a vitality caster build should be right up your alley.
these usually provide alot of life gain, respecable damage & some dont require you to press alot of buttons either.
plus they dont need a ton of gear to get started and scale well into endgame too.
fairly sure you would find something here in the forums by checking the build compendium x.
not the melee build ur looking for but an option to keep in mind. 