Ranged meele templar?

Hey guys,

do you think it is possible to make an effective Bow + Meele Templar? Legolas style, switching to meele weapons when mobs come closer.

Any ideas on the build?

cheers

no ideas?

Possible? Yes. Viable? Maybe. Optimal? No.

You would be spreading yourself thin trying to do both. You would need agility to equip the bow but would want to focus on strength for melee and the iron grip support/passive. It will be pretty hard getting the the iron grip passive while still hitting the melee stuff you want and defense. The hardest part would probably be that you can't use skills on the weapon that isn't equipped.

It would be fun to try, but there really isn't any penalty for using bows in melee. It couldn't hurt to specialize in bows and have a weapon swap ready with shield charge or leap slam in case you get cornered though.

possible ? probably
effective ? not really