watchin a friend playing dedeye light+ice one /w cast on shock swap and looked pretty good up to t16 and sekhamas

not sure whats after that but LF something more tanky or safe for harder stuff.

also viable for hardcore for next season

monk looks promising but heard melee still blows

budget around 35 div

If it only looks good up to t16 then your friend is lacking better gear and/or have not properly slotted his passive skills.

I am running Fubguns deadeye LA (Lightning arrow) I have no issues with anything in the game regardless if it's T4 Arbiter or a juiced breach map with the most horrible stats possible on the waystone.

I have my resistances maxed out, a little bit over 2k health and 400 ES. Can take one or two hits before I die and since I have such high evasion I rarely get hit. And when I do Olroths saves me from dying anyway after being hit once. And damage is top so everything usually dies instantly anyway.

So if you are wanting to run deadeye just look up Fubguns LA build. But make sure you have good gear, otherwise you will ofc struggle beyond T16, like any other build that lacks better gear.