Pally

[phaedi]

Considering the elemental damage of Vengeance is based on the physical damage of your weapon, and you need enough physical damage to leech mana decently anyway (unless you want to spend a lot of time running on empty mana-wise), I wouldn't count on that. 

you do as a combined shockadin/avengadin about 1 /10 of your dmg physically.
this means as a absolute maximum! 300-500 dmg will be physical.
even with iron maiden, this does not kill in one hit.
in my expirience, 6-10% manaleech are enough to run long on vengeance.

Nor would I count on a melee character having +9 or so to skills without godly gear.  Melee fighters have far more important things to worry about than +skills - like getting the resists and other defensive mods neccessary for staying alive long enough to do your damage, whatever kind it may be.
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well, i wear +11 and i didnt go for fighting abilities but for off aura as maintree, to
which i got 13 without wearing sojs ( bcause my resis are bad enough with better rings. i have to admit youve got a point here).
but a zaka alone gives +4 to fighting and, socketed with a diamond, +69 to all resi.
+ some amu or szepter, you will easily get your 5 points, which are absolutely enough, too.

i wont refer to my equipment as godly, that would mean to me a infinity (bermalberist) for my merc which would give him lvl 12 conviction...
or griffons eye as an helmet, which would boost my lightning dmg by another 2000
+resi absorb...