[1.2.314] Battlemage Job

Yes. There wasn't really a reason to think that it was a physical skill...since if it was you would see battle mages hitting 1s all the time.

I think what he meant by melee was a skill that was only effective against monsters up-close. It's not like Xblows can be used like ranged attacks across the map, and so in the sense of battle style, the Battlemage is a melee fighter (arguably both if you throw in Lightning/Chains, etc., but even "melee" Warrior classes have ranged skills, so whatever).