This build shone in 7.1 when it was the second fastest non-pet build in the game with the record of 5:02 by Ceveth. Now it’s but a shadow of its former glory. Just about everything what made it great (and viable for most players who haven’t played Crucible a million times and don’t know exactly what to do in what waves) was nerfed: N&O, rune, DG.
Currently the best solution for RoH/melee hybrid would be Chilstrifes (there’s is a link above). Imo BiS is a pair of Frostborn/Runecaster’s of Voracity. But this is only available if you cheat. N&O is still viable but like you said - very hard. I haven’t given it much time to find the sweet spot between offense and defense (honestly I think every player must do it on their own even with ready made forum builds) but these are the changes to test:
- Restless Remains in the gloves
- Ravager Eye in one or both weapons
- Survivor Ingenuity on all 3 jewelry slots
- Bloody Crystals to up the armor in 1-3 jewelry slots and an armor absorption component on the chest instead of Sanctified Bone
- With some augment shuffling maybe fit one Enchanted Earth somewhere
The devotion setup was ripped from John_Smith pure melee N&O infiltrator. DG is generally the easiest way to up your dmg with very good oa, crit dmg and total speed even if it’s mainly for chaos/vit/pets and it’s uptime is only 66%.