Tips For Being A Heavy Melee Assassin

I've wanted to try the heavy melee assassin with mana steal for a while now, since it looks fun. I'm relatively mid level(64), I picked up an impulse, and have been practicing. The slow attack speed is messing me up a bit, but I don't think I want to counter it with +tier attack speed.

If it helps, I plan to get quake on it, and plan to try and vanish more.

Are there any other obvious(or obscure) tips to make this playstyle a little easier to play?

 

For heavy melee you generally want super slow attack speed and lots of raw melee damage.

 

Id feel like you would be better off using spellsteal at thst level but if you want to play heavy melee go for it. I'd say get 2 t4 earth powders so you can get quake asap