Favorite melee build ?

[MattThor]

Want to give the game another go and want to try out a fun and flashy melee build.
Any recommendations ?

[gNuff!~©~gNom3™]

flashy? Primal strike shaman with thunderous strike, can be used with multiple classes well
fun, imo Nightblade is the best, but i'm biased, wont be as flashy but its use of wps, melee cooldown skills and shadow strike is hard to beat entertainment wise for me
caveat then being Nightblade doesnt' actually pair well for Primal Strike shaman during levelling

[Tsel13]

I’ve been really enjoying my dual wield Vitality “Trickster” (Shaman + Nightblade).
Currently level 60 and has a high survivability as long as you don’t face tank everything.
You do need to move when a creature throws something on the ground under you or if you get sundered.
But for the most part throw down a Vitality Storm Totem and a Wendigo Totem. Toss in a Devouring Swarm and hammer away with Amarasta’s Blade Burst.
I get Health Steal from the Shamans Wendigo Totem and Devouring Swarm.
Health Regeneration from the Nightblades Pneumatic Burst.
My Devotions I prioritized to be more than one Life Steal, Health Regeneration, and Vitality Damage.
I’m near the point to repeat grind the Feral Thicket to speak with Vinelton and hopefully get good RNG to buy the “Demonslayer's Hat” blueprint to convert some of my cold damage from Amarasta’s Blade Burst and a couple of my other skills to more vitality damage.

This is one of my few builds I have not followed anyone’s advice on and so far so good.
Keeping my fingers crossed. 😊

[Baronfuming]

I've been having fun playing a Cadence/Blitz Blademaster (Soldier+Nightblade) on the Steam Deck.

It's kind of basic, but certainly fun. I am trying to go full physical and get a lot of attack speed.

[Dhama]

Sentinel of Dreeg (Oathkeeper + Occultist) . Needs a bit of devotion to kick off but once the acid & poison start ramping every point of iAS (increased Attack Speed) push it over the top. Korvan Dunefiend is a nice set and there are some other gearing choices - flexible build, strong, fast, sturdy, and simple to play.

[DirtyMick]

Try battlemage using the 2 hander from Hyram in steelcap district that converts callidors tempest to aether. You can leap in to a crowd, war cry, and spam aether novas whiles everything near you dies. Get lifesteal and you can facetank even SR75. Its super fun and feels good to play if your cast speed is up there. (Mine is 188% and it feels super fast)

[Safarel]

Belgo BM
After many years still my favorite melee build, only need tuning for new patches

[dendriti]

I am in love with Death Knight (Solder + Necromancer). You can stack WPS from Necromancer and get one of the best leveling debuff/AOE in the game in Ill Omen. Soldier gives you an excellent gap closer (Blitz) and great tankiness and support for melee.

[MattThor]

Lot of good advice here ! Thanks folks

[Matthew]

Primal strike

[Elon Musk]

Savagery Bloodrager Warder for me

[Scipo0419]

My favorite has been my Fire Shieldbreaker (Oathkeeper + Demolitionist).

[Organico Member]

Flameladin anyone? XD

[Kyle Crane]

Warder and Warlord for me. Next are Sentinel and Death Knight.

[Original Cast Recording]

New player, first time. Stumbled into Warder without knowing anything about anything. Started as 2-handed Soldier. Saw the Shaman skills. Tapped in. Haven't died yet. Also, locking onto 2H weapons from the start has made choices regarding what gear to ditch much simpler.

[MrWitz]

Primal strike warder is going to be the way to go here. For some strange reason they even buffed the skill in 1.2.