that was nuekar and striking has been changed since then so it is doubtful that anyone will be able to reproduce that.

Basically getting a gnome to 22 dex some of the time is still not enough to make them highly effective with anything that is strongly dex dependant. Their str is still horrid and their size is a penalty in a significant portion of their skillset (not to mention it is to the advantage of several of their opponents skill sets).

as it currently stands the only way I would do a gnome warrior would be with hours past midnight and hand-to-hand because those are your only options that you are not super gimped right out the gate (and even hand cares about size for crushingblow and possibly stun) having 1200 hp doesn't mean anything when you fight like a wet noodle.

Now that said I have seen some rather talented melee players make a gnome look average since nuekar but nothing that even approached a concern unless they were just another faceless member of a giant ganksquad.