Melee Weapons

Melee Weapons (近接武器^*)^? 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 protagonist Mitsuru Kirijo	Slash
Naginatas	Female protagonist
Two-Handed Swords	Male protagonist (P3 / F only) Junpei Iori
Knives	Koromaru
Fists	Akihiko Sanada	Strike
Bludgeons	Male protagonist (P3 / F only) Shinjiro Aragaki Metis
Spears	Ken Amada	Pierce
Bows	Yukari Takeba
Guns	Aigis

Persona 4 / Golden

Weapon	For
Two-Handed Swords	Protagonist
Dual Knives	Yosuke Hanamura
Greaves	Chie Satonaka
Fans	Yukiko Amagi
Flat Objects	Kanji Tatsumi
Claws	Teddie
Handguns	Naoto Shirogane

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