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Melee Skill Effects and Perks

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Melee is a skill in The Outer Worlds 2. See all of Melee's effects and description, as well as the skill's related perks in this guide!

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The Outer Worlds 2 - Melee SkillMelee ・+10% Melee Damage
・-2% Damage Received While Blocking
Description
The Melee skill increases damage dealt with Melee weapons. Investing in the Melee skill allows you to select perks that further improve your ability to use melee weapons of various types.

Melee Perks

Perks With Melee Requirements

Related Perks Requirements
The Outer Worlds 2 - Vital Striker Vital Striker ・Requires 9 or more total perks purchased.
・Melee 15
・Sneak 15
The Outer Worlds 2 - Pitch/Tossball Hacker Pitch/Tossball Hacker ・Requires 5 or more total perks purchased.
・Melee 8
The Outer Worlds 2 - Commando Commando ・Melee 1 or Guns 1
The Outer Worlds 2 - Shiny New Toy Shiny New Toy ・Perk: Commando
・Guns 5 or Melee 5
The Outer Worlds 2 - Lucky Strikes Lucky Strikes ・Requires 11 or more total perks purchased.
・Guns 20 or Melee 20
The Outer Worlds 2 - Duelist Duelist ・Melee 1
The Outer Worlds 2 - Run and Hitter Run and Hitter ・Melee 2
The Outer Worlds 2 - Echoing Blows Echoing Blows ・Requires 4 or more total perks purchased.
・Melee 6
The Outer Worlds 2 - Tit for Tat Tit for Tat ・Requires 7 or more total perks purchased
・Melee 10

These Perks require a certain level of Melee in order to learn.
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