Anyone got spellsword'esque build work and be enjoyable?

There's a lot of passives in the tree now which assume you switch from shapeshift form (attacks) to human form (spells). I really want to try it but in the end i end up either shapeshifting or human'ing. Of course that is to be expected - both human and shapeshift forms can do enough damage and have good clear on their own and there's no reason to switch between them even if it means 80% more damage or whatnot. Especially since opting for these interactions require additional investment leading to missed opportunities elsewhere. And in SSF you're lucky if you get a good talisman and good luck trying to consistently get a good staff as well.

Still, may be someone has some nice ideas? Something that would make switching so good it actually outperforms single form builds?

I just really want to make the game work *as intended* but it just doesn't.

To be honest, all Shapeshift forms are really strong on their own and don't need anything else to do crazy damage so it's hard to outperforming them damage wise. Adding a spell into the mix would just make thing more clunky especially because you can't automate them (with trigger) as you would stay in your shapeshift.

That being said, the most obvious synergy is with Volcano & Bear Slam (Rampage & Fury of the Mountain). Another idea is with Spell totem but I'm not sure if all those +X% Spell synergy work with them. Or another is with Invocation for a big burst but you will need to manually transform back into Human Staff form for triggering it I suppose. Probably Oracle ? It can give you +1 Totem limit or guaranteed crit for the Crit Invocation.