Warlocks

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Another question for you guys.  I've been kicking around the idea of a melee Warlock since the start, since I couldn't see any actual USE for the fire stones (granted, this is changing in the upcoming patch).

With heavy Demonology and proper use of curses (along with a truly unique set of gear), I'm thinking there's a chance it could work.  Any thoughts?
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I think it depends what you mean by "work." At least you'd be able to keep your melee weapon skill(s) up, though.

Other than the laughable firestone, warlocks have no explicit way to increase their melee damage. And with strength providing only half the benefit for warlocks that it does for the "real" melee classes, you're going to be hard-pressed to get the kind of damage necessary for a melee class with limited damage mitigation (cloth armor and no direct heals) to survive. What spells would you still be looking at using with this build?

If you're interested in warlock variants, I've heard of a "shard-less" warlock talent build/playstyle that sounds intriguing.