Tries for Mael
Jackalope and Featherblade = Storm Sorcerer
Slime and Featherblade+ = Hydromancer's
Hydromancer and Witch's Robes = Swamp Shaman
Swamp Shaman and Sky Guardian+ = Bone Harvester
Blackfrost and Fire Summoners = Flamehunter's (lol)

Fun attempts to get 2nd Tec and use up unneeded armors.
Trollforge and Scorchstone = Infernal
Trollforge+ and Scorchstone+ = Infernal...
Infernal and Storm Sorcerers = Flowstone
Infernal and Soulshard Rainment = Admiral's

Well I hope this shows that even with 1/8 odds at least for a few of these tries that it is all luck. Don't give up on fusing these epics, it takes time just to get one and a bit of time to 99/99 as well.