Advice on hitbox frames

[ionic dust]

For my melee hitbox system would it be better to use a single check with an increased hitbox size or multiple repeated checks over the attack duration with the hitbox being accurate to the size of the weapon?

[proven oyster]

use raycast v4 bruh

[vale silo]

try checking shape cast

[trail comet]

id use magnitudes tbh

[ionic dust]

Actually I do that which has led me to this question