melee combat
Hand-to-hand warfare
Melee combat is fighting at close range with handheld weapons or bare hands, as opposed to ranged combat with guns or bows.
The term appears most often in video games and tabletop gaming, where combat systems distinguish between melee and ranged attacks: Warriors specialize in melee combat while mages attack from a distance.
- maceBludgeon with flanged head
- axeBladed tool for chopping
- swordHilted fighting blade
- sword fightCombat using bladed weapons
- punchStrike with fist
halberd · grapple · parry · hand-to-hand · gladiator · spear · scuffle · battle royale · clinch · feint · counterattack · death blow · brawl · berserker · samurai · kick · dagger · flanking
- Action RPGsDiablo, Diablo II, Torchlight, dungeon crawler, dungeon crawling
- armored combatsword fighting, longsword, plate armor, chainmail, helm
- wargameswargame, wargaming, war game, strategy game, naval warfare
- military doctrineattrition warfare, combined arms, deterrence, total war, conventional warfare
- strategy gameschess, strategy, checkers, go, Go
- video gamesvideo games, gameplay, Fortnite, mobile game, arcade
melee combatarchery
Shooting with bows
bombardment · sharpshooting · artillery · gunfire · gunfighting
melee combatdrone warfare
Military strikes using pilotless aircraft
cyber warfare · electronic warfare · siege warfare · indirect fire · strategic bombing
melee combatcyberwarfare
State-sponsored digital attacks
psychological warfare · economic warfare · information warfare · biological warfare · chemical warfare