[2.1 need advise] Onslaught Lightning Axe

Hello everyone.

This is work in progress and any tips on how to improve are welcomed.

While I'm not new to PoE, I'm very casual, non-competitive type of player, so there might be some very obvious flaws here...

Introduction
I always wanted to make a character with melee-to-projectile skills, but always felt like the gems are missing something.
Then 2.0 happened, Lightning Strike was buffed and it was the thing.
To spice things up I wanted some additional mechanics that is also compatible with Ascendancy classes already shown.
The endpoint is Onslaught Lightning Axe Ranger (will be Raider in Ascendancy)

Pros:
<Work in Progress>

Cons:
- Onslaught passives seem to be a waste in Atziri fight
- no Resolute Technique
I just dislike the fact that many things about gear will be like "I wish you to be something else" and then some parts of passives wasted on top of that. Need to level up to see how good my chance to hit will be on higher levels. But even if will end up being not very good, I would not take RT and call it totally personal preference
<Work in Progress>

Skills
(G-R-G-R-R-G/U)Chest armor:
Lightning Strike
-- Added Fire Damage
-- Faster Attacks
-- Multistrike
-- Weapon Elemental Damage
-- Physical Projectile Attack Damage/Physical to Lightning

<Work in Progress>

Important quality bonuses:
Lightning Strike - 2% chance to Pierce for 1% Quality
- better clearing speed

Passive Tree
<Work in Progress>

Planned 107 points tree

Bandits
Normal: Oak

Cruel: Kraityn

Merciless: Kill all/Kraityn
I tend to take Kraityn because Ascendancy class can increase my chance of gaining a Frenzy charge

Gear
You need a little INT on gear to use maxed gems.

Weapon (2-handed axe):
Primary stats to look for: flat Physical damage, % Physical Damage, Attack Speed, % Weapon Elemental Damage.
Secondary stats to look for: Resistances, % Life Leech, %Crit Chance, %Crit Multi

Chest (Hybrid EV-AR for easier coloring):
Primary stats to look for: HP, Resistances, Defences

Boots
Primary stats to look for: Movement Speed, HP, Resistances
Secondary stats to look for: Int, % Item Rarity, Defences.

Gloves
Primary stats to look for: HP, Attack Speed, Resistances, flat Physical Damage, %Life Leech,
Secondary stats to look for: Int, , % Item Rarity, Defences.

Helm
Primary stats to look for: HP, Resistances, Defences
Secondary stats to look for: Int, % Item Rarity.

Belt (Rustic):
Primary stats to look for: HP, Resistances, % Weapon Elemental Damage
Secondary stats to look for: Flat Armor, % Flask Duration, %Flask Charges Gained, % Flask Charges Used, % Flask Life Recovery.

Amulet (Agate, Onyx, Turquoise, Lapis, Gold):
Primary stats to look for: HP, Resistances, flat Physical Damage, % Weapon Elemental Damage, %Life Leech,
Secondary stats to look for: Armor and Evasion, %Crit Chance, %Crit Multi

Rings (Coral, Resistance needed, Diamond, Gold):
Primary stats to look for: HP, Resistances, Attack Speed, % Weapon Elemental Damage
Secondary stats to look for: flat Physical damage, %Life Leech

Flasks:
1) Bubbling Divine Life Flask of Staunching
Instant heal for bad situations and remover of Corrupted Blood. I prefer Bubbling, but people usually stick with Seething here.

2) Perpetual Topaz Flask of Grounding
Shock remover

3) Perpetual Graine Flask of of Iron Skin
Huge armor boost when needed

4) Atziri's Promise/Taste of Hate
Damage burst

5) Ample/Perpetual Quicksilver Flask of Adrenaline
Sometimes you just need to run fast

Videos
not at the level to show anything

Current stats, gear and progress
Currently lvl 65, Merciless, act 2Gear:
Spoiler
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Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way.
Last edited by Sarganis87 on Dec 27, 2015, 12:42:26 AM
There's a lot of room for improvement here, but I will observe that your "cons" could be addressed by switching this to a mace build and using Kongor's Undying Rage. Effectively gives you RT, and still a chance to use Onslaught even when you're not killing stuff.

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