The advice to use a melee oriented primary is very sound, and I'll throw in Plant as well. Plant's somewhat melee range due to Seeds of Confusion (the cone is wide, but not terribly long) and its AoE ends up performing well in that environment. SoC > Dragon's Tail > Trick Shot with Carrion Creepers going amounts to some of the better damage MA is probably capable of contributing to.
Thematically its pairing with the more castery powers of Doms seem like they were definitely inspired by fighting games and anime. I think Naruto deals with this brand of ninja somewhat often?
