Help me understand something....

If you have enoght armor and enought DEX, you can try to use Grace for some Evasion.
Also totems are really good for taking some damage off and waht is more important, they give you some time to do damage/run away.

And ofcourse Cast when damage taken-gem is golden, it reacts faster than no player ever could.

Try different things with it, my personal favorites are the usual End.cry+molten shell+immortal call, endcry+summon skeletons/totem+curse and curse+skeletons/totem+frost wall

and nothing stops you to run 2 different setups, or even 3... :D

2 Hand builds are crap seriously, if you play a 2 Handed melee char you only do it because its badass

pro tip: use Groundslam (Mace/staff) - advantage of being ranged or cyclone(sword/axe)- advantage of moving through mobs makes you getinng less hit by them, high tickrate for life gain on hit

and get much life on the passive tree, relly much around 300% and life on every piece where you can get it , i got 6400 life without Kaoms Heart