For the Melee build, players must gather the three armor pieces: the Hallowed Plate Mail, Hallowed Greaves, and the Hallowed Mask. Crafting and wearing either the Hallowed Helmet, Hallowed Hood, or Hallowed Headgear will give the user ranged, magic, or summon bonuses instead of benefits for the Melee class.

The melee class sports high defense and decent crowd control, but many melee weapons have a short attack range, and those that are viable at a distance tend to do lower damage than their close-range counterparts. This encourages melee users to use their defense to tank hits while attacking with their stronger close-ranged weapons.