diff --git a/Content.Client/Weapons/Melee/Components/WeaponArcVisualsComponent.cs b/Content.Client/Weapons/Melee/Components/WeaponArcVisualsComponent.cs
index d0f95f7069..6d3d4d40d4 100644
--- a/Content.Client/Weapons/Melee/Components/WeaponArcVisualsComponent.cs
+++ b/Content.Client/Weapons/Melee/Components/WeaponArcVisualsComponent.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ namespace Content.Client.Weapons.Melee.Components;
 [RegisterComponent]
 public sealed partial class WeaponArcVisualsComponent : Component
 {
+    public EntityUid? User;
+
     [DataField("animation")]
     public WeaponArcAnimation Animation = WeaponArcAnimation.None;
 
diff --git a/Content.Client/Weapons/Melee/MeleeWeaponSystem.Effects.cs b/Content.Client/Weapons/Melee/MeleeWeaponSystem.Effects.cs
index 0f2f98e764..c33bc913d3 100644
--- a/Content.Client/Weapons/Melee/MeleeWeaponSystem.Effects.cs
+++ b/Content.Client/Weapons/Melee/MeleeWeaponSystem.Effects.cs
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ public sealed partial class MeleeWeaponSystem
             if (meleeWeaponComponent.SwingLeft)
                 angle *= -1;
         }
-        sprite.NoRotation = true;
         sprite.Rotation = localPos.ToWorldAngle();
         var distance = Math.Clamp(localPos.Length() / 2f, 0.2f, 1f);
 
@@ -64,23 +63,22 @@ public sealed partial class MeleeWeaponSystem
         switch (arcComponent.Animation)
         {
             case WeaponArcAnimation.Slash:
+                arcComponent.User = user;
                 _animation.Play(animationUid, GetSlashAnimation(sprite, angle, spriteRotation), SlashAnimationKey);
-                TransformSystem.SetParent(animationUid, xform, user, userXform);
                 if (arcComponent.Fadeout)
                     _animation.Play(animationUid, GetFadeAnimation(sprite, 0.065f, 0.065f + 0.05f), FadeAnimationKey);
                 break;
             case WeaponArcAnimation.Thrust:
+                arcComponent.User = user;
                 _animation.Play(animationUid, GetThrustAnimation(sprite, distance, spriteRotation), ThrustAnimationKey);
-                TransformSystem.SetParent(animationUid, xform, user, userXform);
                 if (arcComponent.Fadeout)
                     _animation.Play(animationUid, GetFadeAnimation(sprite, 0.05f, 0.15f), FadeAnimationKey);
                 break;
             case WeaponArcAnimation.None:
                 var (mapPos, mapRot) = TransformSystem.GetWorldPositionRotation(userXform);
-                TransformSystem.AttachToGridOrMap(animationUid, xform);
                 var worldPos = mapPos + (mapRot - userXform.LocalRotation).RotateVec(localPos);
                 var newLocalPos = TransformSystem.GetInvWorldMatrix(xform.ParentUid).Transform(worldPos);
-                TransformSystem.SetLocalPositionNoLerp(xform, newLocalPos);
+                TransformSystem.SetLocalPositionNoLerp(animationUid, newLocalPos, xform);
                 if (arcComponent.Fadeout)
                     _animation.Play(animationUid, GetFadeAnimation(sprite, 0f, 0.15f), FadeAnimationKey);
                 break;
@@ -98,7 +96,6 @@ public sealed partial class MeleeWeaponSystem
         var endRotationOffset = endRotation.RotateVec(new Vector2(0f, -1f));
         startRotation += spriteRotation;
         endRotation += spriteRotation;
-        sprite.NoRotation = true;
 
         return new Animation()
         {
@@ -205,4 +202,19 @@ public sealed partial class MeleeWeaponSystem
             }
         };
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Updates the effect positions to follow the user
+    /// </summary>
+    void UpdateEffects(float frameTime)
+    {
+        var arcQuery = EntityQueryEnumerator<TransformComponent, WeaponArcVisualsComponent>();
+        while(arcQuery.MoveNext(out var uid, out var xform, out var arcComponent))
+        {
+            if (arcComponent.User == null)
+                continue;
+            var userPos = TransformSystem.GetWorldPosition(arcComponent.User.Value);
+            TransformSystem.SetWorldPosition(xform, userPos);
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Content.Client/Weapons/Melee/MeleeWeaponSystem.cs b/Content.Client/Weapons/Melee/MeleeWeaponSystem.cs
index 641d56d3d1..95de207471 100644
--- a/Content.Client/Weapons/Melee/MeleeWeaponSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Client/Weapons/Melee/MeleeWeaponSystem.cs
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public sealed partial class MeleeWeaponSystem : SharedMeleeWeaponSystem
     public override void Update(float frameTime)
     {
         base.Update(frameTime);
+        UpdateEffects(frameTime);
 
         if (!Timing.IsFirstTimePredicted)
             return;