Melee Weapons

Melee Weapons or just Weapons are a type of equipment in the series. They might be categorized as "melee weapons" if they have another counterpart, such as Ranged Weapons.
==Overview==
Melee Weapons primarily account for melee attack damage. Their statistics normally include power and accuracy, alongside a potential secondary effect to melee attacks or just to enhance the user's properties as a whole.
Melee Weapons are either divided via categories, where only certain (and sometimes more than one) users can equip them. Otherwise, weapons can be catered only towards specific combatants.
===Shin Megami Tensei NINE===
Each melee weapon has an attached physical skill that acts as the protagonist's basic melee attack. Possible melee attack skills include Mist Slash, Spin Slash, Deathbound, Mow Down, Double Thrust, Iron Tail, and Tekken Punch. If they don't have a melee weapon equipped, they default to Tackle.
===Persona 5 Royal===
Traits that enhance chance to inflict ailments like "Gaia Pact" or "Foul Stench" do not affect weapons, melee or ranged. If attacks from such weapons are repelled, traits that prevent ailments like "Icy Glare" or "Immunity" are unable to protect the user from their effects, although Passive skills like Null Shock would still work as intended.
==Melee Weapon Types per Game==
===Persona 3 / FES / Portable===
Weapons 	For 	Affinity
One-Handed Swords	Male protagonistMitsuru Kirijo 	Slash
Naginatas 	Female protagonist 	Slash
Two-Handed Swords	Male protagonist (P3 / F only)Junpei Iori 	Slash
Knives 	Koromaru 	Slash
Fists 	Akihiko Sanada 	Strike
Bludgeons 	Male protagonist (P3 / F only)Shinjiro AragakiMetis	Strike
Spears 	Ken Amada 	Pierce
Bows 	Yukari Takeba 	Pierce
Guns 	Aigis 	Pierce
===Persona 5 / Royal / Strikers===
Weapon 	For
Daggers 	Protagonist
Bludgeons 	Ryuji Sakamoto
Swords 	Morgana
Whips 	Ann Takamaki
Japanese Swords	Yusuke Kitagawa
Fists 	Makoto Niijima
Axes 	Haru Okumura
Laser Sabers 	Goro Akechi
Rapiers 	Sumire Yoshizawa
Yo-yos 	Sophia
Greatswords 	Zenkichi Hasegawa
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