Originally posted by Kao
You could go Bear + Earth Shifter (+7 Elemental Skills, insane damage). That would be a viable melee build.
Unless it has some crazy ias, dont even bother trying earth shifter for melee in pvp.
To stay on topic:
If you want melee fire bear go with Fire Claw and all synergies, rest into were bear as it add AR which you will be lacking. Mostly fireclaw is a one hit killer because people would not know what hit em and they would think that it was melee attack instead of elemental. FireClaw is around 12k damage (fire) + (correct me)
If you are going melee fire claw bear go with a 6 socket phase blade socketed with 6 shael runes, with this ias you will reach the fastest attack in game (yes even faster then zeal), this is called a robophase!
I heard that Armageddon with all synergies sucks in pvp, even with all hoto and godly stuff like ravenlore. Just dont bother with this build because armageddon rarely hits and you will have problems killing ranged targets. If you go against melee, just keep running away as armageddon "Drops" rock behind you.