Yeah, that’s fair. I don’t know how militarized your aestetic is but you could try making snowman flamethrower turrets to keep them away from your base.
ETA: Snowballs are entities, entities can be on fire and transfer fire to things they hit. Snow surrounding a snowman with netherrack and lighting it will let it set enemies hit on fire.
Does the head look like it has a red recolor of the Gamecube Logo to anyone else?