Auto attack replacement for dual wield melee witch hunters and Reaper builds

Grim Dawn Ideas and Feedback
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There are currently no suitable auto attack replacement for dual wield melee witch hunters and Reaper builds.
I would have hoped that the expansion would have added suitable attack replacement for the acid/vit/chaos damage types (and Aether for the necromancer/arcanist melee builds for that matter) in the same vein that the “Shard of Beronath” is now used for elemental builds. Sadly this was not the case. Yes you can still use the shard with other damage types but if feels quite awkward to have a elemental attack as a acid or vit build, not to mention the DPS loss compared to elemental builds.

If for some reason your are against adding auto attack replacement options for these damage types, then please make ABB do damage on both the offhand and the main hand for melee, especially considering the changes to Venomlash. Why add acid conversion to ABB + Acid bonus to a weapon suitable for dual wield when the skill is an actual as DPS loss (or a very small DPS increase with heavy investment) when using it as a damage source instead of just using it to trigger Lethal Assault?
Why would you spend skill points on such a skill as a dual wield melee build beyond the 5 point needed to get 100% weapon damage to get the full amount of flat damage to minimize the DPS loss when triggering Lethal Assault?

Yes you can use shadow strike for dual wield melee builds but this currently the only viable melee dual wield skill, I think these type of builds could use some more options.

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Shard of Beronath is used for Elemental builds?

I do agree with One hand Weapons giving bonus to ABB is just plain weird. Either make ABB hit with both hands or remove those bonuses

Btw I know this isn’t the answer you want but there’s always conversion

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The modifier (Lethal assault) of Amarasta Blade burst is a very nice boost damage wise and overall you can consider ABB as your ‘‘auto-attack’’ skill even though it’s not considered as one. That said that’s how most people use it considering it’s low CoolDown.

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I know that Lethal assault is a very good skill for dual wield and that makes it even stranger. Why trigger a skill that is so appropriate for dual wield with a skill that sucks for melee dual wield. Unless the intention of the skill was that it should only be used with ranged dual wield. But then why have so many 1H melee weapons boost ABB? Even before the expansion there where plenty of 1h melee weapons that had ABB skill bonuses.
It also weird considering the melee dual wield theme of the nightblade mastery that only 1 out 3(4 if you count ring of steel) active damage skills do dual wield damage.

On another note, after looking through the new items that have ABB skill modifiers I noticed a few other weird items:Mythical Cowl of the Venomblade and Mythical Ortust. Both are part of dual wield sets.