well i have completed my kicker assassin and i do very well with my upgraded gores. i have some trouble against lightning assassins due to low resist which i am currently working on. i use dual tucs for nice blocking of non melee attacks and switch to a tuc and whistans shield for strictly melee duels. about the only melee char that i have trouble with is a smiter or a ww sin/barb. i think the barb is tough because i cant hit them that often due to having only about 10 ar. but overall if i stun lock anyone minus wind druids with wake of fire then i win easily.