Talk:Weapon Comparison/@comment-108.49.19.209-20160409155228/@comment-4448946-20160419193053

Range isn't an actual value for melee weapons. Each weapon has a Collision Mesh roughly the size, shape and positioning of the weapon. During the attack animation if the Collision Mesh touches an enemy then that enemy is damaged.. As warframe uses some very complex attack motions with each weapon being moved, held and positioned in a variety of different manners every attack motion has the Collision Mesh cover a different area and thus every different attack has a different range, even on the same weapon.

As well, the only way to determine an approximate range is through relatively inaccurate ingame tests using waypoints.