Best Melee Primary?

[Doc_Scorpion]

The title says it all...  I usually play bots/, but I want to fool around with a melee based primary.  Probably paired with /EA (though I'm open to suggestions) because I strongly prefer to concentrate on my supporting my pets rather than engaging with the mobs.

[Lunar Ronin]

If you want pure melee, Ninjas for sure.

[twozerofoxtrot]

I'm in the Necromancy camp because I'd rather not spend as much time resummoning, but Ninjas will definitely do more damage.

 

Either way though, both sets want you to leverage their attacks to maximize overall damage output. With Necromancy this matters less than with Ninjas since you're just making more pets than applying a higher crit chance for your henchmen.

 

I've deliberately excluded Beasts because they're just not that great. You want to love em but the set gimmick sort of fights itself and Ninjas are just a better melee damage crew now.