Melee' (Outlander)
All right, now first let me clear something up. I use the term "Melee'" in the original French meaning, namely, it's a Noun, not a Verb, or Adgetive. More specifically, it's a Place/time, the crush of battle, when two armies come together. So, whenever I make a "Melee' Character" I mean they're at home there, not specialized to hitting things with things.
This is a Close Quarters Shooter, which means rather than hanging back, she's just fine completely surrounded, and spreading it in all directions. Go ahead, pile on like the goblins of Moria, just more targets. Like the modern Breacher, you want to kick down the door with something like a Sub-machinegun, shotgun, auto-shotgun, or the period equivalent(/spelling.)
Actives: Rapid Fire, followed by Rune Vault, then Glaive Sweep. Cursed Daggers is wicked, but those first 3 are your bread, and butter. Burning Leap whenever you get to it, which is kind of a 2fer, but the first three will be your standards for most of the game.
Passives: Long Range, and Shotgun Mastery, Shadowling Ammo. As always, focus on Actives/Offense, and kick down any leftovers to these, all in order of priority. (Defense doesn't win fights. It keeps you from losing as quickly, but with no offense, You Can't Win.)
Weapons: Where it's all at, I go Pistol/Blade, and Shotty. Rapid Fire with both, but WHEN they get close, you have to have some sort of slash (Preferably with Drain Health, and Very Fast Attack, Claws are great!) Here's the deal, I primary Rapid Fire on the shotty, because I usually need the spread when I'm out of Mana. Try it, may, or may not work for you, it's also useful with an offhand pistol, and primary blade. Secondary is Glaive Sweep on Shotty, and Rune Vault with the combo. This way, you have maximum mobility for teh slash&burn, and a full circle sweeper on your slowest directional attack. When you get the dagger throw, it works best with the combo.
This is why I didn't do "Akimbo" (That word, I done thing it means wha' you thing it means.) Instead of Moar damnage, which is always good, I like to be able to slash who's close, and shoot who ain't while backflipping all over. That mobility is really your primary defense, as there's no passives for this class, but if you time it right, and know where to aim, they swing through open air, and you backstab before they recover from the animation. Takes some getting used to, but it's brutaly lethal with practice. Teh shotty is for Crowd Control, and bottlenecks where you don't have room to flip around. Also for Bosses, it maximizes your Rapid Fire damage, in between weeny whacking while your charge recovers. I also swap in Rune Vault in lieu of the sweeper just for these fights. Generally gets destroyed by the Big Bad, or even the Dragon toe2toe, so keep your distance, and the damage coming. The exception being the cannon centaur and it's friends who you don't want to take at range where the big one can charge you.
Edit: Oct 11, 12 8:58am