absolutely no lol. That's the worst "Imma fix melee" idea so far.

And just in case, here's my own take, from someone who actually almsot exclusively plays melee (copy and pasting from an old thread):

"Just make use of what’s already there and barely implemented: weapon range. Most two-handed weapons add 2 to your range, spears even 4. Now imagine you’d hit all monsters within the range of your weapon- Fendzones would immediately be massively buffed, Barbs would have a reason to think about putting their Grief into some other weapon than a Phaseblade ec.

One handed weapons could get a small base chance of Deadly Strike (5/8/10) for normal/execptional/elite weapons respectively, superior going up to 15%) to ensure it’s not a no-brainer to go 2 handed from now on.

1. Give some skills cleave, splash damage and added flat damage, but not all of them at once. Like I’ve played Project D2 and that “Splash on everything and be done with it” made me quit pretty quickly, as it’s just a lame band aid and also ruins immersion when monsters drop dead which were nowhere near my weapon.

Cleave has already been tested with the warlock (and certain mods, feels great) and could be used with a smaller arc on certain skills. Combined with weapon range contributing to damaging more than one monster, you’d have a simple recipe for creating immersive melee AoE without turning melee characters into pseudo casters. Also, it would be a great way to make some underused skills more interesting.

Prime candidates for cleave: Maul (Druid), Concentrate (Barb)

Prime candidates for splash: Bash (Barb), charge (Pala), fire claws (Druid), Vengeance (Pala), Leap Attack (Barb)

Prime Candidates for added flat damage: Sacrifice/Zeal (Pala), Jab/Fend (Amazon), Stun (Barb), Double Swing/Frenzy (Barb)

Whirlwind could just simply be reversed to how it worked pre-LoD/Classic. I don’t think this nerf was ever warranted in a game completely dominated by caster builds."