Ranks
2750 Item Misc 5 Bird of Paradise Magic Immunity
Righteousness
Giant Strength
Invulnerability
Icon Nature3 Icon Sorcery5 Icon Chaos4 Icon Life5
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