Trying to figure out a melee skill to go with 6L lightning warstaff

Hi guys,
so i was lucky und dropped this guy and it reads kinda cool:

Item Class: Warstaves
Rarity: Rare
Hypnotic Call
Serpentine Staff
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Warstaff
Physical Damage: 56-117
Elemental Damage: 3-117 (augmented)
Critical Strike Chance: 6.30%
Attacks per Second: 1.51 (augmented)
Weapon Range: 13
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Requirements:
Level: 50
Str: 85
Int: 85
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Sockets: R-G-B-R-B-R
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Item Level: 73
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+20% Chance to Block Attack Damage while wielding a Staff (implicit)
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+2 to Level of Socketed Melee Gems
16% increased Lightning Damage
Adds 3 to 117 Lightning Damage
21% increased Attack Speed
+37% to Cold Resistance
46% increased Elemental Damage with Attack Skills
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Corrupted
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So: Which skill would this probably go best with?

Groundslam?
Lightning strike?

Thanks!!!
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Thanks gotta look into this!
But it sounds like it would go well with inquisitors?
the item is too bad to be worth using even for some sub-optimal build, sorry.. base damage is very low for 2H, speed moderate, low crit, and the +2 gem level does not scale attacks well (except elemental hit) and the rest is just a bit of increased damage.

I would happily vendor it for a Divine orb and move on
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Last edited by Ludvator#6587 on Nov 5, 2021, 2:00:10 PM
Thats the answer I expected in first place xD.
Well to be fair, you might be right, but it might be the best item i ever found. I played a lightning strike raider once and most guides appreciated high amounts of ele dmg (which this has) and 6 lvl 22 gems cant be bad, right?

Low base is what i understand, but e.g. lightning strik would add up with that extra lightning dmg on the weapon, right?

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