User blog comment:Mathmagician/Wyvern Solo Walkthrough/@comment-4697378-20120105221636/@comment-4674838-20120105223838

Melee weapons have 2 main issues. 1) It's difficult to dodge and hit the Wyvern at the same time. Typically you need to jump to dodge, but then you'll be above the Wyvern and your weapon doesn't really have a good hitbox below you. 2) You can't continuously lay on the hurt at range. You can only deal damage when the Wyvern is near you, so all of those seconds where he's out of melee range is wasted time compared to if you were using a ranged weapon. And yes, fighting him in low gravity is not exactly the brightest idea =P