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:Short answer: 3 STR = 1 WA for Warriors; 5 LUK = 1 WA for Thieves; 1 INT = 1 MA for Magicians.

:Long answer: this calculation depends on what class you are and what weapon or skill you are using (see [[MapleStory/Stats#Damage formulas]] for additional information). For example, if you're a First job dexless Warrior using a Sabre (One-Handed Sword, 32 Weapon Attack), we can set up the minimum damage formula as: <code>(((STRx3.6)+4)/100)x32</code> (note that Mastery has been set to 1.0 in this example).

:Because of the division, the amount of STR required to equal 1 weapon attack is proportional to the amount of damage you want to deal. Lets say you want your minimum damage to be 100. With the Sabre and 4 dex, you would need 86 STR (values are rounded to the nearest integer). If you acquired one extra weapon attack (33 instead of 32), by scrolling something or acquiring a new piece of equipment, it would only require 83 STR to reach a minimum of 100 damage. In this example, 2 STR = 1 Weapon attack. However, when you raise the amount of damage you want to deal to something like 1,000 (again, minimum damage for the example), the original Sabre example would require 867 STR, and the 33 Weapon Attack formula would require 841 STR (16 STR = 1 Weapon Attack). If you happened to achieve a very high level and upgraded your weapon heavily to something with 100 weapon attack, it would only require 277 STR to reach 1,000 damage (the difference has gotten smaller: 590 STR = 68 Weapon Attack, or 8.67 STR = 1 WA). Before you rush off and say STR is worthless, you should realize that with 277 STR and 100 Weapon Attack, if you increase your STR by just 1 (now 278), your output damage goes up to 1004. Leaving STR at 277 and raising Weapon Attack to 101 increases the damage to 1011. As you can see, the output minimum damage at a high level (remember, no mastery or bonus DEX in this example) makes 2.75 STR = 1 Weapon Attack. Because of this, most people use the general rule of thumb "The amount of damage I will gain is 3 STR = 1 Weapon Attack." An even better rule of thumb is "If I double the amount of Weapon Attack, the amount of damage I will gain from 1 STR will double."