Melee Weapon Proficiency

Melee Weapon Proficiency
Frank West (Dead Rising) has used a large number of melee weapons, like bats, swords, gloves, axes, and chainsaws, in his long battle against the zombie outbreaks.
Power/Ability to:	Possess mastery in wielding melee weaponry.

The ability to possess mastery in wielding melee weaponry. Sub-power of Melee Weapon Manipulation. Variation of Weapon Proficiency. Opposite to Ranged Weapon Proficiency.

Also Called

• Melee-Specialist
• Melee Weapon Aptitude/Expertise/Intuition/Mastery

Capabilities

Users possess superhuman proficiency and skill in wielding various/all melee weaponry. In the user's hands, any and all weapons used in direct hand-to-hand combat, whether bladed, blunt or pointed, becomes a tool of limitless potential. A master practitioner of this ability can even turn various ranged weapons and small objects into unconventional melee weapons. The user is also capable of mastering the martial arts that focus on melee implements and may turn any available object into an impromptu weapon. The user's proficiency has reached such a degree of finesse, that they are even capable of targeting, and attacking pressure points or other weaknesses with incredible ease.

Applications

• Crushing
• Cutting
  • Speed Cutting
• Dual Wielding
  • Dual Knife Proficiency
  • Dual Sword Proficiency
• Enhanced/Supernatural Dexterity
  • Enhanced/Supernatural Adroitness
• Enhanced Precision/Supernatural Precision
  • Precise Strike
• Enhanced Proprioception
  • Enhanced Motor Skills
• Enhanced Reflexes
  • Quick-Draw Mastery
• Heavy Strike
• Impale
• Multi-Weapon Wielding
  • Multi-Sword Proficiency
• Pressure Point Mastery
• Small Object Precision
• Weakness Detection
  • Shatterpoint Mastery
  • Weakness Strike

Variations

• Bladed Weapon Proficiency
  • Axe Proficiency
  • Enhanced Clawmanship
  • Enhanced Swordsmanship
  • Katar Proficiency
  • Kama Proficiency
  • Knife Proficiency
  • Naginata Proficiency
  • Saw Proficiency
  • Scythe Proficiency
  • Sickle Proficiency
  • Tessen Proficiency
• Blunt Weapon Proficiency
  • Club Proficiency
    • Leiomano Proficiency
    • Mace Proficiency
  • Nunchaku Proficiency
  • Tonfa Proficiency
• Chain Proficiency
  • Chain Mace Proficiency
• Enhanced Flailmanship
• Enhanced Saimanship
• Fan Proficiency
• Fistload Weapon Proficiency
• Flail Proficiency
• Grappling Proficiency
• Hook Proficiency
• Lance Proficiency
• Lasso Proficiency
• Polearm Proficiency
  • Halberd Proficiency
  • Spear Proficiency
  • Staff Proficiency
    • Khakkhara Proficiency
  • Trident Proficiency
• Sheathed Blade Proficiency
• Whip Proficiency
• Wire Proficiency
• Wooden Sword Proficiency
• Yari Proficiency

Associations

• Adoptive Muscle Memory
• Demonic Weaponry
• Divine Weaponry
• Empathic Weaponry
• Enhanced Combat
• Intuitive Aptitude
• Magic Weaponry
• Melee Weapon Manipulation
• Normal Folk
• Sentient Weaponry
• Soul-Bound Weapon
• Superior Human Physiology
• Weapon Creation
• Weapon Manipulation
• Weapon Physiology
• Weapon Proficiency Touch

Known Users

See Also: Close-Ranged Combatant and Multi-Melee Master.

• Various characters (Arknights)
• Kazuo Kiriyama (Battle Royale)
• Slade Wilson/Deathstroke (DC Comics)
• Midnighter (DC Comics/Wildstorm)
• Frank West (Dead Rising)
• Kris (Deltarune)
• Susie (Deltarune)
• Gray Fullbuster (Fairy Tail)
• Erza Scarlet (Fairy Tail)
• Protagonists (Fallout series) via Melee Weapons skill
• River Tam (Firefly/Serenity)
• Sanford (Madness Combat)
• Player (Madness: Project Nexus); as the Mercenary or the Disquieted
• Anthony Masters/Taskmaster (Marvel Comics)
• Wade Wilson/Deadpool (Marvel Comics)
• Alan "Dutch" Schaefer (Predator series)
• Ashi (Samurai Jack)
• Jack (Samurai Jack)
• The Guardian (Samurai Jack)
• Calvin Lucien|O5-1 (SCP Foundation)
• Garen (Skylark)
• Sentinel Prime (Transformers film series)
• GRSO Assault Soldiers (X-Men Legends)
• GRSO Black Guard Soldiers (X-Men Legends)
• GRSO Skirmisher Soldiers (X-Men Legends)

Gallery

Various melee weapon-wielding Operators (Arknights)

Sanford's (Madness Combat) preferred choice of weaponry involves melee weapons, a foil to the more firearm-acquainted Deimos.

The Player (Madness: Project Nexus), whether the Mercenary...

...or the Disquieted, is well versed in the use of melee weapons.

Anthony Masters/Taskmaster (Marvel Comics)

The Guardian (Samurai Jack)

Jack (Samurai Jack) is well versed in a number of melee weapons that ranged from spears and staffs to nunchukus to especially his greatest skills with his sword.

Sentinel Prime (Transformers Film series/Dark of the Moon)

GRSO Assault Soldiers (X-Men Legends) are armed with a power baton that does heavy damage on team members with low defense.

GRSO Black Guard Soldiers (X-Men Legends) can use a type of close-range flash bomb ground pound flash that eliminates resistances on the X-Men, making them weaker to all forms of enemy attacks.

GRSO Skirmisher Soldiers (X-Men Legends) are elite soldiers using mechanical arms that pulsate blue energy on their gloves on both arms as their weapons of choice. They carry no guns or grenades and have no special abilities what-so-ever, but engage their enemies in an all out brawl. They have a fighting style of a hero's, similar to a few members of the X-Men.