Melee attack

Melee is a word borrowed from French (mêlée, pronounced /mε'lε/) meaning hand-to-hand, close-quarters combat. Melee attacks are in contrast to ranged attacks, performed at a distance, such as shooting bullets, throwing fireballs or firing rockets.

Melee attacks are featured in Doom, Heretic, Hexen and Strife. A number of the Doom monsters can perform melee attacks in the form of clawing, biting or punching. Demons and Spectres are melee attackers only, while others have both melee and ranged attacks&mdash;these are the Imp, Cacodemon, Revenant, Hell Knight and Baron of Hell. Players can perform melee attacks using the fists or the chainsaw. Lost Souls may be seen like melee atackers only, but infact the program treats them like living projectiles.

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