Just got the hammer that drops from the slime diva, it's stuipid good too.
Agreed on the novice skills. Healing is really good but leg up and especially rock throw are pretty boring and don't have too much effect. I get the skills there shouldn't be as cool or impactful as the class skills, but there could be something a little more substantial maybe.
Charged/special moves in general could use an overhaul too, only the hammer's feel good or useful to use right now. Like the swords charge attack is worse than just attacking all the time.