Melee Combat System Documentation?

Development Programming & Scripting
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Hey everyone,

I’m currently developing a game project with a friend of mine for a 3rd person hack n’ slash game. It seems like there are very few examples of melee combat. I’m looking to make a combat system just like Kingdoms of Amalur. This video shows the combat system - Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning PC Gameplay *HD* Max Settings - YouTube

The only things I have found are -

This thread - How do I add a simple melee attack animation to my 3rd person player? - Character & Animation - Unreal Engine Forums

A thread about fortnite - Is it possible to get some information about the Melee Combat System in Fortnite? - Community & Industry Discussion - Unreal Engine Forums

Fist fighting from animation montages - - YouTube

I’m not wanting fist fighting, but I’m looking for sword fighting with maybe a small combo system that takes energy.

Are there any professional tutorials somewhere that go in-depth about a melee combat system? Anything from UE3 that would work with UE4?

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President’s dev blog goes pretty deep into building his melee combat game.

Specifically, the Alice in Tokyo Wonderland Dev Diary - Combo 1 through 4 video goes into using Montages to fire different attacks within your melee combo.