Nike, Dps lovin' , Hate Tanking, AC Junkie

[stormarcher]

Why the name Nike? Nike is the Greek goddess of victory and this build is

Winning duh!

layout, idea, concept and most of gear is from Srozbun's build

My personal belief on 'Tanks': Tanks can range anywhere from S&B wearing heavy armor and using intim, to just straight using intimidate. But what do you really get from using intimidate? You sit there, soaking up mana from the healer who is healing you to just sit there and hold aggro. Why not be a contribution to your party and actually do DPS to gain aggro? That way you aren't just sitting there drinking your coffee clicking intim every cooldown while every1 else in the raid majorly contributes. (not hating on all you intimidating machines out there just my point of view) So my main standpoint is DPS- makes - the - mob - die -faster perspective.

Disclaimer: At the moment this is only a concept build, depending on the feedback from the community depends on if I personally roll one. This build is very gear intensive. It can be played well with out all the gear how ever to increase maximum efficiency and potential you may want to have/acquire this gear. I would also like to think that this build is not new player friendly since there will be a lot of swapping items around for certain situations.

The main goal of this build is to gain aggro from mobs via hate tanking, have a high enough ac where he can either not be hit all together, or very in-frequently. High HP's/Saves/AC for tanking elite ToD/ VoD/ Edq, etc. And the ability to be very healer friendly.

Nike, Dps lovin' , Hate Tanking, AC Junkie 12 fighter/6 pally/2 monk Human[/b]
Can be done with 32 point build how ever, I will be posting the 34 pt variant since that would be what I would have if I ran this build.
[Best past lives would be monk, pally, fighter, barb]
Stats: 34pt
Str:17
Dex:10
Con:16
Int:11
Wis:8
Cha:14

Why Thf over twf : You can now slot sword of shadows with devil's ruin, something we couldn't do before. At the time, t2wf was way ahead on certain situations like boss fights which made 2HF seem less flexible. It's still slightly true but nothing to significant.

Feats/Level progression:
Level 1 (Monk)
Feat: (Past Life) Past Life: Monk
Feat: (Selected) Stunning Blow
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Toughness
Feat: (Human Bonus) Two Handed Fighting

Level 2 (Paladin)

Level 3 (Paladin)
Feat: (Selected) Weapon Focus: Slashing Weapons

Level 4 (Paladin)

Level 5 (Paladin)

Level 6 (Paladin)
Feat: (Selected) Power Attack

Level 7 (Paladin)

Level 8 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Combat Expertise

Level 9 (Fighter)
Feat: (Selected) Improved Critical: Slashing Weapons
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Improved Two Handed Fighting

Level 10 (Monk)
Feat: (Monk Bonus) Dodge

Level 11 (Fighter)

Level 12 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Greater Two Handed Fighting
Feat: (Selected) Weapon Specialization: Slashing Weapons

Level 13 (Fighter)

Level 14 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Quick Draw

Level 15 (Fighter)
Feat: (Selected) Least Dragonmark of Sentinel

Level 16 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Greater Weapon Focus: Slashing Weapons

Level 17 (Fighter)

Level 18 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Cleave
Feat: (Selected) Past Life: Disciple of the Fist

Level 19 (Fighter)

Level 20 (Fighter)
Feat: (Fighter Bonus) Greater Weapon Specialization: Slashing Weapons

DPS
Helm: shroud 45 HP (on at all times)
Neck: Shintao Cord
Belt: encrusted/Ravager Belt
Armor: Icy Raiments
Ring1: Encrusted/ Ravager’s Ring (dunno if fixed yet)
Ring2: maybe epic ring of silver concord +7 cha higher smites/LoH/ Kyoshos
Boots: Anchoring/Madstone
Bracers: Epic Claw
Gloves: Epic Claw
Goggles: Tharne’s Goggles cant think of anything better
Cloak: Epic Envenomed cloak/ mabar
Trinket: litany
Weapon: Lit II falchion/eSoS (lit II falchion till you get eSoS) or crafted boss beater.
str: 17 base + 2 tome + 5 level + 4 enh + 6 item + 4 stance + 3 exc. + 2 ship + 2 yugo + 2 rage +1 litany = 48

Tank Mode
When tanking we want to be able to do the following things: Dps/ac/healing amp. fitting that in in gear slots is tricky but I think i got it.

Body: -Dragontouched Vestments or Robe: 10% Healing Amplification from Eldritch Rune, 20% Healing Amplification from Tempest Rune, Sovereign rune property of your choice. giving up a little Ac here but the healing amp is a big +
Head: 45 hp
Bracers: Epic Claw [Heavy Fort, +2 Exc. CON]_more hp's
Gloves: Epic Claw [30% Amp, +6 STR,] ~ again more healing amp were up to 60% now with out any enhancements.
Goggles: Epic Goggles of Time Sensing ~ more hp's/dex/wisdom
Cloak: Epic Mabar Cloak [+2 Dodge]
Trinket: Epic Nimble Trinket [+1 Dodge]/Lotd (depends if you want to go dps or Ac mode. if you are in a raid where the +1 dodge wont effect how often you get hit then swap to lotd)
ring1: encrusted/ravager/ if ac is need Chattering ring.
Ring2: Cinder’s Band ~more hp more ac and more threat.
Boots: Madstone/Anchoring
Belt: Encrusted/ravager/ if ac is needed swap to
gear layout props to srozbun for giving the best ideal gear for any hate tank build
Neck: Stalwart Necklace con and extra action boost.

Hp breakdown
363 naked
10 Draconic Vitality
60 +6 CON item
20 +2 Exc. CON item
30 GFL
45 Shroud
20 +2 ship buff
20 rage pot
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568
20 +1 Exc. CON/LotD with +3 CON tome
40 Yugo
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628 hp

AC breakdown
10 Base
1 Dodge Feat
4 Icy Dodge
1 Alchemical Dodge
4 WIS (8 base + 2 tome + 2 exc + 6 item = 18)
4 DEX (10 base + 2 tome + 6 item = 18)
1 TWD
1 Monk
4 Insight
5 Protection
5 Ranger bark
8 Armor
4 Shield Wand
5 CE
1 Haste
4 Bard
2 Recitation
2 Yugo (DEX and WIS)
5 Airship (+3 natural, +2 DEX, +2 WIS)

2 Mabar
3 Stalwart
2 Stalwart Set
3 Chattering
1 Nimble Trinket (when not using LotD)
82
6 Paladin
88
4 Versatility Boost
4 AC Boost
96

Could squeeze in even more AC if needed but would loose some dps/healing amp.

Not to shabby for a build with a total of %120 healing amp (60 enhance+60 item with ship +10 so %130)

Threat: 20% Epic Claw Set + 15% Stalwart Set + %100 paladin hate = %135

Props to Srozbun for the most ideal set up for any threat/hate tank with healing amp.

Idk just a thought. enjoy