I'm fully aware they're entirely unnecessary in 95% of all content but the playstyle still intrigues me, I found some S&B builds out there and I believe the pure melee hack'n'slash approach is a big no since it doesn't solve any of the bigger problems of the build.

Anyway, has anyone "normal" had any success with it? I mean "normal" because if you're going to spend millions getting your gear you'd have success with just about any character, I'm speaking in relative terms: How much success did you have compared to how much you could have had with a standard character?