"I've been playing Arcanum a lot, my main character is a level 35 melee fighter technologist."
"Sulik from Fallout 2 is great at melee."
"I use many different melee weapons, but my favorite has to be the Super Sledgehammer."
"Jaheira from Baldur's Gate is a pretty decent melee character who can effectively facilitate her performance in hand-to-hand combat with her druid spells."
Note:
This usage has been around for more than 2 decades, usually in RPG video games, tabletop war games, some card games and as part of discussions related to these.
Many gamers (including ex-gamers) are familiar with this usage and would use the word "melee" this way.
Comments by telruen
telruen commented on the word melee
Melee
Additional usage:
Noun, Broadly Hand-to-hand combat (rare)
Adjective of or related to hand-to-hand combat
Examples sentences:
"I've been playing Arcanum a lot, my main character is a level 35 melee fighter technologist."
"Sulik from Fallout 2 is great at melee."
"I use many different melee weapons, but my favorite has to be the Super Sledgehammer."
"Jaheira from Baldur's Gate is a pretty decent melee character who can effectively facilitate her performance in hand-to-hand combat with her druid spells."
Note:
This usage has been around for more than 2 decades, usually in RPG video games, tabletop war games, some card games and as part of discussions related to these.
Many gamers (including ex-gamers) are familiar with this usage and would use the word "melee" this way.
October 23, 2009