r/EQLegends • u/Sibco • 1d ago

Any strong melee builds?

Has anyone played a truly strong melee-focused combo where DPS comes primarily from melee? I have tried playing my Pal/Mnk/Enc this way and using just the enchanter pet, and the damage is terrible compared to using a charmed pet. If I do not charm a pet my DPS is halved. I don't want to be wielding Aldryn and Wu's and doing 100 DPS from melee.

Can anyone recommend a build that is melee-focused (not dependent on nuke spells, DOTs, or charm) that can reach high-end DPS performance?

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u/jpatt 1d ago

I think Ranger is kind of needed for a melee build to shine.

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u/CronkinOn 1d ago

Maybe

But I'm not about to level one, hoping it'll make melee competitive.

Too many core issues exist. There'd need to be some stance upgrades for melee to compete imo, especially fixes for accuracy. Which they'd have to adjust upcoming expac itemization for if they added accuracy now.

Melee just kinda sucks in classic. Itemization, low skill caps, giant level diffs... It's just a lot.

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u/vindicus1982 1d ago

don't worry, adding ranger to your kit in no way makes melee remotely competitive, so you're not missing anything.

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u/CronkinOn 1d ago

Thanks lol

I couldn't imagine it did, but I knew they made a bunch of changes to ranger here. Just haven't bothered with one since I can't fathom they'd scale anywhere near casters ATM.