offbeat but effective builds?

Many asians do one thing that I have yet to see westerners do on d2. They build sorces with hella vita and dex for life/blocking and they then only max all the shields, energy/static/etc... They then equip their sorces with uber godly ele dmg weapons, yet they must be melee, no offensive skills allowed what-so-ever, they basically build godly melee show duelers and see who has the best melee sorce, this is omg so so fun yet i have not seen it done by westerners as of yet.

That is called a Melee-Sorc. Normally involves maxing Enchant/Warmth and sometimes fire mastery also.

I have a up and running Geddodrood. 12,6k Armageddon, 4k Fissure, and bout 980ish Physica Damage Volcanoe with 2.1k Fire i think its 2.1k. Its a shit load of fun, still not over powered and can easily be killed but god they are so much fun. Im planning on spending alot to perfect him but for now hes simple.l