Agree pretty much, hard to learn to appreciate the a-p skillset on your first fire giant.

Fire is good once you can do a-p though.

Personally, after playing so many fire a-ps and then trying duergar, it felt like an entirely different class, and I missed mah bash all-the-time anytime convenience. I couldn't kill anyone for the longest time as duerg a-p until getting in the groove of it, and I still feel like giant bash is just the better early charge builder. Also tough mobs are a deal even tougher without phys resist.