Commando build advice

[FireGryph]

Ive been fiddling about doing this and that with a commando character I have, and Ive tried a few builds. They all work, to varying degrees, so far, but Ive got a new idea in mind. Still, curious what other opinions might be.
My idea is to go dual-wield melee, and Im wondering if I should go with fire strike as my primary attack, or cadence. I already have a ton of fire gear from my previous 2h ranged/mortar build, and a fair bit from a previous fire retaliation build as well, but there is plenty of soldier-oriented physical gear to find anyways.
This is by no means super ideal, Im sure. But the choice between cadence and fire strike is one Im entirely unsure on.

[MedeaFleecestealer]

Hm, looking at the Build Compendium none of the fire based ones use Fire Strike. There are a couple of physical ones using Cadence.

https://forums.crateentertainment.com/t/build-compendium-x-forgotten-gods/49673/14

[RodHull]

I think most people believe FS to be a waste of skill points, now for sure it has its uses and I personally really like the skill especially on ranged characters, but thats just a personal taste thing (I like explosions and AOE stuff attached to my auto attacks) but in terms of efficiency and point for point punching power cadence is probably better. To max out FS requires a big point investment where as to get the most from Cadence requires very little by comparison. That said they are both effective so dont get to hung up on which is stronger, better off picking the one you prefer using.

[Halcyon]

In my opinion, they are both good, but different types of damage output.

Fire Strike = consistent damage, better at killing groups and can be specced for many damage types
Cadence = burst damage, better at killing bosses and dealing specifically physical damage

[vorik]

if you're going melee dualwield firestrike, Killrian's Skullcrusher 1h maces have been very good to me, and they scale with your level (by getting more by farming Kilrian at various levels). Note that Kilrian gets capped per difficulty level. I got level 60 Kilrians maces off Veteran Kilrian, but he now caps at 40-something, since about 4 patches ago.

[Carl!!!!]

One of my best builds was my physical fire strike commando (converted via beronath reforged).