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I've seen a number of 'melee' powerups for sale at the bazaar. They all have things that seem useless for melee...like range modifiers...or 'plus' modifiers to HAM costs...I have yet to find a single one offering damage modifiers, skill modifiers, to-hit modifiers, wound chance modifiers, or anything like that.

I guess my question is: Can melee weapons, and specifically Vibro Knuckles, benefit from powerups? If the answer is yes, what kind of mods should you be looking for?

Actually, what you want to do is get your hands on some Barbing or Lightning powerups. Respectivly, they power up your damage, and your speed. The other modifiers are good to, compensating (HAM) and Balance(range). These are great. I live off these things. They've improved the performance of my melee weapons so much. I've got an Engineer friend who crafts 20 of these things at a time, and experiments on them for the best results. I can solo (no droid, no creature) a red of 8k HP (if I'm at full health, no wounds). Do not underestimate the power of a good powerup on your VK or any other melee weapon.