What effect would the feat Dual Wielder have on a Monk primarily using unarmed strikes? [duplicate]

Question

I'm trying to decide what to take as a feat for my unarmed monk build. I came across the Dual Wielder feat which says

You master fighting with two weapons, gaining the following benefits:

• You gain a +1 bonus to AC while you are wielding a separate melee weapon in each hand.

• You can use two-weapon fighting even when the one-handed melee weapons you are wielding aren’t light.

• You can draw or stow two one-handed weapons when you would normally be able to draw or stow only one.

Does the fist count as a weapon in the context of the first bullet?

Answer 1

No.

Unarmed strikes are not weapons. See PHB p.195:

Instead of using a weapon to attack you can use an unarmed strike. (Emphasis mine)

(Note that early printings of the PHB included "unarmed strike" in the weapons table; that has been corrected by errata.)

Answer 2

RAW, the answer is most likely no.

Melee weapons are listed on PHB page 149. Unfortunately, fists are not in that list.

On PHB page 146, under weapons:

Your class grants proficiency in certain weapons, reflecting both the class's focus and the tools you are most likely to use. (emphasis mine)

Based on this, the answer to your question is no, because while the weapon list is not exhaustive, the description of 'weapons' in the rules seems to classify weapons as tools. Fists are unfortunately not tools.