PoE Fire Walker, Melee builds

Here we go, concept of a build I'm toying since this evening, after someone threw at me the idea of melee elemental hit, me answering it was shit, him holding his ground, and me checking a bit more and finding insane synergies about it. Concept of the build: \- Elementalist, because the damage is just that good and shaper of storm is clutch. Slayer is an alternative. \- Elemental hit, replacing your weapon with an attack doing a large amount of flat damage. You use the usual suspect to block cold and lightning, even if I toyed w

Long story short, I lost a bet to a friend while we were on a bender, and being poe degenerates we are, the result was that I need to come up with a build, which is in a title (elementalist, with leap slam as a main skill, using ignite). Today, I present to you this abomination, a child, conceived in love and constant misery. I scrapped whatever gear and currency I could from my previous characters and here it is. Leap slam is a main clear tool, vaal smite/smite is used as a emergency damage button and dps bump for bosses; for the curses I use selfcast Flammability and Alchemist Mark-On-Hit.

The Build: (staff) You could also go for a Rebuke + Aegis Setup, though Aegis is expensive: A bit of a meme, but check it out if you like the idea of melee ignites. The gearing is pretty easy, and proliferation is neat. \- Elemental Overload Divine Shield \- Life/ES on Block \- Ice, Stone, Chaos, and Flame Golems \- Divine Inferno + Infernal Cry for Melee Ignite scaling \- Gem Swap Enduring cry for survivability or Ancestral cry for better clear