Forgot about Deep's
Fist of Water which would've been OP in the hands of a pure melee. Monks still got Fist of Nature, so the idea was there. But it would've been cooler if FoN dropped from a badass monk NPC, requiring the player defeat its wielder, being on the receiving end of the proc before gaining access to it. The classic timeline needed more of its gods/avatars in the world, complete with loot tables and quest rewards, allowing players to build their class around that thematic gear, with BiS being more ambiguous than it is in Velious.