Quote (xXxS4v4g3xXx @ Sun, Feb 17 2008, 12:04pm)
melee isnt determined by the type of damage you use...ww isnt melee because you must move to to attack and smite is not melee because it does not use ar, this argument will go on forever if it is started so lets not start it, last time this happened we had 89 pages of arguments as to whether smite or ww is melee. In the end *most* people agreed that in diablo 2 melee meant "stationary non ranged attack that requires attack rating and does not do damage over time."
To answer the original question, honestly I think fury druids would be the best melee build, if built right with the right gear they have the potential to kill all other melee builds, including smiters, although smite is not melee. They are also capable of killing almost every other build except necros, but maybe that is just a personal weakness of mine =/
ugg...as far as d2 is concerned, ww and smite are melee. if you want to have "melee" duels where they're excluded, fine, but by the definition of melee they are both melee. it shouldn't really matter, you can exclude whoever you want to.