Close quarters combat in crypts and such is where this weapon shines

It lets you kill blobs in sunken crypts from behind a mud pile.

Originally posted by Kalysm:

The best thing about that weapon is being able to find silver without killing bonemass

Also mudscraps in the swamp, to unlock an iron pickaxe, to get silver before the first boss :)

It's pretty useful for this reason

Originally posted by FTZ35:

It is basically there to help you avoid getting gangbanged by skeletons in the crypts before you have bronze weapons.

You're able to kill them through the door

The best thing about that weapon is being able to find silver without killing bonemass

It is basically there to help you avoid getting gangbanged by skeletons in the crypts before you have bronze weapons.

It's a weapon with an AOE effect so it's for handling large crowds of small enemies, not for single targets.