New Skill and Support Gem Interactions

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sidtherat wrote:

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Imaxilian wrote:

I don't know what the problem with melee is. It always was strong, it still is extremely strong.

You have leech and always fortify, you have ascendancy choices (most of them extremely overlooked cause BERZERKAH, e.g. Champion, Gladiator or Juggernaut). You have (mostly affordable) unique weapons on almost any weapon class which allow you to clear endgame.

Melee sure isn't the best option in the game right now, but whoever wants to just crush through content with it, is able to do so (just not with every skill, which I find sad, too, but there still is no reason to be as whiny as most people here are).

I agree to some extent that it should get some love. But there still are no Patch notes out, so it is by far too early to start judging the way you people do it.

ive been playing melee since .9.2whatever, the only melee skill i havent made a lvl90+ char is viper strike

and after experiencing spell builds in last 2 patches i can say: melee is uncompetetive on each and evey level

while Sunder is bonkers it is just nothing when compared to stuff like Frostbolt/Freezing Pulse + free GMP threshold jewels. then there is the survivability problem - reason why Ancestral Warchief is so popular.

sure, the entry level is easy - there is 1c unique for each slot, baseline survivability is pretty ok but once you try to maximize all three: clear, survivability, single target you just cannot beat wanders, archers or spellcasters

melee might have been 'strong'. problem is that in current state 'strong' is the lowest possible level of strength

btw - there are no patch notes - but you can check new supports and compare them to Ancestral Whatever. and draw your own conclusions. is the gimmick +2 targets comparable to +screen support gems like Cascade?

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sloanekettering wrote:

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Ghai wrote:

Melee is even more dead now

Look at my profile and tell me melee is dead. I'll continue to play melee builds and continue to fuck all content regardless of this summoning meta

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Nexemonsta wrote:

Sire of Shards + Volley ????????????????

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sloanekettering wrote:

Look at my profile and tell me melee is dead. I'll continue to play melee builds and continue to fuck all content regardless of this summoning meta

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ventti666 wrote:

hype is real, remove reflect though..