Javelin is...weird?

[Asherogar]

I really like this skill, but the further I go with trying to make the actual build around it, the more walls I encounter.

It innately converts 30% of all flat Melee damage from a Spear to flat Throwing damage. Good, but then Sentinel has not a single node improving spears and numerous nodes for every other weapon, dual wielding and 1H/2H/Shield. Hell, one node even works with Sceptres of all things. On top of it, most spears have Melee crit stats, which are not converted at all.

I was using crit Forge Strike converted to spear as a supplementary nuke, but it's a Melee skill, so now I have a split scaling because even crit nodes in Forge Guard for Throwing attacks and Melee attacks are separate, meaning now I have split scaling. And even if you pick Eagle Strike node, that allows you to cast Forge Strike anywhere on your screen, no matter the disctance, it's still counted as Melee skill with no way to convert it to Throwable or add scaling.

I literally can respec right now to some melee skill and triple my dmg simply because I no longer have to deal with split scaling.

Can't use Shield Throw, because it requires a shield and can't really be made into a CD nuke like spear Forge Strike. Same thing with Hammer throw.

Seems like if you want to play throw build, your only options are either Hammer Throw or Shield Throw and you actually can use Javelin as a supplementary banner skill.