Talk:Scourge of the Corruptor/@comment-24045159-20131113025354/@comment-1466854-20131113054904

As a melee class, it's easily one of the strongest weapons for handling those bosses, alongside the Paladin's Hammer and Possessed Hatchet. In terms of actual ease, melee builds are more about being a survivor than a damage dealer. It still falls short of both magic and ranged in terms of actual DPS. Rangers tend to have a much easier time with the twins, and magic users can generally obliterate Skeletron Prime much easier.

As for it being "ranged", all thrown non-consumable weapons deal melee damage. That's more about the type of damage and available modifiers than it is about how it functions. It's more like a boomerang than a ranged weapon in that regard.