A stick cut off from a large tree. It isn't very sturdy, but its heavier end can swat a shield away. Thick Stick is a heavy two-handed weapon, and Link swings it slower than one-handed melee weapons ...

So with the Devil May Cry 3 weapon switching on the Nintendo Switch, there will be more options. Originally, as Producer Matt Walker pointed out, someone would have two melee and two ranged weapons ...