Melee- and Range fight

skyvie · July 2014

Hey there,
while creating an Imperial char I wondered: Where is the exact line between melee and range combat.
The Imperial comes with a passive skill, that can recover health from attacking targets, but only while doing melee attacks.
How many meters count for melee? Can you use this passiv skill with melee weapons only? Or with Dragonknight skills as well? Or even with bow/staff?

Please give me a detailed answer (Gamemasters may answer as well

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Ironblaze · July 2014

This may be only partially helpful, but the Ashen Grip item set triggers a gout of flame on "melee" attacks, and I regularly trigger that with a bow in close quarters. This leads me to think that "melee" in this case refers to a range in x meters as opposed to a particular combination of weapons. Never tried it with a regen-Imperial though, so it may vary

Innocente · August 2014

'Close' is generally Melee range. Sorry cannot be more exact, but ESO is not really 'number' friendly in regards to combat specifics, especially when in combat.

AlexDougherty · August 2014

Abilities are treated by the game as spells, so your DK abilities are not melee.
Staff attacks might be considered melee, but staff abilities wouldn't.

As for the range, that's difficult, generally melee refers to non-ranged weapons ie swords, axes, and even polearms.
So bows and staffs technically shouldn't be considered melee, but if @Ironblaze is right about the Ashen Grip set and his bow, then traditional definitions have been thrown ot the window, so who knows.