Seem to answer my questions at all or adequately enough to make me happy.

I know gear wise its

Int Club
EE armor
This is where i'm stuck HM charm w/ secondary being used for heals?
Heal?

Or is there some special reason I should not treat this like a mage and use a HM charm in primary and use the secondary for healing?

Also

What level do you guys tend to melee too if any? Like on a mage I melee till 15 when I can get decent casting gear.

and do you use EE clubs during this part of the climb?

basically i'm asking what are the important things I should know when doing a GU climb? especially during the early levels?

I kinda want to do one of these..though I can't really afford it at the moment as soon as I can i'm going to do one..So i'm asking now in preparation.

always melee early levels
even on a casting class you should be able to no regen them, and it's way easier than looking for low level catas and healing in them
since the only people who do those are noobs

gear for early levels
0-10 str plate EE wep, str Charm
10-20 EE plate , EE wep, str Charm

and as for int club, HM club would be better
and HM main charm, heal charm in acc