Melee or mêlée is combat fought at close range, usually with lack of organization or cohesion. It may also refer to:

  • Hand-to-hand combat in general
  • Close-quarters battle
  • Melee (tournament), a form of "mixed" combat at medieval tournaments
  • Armored combat (sport) for the modern revival of medieval melee

Gaming

  • Melee (game), a board game by Metagaming Concepts
  • Mêlée Island, a locale in the Monkey Island series, primarily in The Secret of Monkey Island (1990)
  • Melee Pokémon Scramble, the translated Japanese name of Pokémon Rumble
  • Super Smash Bros. Melee, a platform fighting game released for the Nintendo GameCube in 2001

Music

  • Melee (Gizmachi album)
  • Melee (Dogleg album)
  • Mêlée (band), an alternative rock band
  • Mêlée (EP), a 2002 EP by Mêlée
  • "Melee" (song), a 2019 song by Tory Lanez

Other uses

  • Robert Melee (born 1966), American artist
  • Melee (comics), the code name of a fictional Marvel comic book character
  • Melée, small cut gem diamonds
  • Scrum (rugby), known in French as mêlée

See also