Very well written post with good info. I totaly agree as player who tested him in playthrough. You have also various ways to play him. You can be telestomping with enigma, or running around as were wolf with Brand as i did to cast amplify damage :). Or running as bear stunning monsters with shock wave.
I think he is one of the best builds now if you get good equip. As was said, he struggle to deal with bigger groups of monsters, and its not good against bosses early on without proper equip . He can kill them, but slow.
But i did:
Also some of it is in this topic lol, just read the first post lol. Informations are there, you just ignore it.