We need clarification on every word used in this game. What is a Melee Weapon? What is Healing Taken vs Healing Received? we need a list of EVERYTHING because it has been pretty confusing for me when I'm trying to look into a build I wanna make.
I'm trying to make a fist fighter and I've seen old threads that claim Igneous Weapons works with fist damage because it works with Light and Heavy attacks, but other skills that add damage to Melee Weapon such as Swift racial skill for the Orcs doesn't work with fist damage even though your fists are a capable Melee Weapon if you're even allowed to use them. Plus it would be nice to add fists to the Melee Weapon list since there's so many damn threads of people wanting an Unarmed Skill tree.
And why the hell does Adrenaline Rush restore Stamina upon landing a hit with Melee attacks? What is a Melee attack at this point?

By the way, equipping ONLY a shield doesn't give me any punching animations. Enemies just sort of bleed and take damage.