Press F for melee.

Cause god dayum did that stat stick make them ASS.

WHEW

*hug my walrus clan members

press ALT+F4 for melee :-)

Yup, congrats I guess, they killed melee entirely this time, all the new content is 10 times easier if you're playing with range spells.

*presses F*

Well, guess I can try out my old dual-wielding claw build for Frostblades and see if I can make that work.

stop crying already, there's nothing wrong with melee
stat sticks were not needed at all. it just made melee builds destroy shaper in 2-3 seconds

no it's not OP as blade vortex and the current meta but it's totally viable

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Norbi1one4all wrote:

stop crying already, there's nothing wrong with melee
stat sticks were not needed at all. it just made melee builds destroy shaper in 2-3 seconds

no it's not OP as blade vortex and the current meta but it's totally viable

LOL spoken with someone with zero experience yeah okay I rather listen to Alkaiser and most of my clan members who've been melee for EVERY god dam patch.

You want to compete with spells / bows

HaHAA but okay apparently you think it's okay alright alright go on tell us how!

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I_NO wrote:

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Norbi1one4all wrote:

stop crying already, there's nothing wrong with melee
stat sticks were not needed at all. it just made melee builds destroy shaper in 2-3 seconds

no it's not OP as blade vortex and the current meta but it's totally viable

LOL spoken with someone with zero experience yeah okay I rather listen to Alkaiser and most of my clan members who've been melee for EVERY god dam patch.

You want to compete with spells / bows

HaHAA but okay apparently you think it's okay alright alright go on tell us how!

why would you have to compete?
well ofc if you want to be in the top X you have to compete but have you ever heard about fun?

remove fun and then everyone is just going to play with blade vortex / arc traps / gc miners because those are the most OP builds currently

wanna enjoy melee? go play it - there's nothing wrong with it, yes it is slower compared to spells but you can still complete the whole game going melee

wanna make currency and hit level 100 in 2 days / finish every endgame content? go play the most op meta builds
but if someone likes melee more it's still there...

oh and i agree - removing stat stick completely was a bad decision imo
but that doesn't make melee shit...

(been playing this game since the start and i've tried a lot of builds, melee too but yea i have 0 experience)

Melee isn't as dead as everyone is making it out to be. It's definitely a lot worse now without stat-sticks, but it's far from dead. Melee is definitely the worst play-style right now, by far in my opinion, but it really isn't that bad.

True dual wielding is still a viable option, I mean if you assume someone is dual wielding the exact same weapon, the stat-stick nerf is really only a 20% to 30% global damage reduction, maybe a bit more with very optimised gear. There are plenty of great unique weapons that you can dual wield, Ahn's Might, Touch of Anguish, Soul Taker, Doryani's Catalyst, each of which can easily clear red maps.

Spells and bows are about a million times better than melee is, but that doesn't mean melee is dead. My current char is a cleave build, and I've had absolutely no trouble with mapping so far.

Can’t complain so far

Was there really ever a time where melee was better than ranged?

Feel like melee was just a more difficult option always. Just by ranges nature you get to avoid all sorts of nasty game mechanics.