INTRODUCTION
The reason behind this build is to make a lightning DW melee using two Stormrends for greater CDR on Primal Strike and using it as a nuke while spamming Savagery. Trickster was chosen because of its inherent DW melee support and its WPS. This build has four nukes with very high % DW weapon damage - Primal Strike, Sudden Strike (rune on medal), Execution and Amarasta’s Quick Cut. I tried a version with the Ultos set but it was inherently squishy and I went therefore for the Shattered Guardian set. It does SR 65-66 relatively fast and easily. Devotions were picked for highest attack speed possible because Stormrend has no attack speed on it.
I also have other Primal Strike builds here. I also have other lightning melee builds here. All my builds are here.
Here is a list comparing all my Primal Strike builds from best to worst. All are at least SR 65-66 capable.
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Dragonborn – great build, 2H melee physical PS, good offensively and very powerful defensively (best of my PS builds)
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Thor – great build, 2H melee lightning PS, offensively similar to Dragonborn, defensively noticably weaker than Dragonborn
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Aetheros Ranged – great build, 2H ranged aether PS, offensively a little weaker than Dragonborn, defensively a little weaker than Thor
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Aetheros – great build, 2H melee aether PS, offensively a little better than Aetheros Ranged (and a little weaker than Dragonborn), defensively a little weaker than Aetheros Ranged
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Colderos – great build, 2H melee cold PS, offensively noticably better than Dragonborn (best of my PS builds), defensively a little weaker than Aetheros
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Colderos Ranged – great build, 2H ranged cold PS, offensively a little weaker than Colderos, defensively a little weaker than Colderos (actually only when facetanking bosses otherwise you can take out enemies from distance)
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Aether Primate – great build, 2H melee aether PS, offensively similar to Aetheros Ranged, defensively a little weaker than Colderos Ranged
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Viteros – good build, 2H melee vitality PS, offensively a little weaker than Aetheros Ranged, defensively similar to Colderos Ranged
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Meme Striker – good build, 2H melee lightning PS, offensively similar to Colderos, defensively a little weaker than Viteros
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Chaotic Primate – good build, 2H melee chaos PS, offensively a little weaker than Viteros, defensively noticably weaker than Meme Striker
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Mental Primate Druid – good build, 2H melee elemental PS, offensively a little weaker than Chaotic Primate, defensively a little weaker than Chaotic Primate
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Storm Blitzer – OK build, 1H melee + shield lightning PS, offensively a little weaker than Mental Primate Druid, defensively a little better than Chaotic Primate
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Mental Primate Conjurer – OK build, 2H melee elemental PS, offensively a little better than Mental Primate Druid (but a little weaker than Chaotic Primate), defensively a little weaker than Mental Primate Druid
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Storm Knight – OK build, 1H melee + shield lightning PS, offensively similar to Storm Blitzer, defensively similar to Mental Primate Druid
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Savage Stormrender – weaker build, DW melee lightning PS on cooldown + Savagery, offensively noticably weaker than Storm Knight, defensively similar to Storm Knight
GRIMTOOLS https://www.grimtools.com/calc/m23lMpYV
In order for you to equip these items you need to have crafting bonuses to physique on pants and medal otherwise you have to redistribute attribute points. I also used movement speed crafting bonus on boots. Put just enough points into physique to equip the chest armor. Everything else put into cunning for OA.
Stormrend is farmable from Monster Totems (Aertherwarped) in Main Campaign. Shattered Guardian set can be bought in SR after completing at least SR 60-61. There are blueprints for pants and boots. Those can be farmed or the items alone can drop anywhere. Blueprint for medal can be bought at the Dreeg’s vendor. Rings can be bought from the Coven’s vendor. You only need to have belt and gloves. Everything else is relatively easily farmable.
Stats of the build
OFFENSE
OK weapon damage with Savagery charges
lower base lightning damage around 2000 % (but you have 4 nukes that are used often)
OK critical damage 51 % (69 % critical damage with Hungering Void)
OK attack speed for DW Stormrends - 169 % with Savagery buff and Pneumatic Burst - 179 % with Hungering Void on top of it (it is up practically all of the time)
OK OA - over 3100 with all buffs
55 DA reduction to enemies from component
OK lightning resistance reduction from Revenant, Hand of Ultos, Arcane Bomb and Wind Devils
DEFENSE
big life 16500 HP
with all bonuses close to 3000 DA
280 OA reduction total - 55 OA reduction to enemies from component, 130 OA reduction from Veil of Shadow and 95 OA reduction from Arcane Bomb
nice lifesteal 19 % (with Wendigo Totem)
healing on standby from Pneumatic Burst
nice health regeneration 840 HP/s
healing from Behemoth proc
capped important CC resistances
capped disruption resistance using Arcane Harmony Leggings
reasonably overcapped resistances
at least +3 to maximum all resistances
OK armor - close to 2200
nice physical resistance 27 %
Ghoul
Prismatic Rage from component
image from the game with passive buffs + Pneumatic Burst and Savagery charges
SR, CRUCIBLE
I play SR with camera pointed away from enemies and I try my builds only in SR 65-66 and SR 80. I play around 10 SR runs per character.
This build does SR 65-66 relatively easily. Fighting Grava is not difficult but it is slower. I tried SR 80 with it and it can’t do it.
I don’t play Crucible so I don’t have a time number for it.
[remember that spirit added magical damage is not included in the tooltip / char stats tab so in your set-up you have +1900% from gear etc and +300% from spirit that is +2.2k%]
I think I am missing two of those totem items. I just go to Gates of Necropolis and Necropolis interiour for void totems. You can see them almost immediately on the map if/where they spawn
I just completed the Vanquisher set so a new skater is in the pipeline 
) otherwise I can just do my second-plan, Elemental cadance witchblade.