It will be possible to do a melee run, but it'll be very clunky and probably annoying, as you're not a trained warrior. There will be many more spells to make the magic more interesting though.
And the whole point of playing as Vectron is <because> he's not a foot slave material. (So you can either RP as him trying to stand up for himself, or slowly degrade his self-esteem to the point where he becomes one.)