Melee dueling builds

[GalenDoUrden]

Okay, so myself and some friends are going to start doing some melee dueling and I have a couple questions:

1. Would a kicksin/bramble build be viable for this?
2. What builds other than the standard concentrate/zeal/fury are viable?

[GreatZeal]

1.Yes it woudl work
2.Frenzy barbs can be,Vengeane,Zeal,Kick sin,Fury druid,WolfHowl Feral rage barb,Zealer,charger,Ma Sin,Melee Zeal Sorc (eh well not sure),Jab zon,Berzerk barb,Mauler.

I cant think of anymore of the top of my head.

[inanefedaykin]

Frenzy barbs don't work.

[ShazamLies]

wondering if auradins or fireclaw druids count.

There is also the super damn uber master pwn poisondagger necro...

by the way, if you go kicker sin, how would you get around +max psn res gear, or -psn duration stuff, because seeing as how that equipment is generally on either boots or gloves, many characters can put them on without sacrificing much at all

[crawlingdeadman]

yeah but who the hell carries anti poison gear?

i've wanted to make a melee sorc for a very long time.

[nex]

yeah but who the hell carries anti poison gear?

People who duel rabies druids?

[crawlingdeadman]

hmm, i've only died to one when i was letting it kill me... i just dont see enough poison builds to warrent the extra space in my stash for them.

[akumaxxyz]

a single gul andys+ antidote pot takes care of any psn

[jakotaco]

For melee vs melee duels the strongest might probably be...

Category1 (most powerful, but are not always considered melee)
WW barb
Smiter
CS Zon

Category2 (powerful pure melee vs melee)
Zealot
Fury Wolf
Conc Barb

Category3 (other viable melee builds)
Jabber
Kicksin
Enchantress
FC Bear
Mauler

yeah but who the hell carries anti poison gear?

Good question, been wondering what I should do with my +120 Poison res, 75% reduced poison duration shield for some time...

[inanefedaykin]

Any decent shifter with rabies is going to win unless you have some form of stacking against poison or you're lucky enough to not get bitten.

[Uncle_Mike]

Any decent shifter with rabies is going to win unless you have some form of stacking against poison or you're lucky enough to not get bitten.

Decent shifters are rather scarce - if you meet ones on a regular basis gul'ed andariels visage/iratha's amulet/death's gloves/atma's amulet are your friends :smiley: Not all at the same time obviously, just some suggestions :wink3: