S&B Tank - Paladine 20

[Nephilia]

I'm about to TR my toon (Past life1: paladine, Past life2:barbarian) into a little personal revision of a shieldsinger (This is my build: http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php...80#post3980980).
This morning I look at lammania's release note and found something new...

# Paladin Defender of Siberys I
# Protecting the weak from the depredations of the strong, you become a paragon of defense. This prestige enhancement grants you 2 additional Turn attempts, additional armor class when blocking with a shield, increases the maximum dexterity bonus allowed by tower shields by 1, and grants the ability to enter a defensive stance or to create a Magic Circle Against Evil effect. When using a shield, you generate 25% additional threat from all sources. You may possess only one prestige enhancement line at a time for each class.
# Defender of Siberys: Defensive Stance
# You may expend a Paladin armor boost to become a bastion of defense, gaining a +2 Sacred bonus to Strength and Constitution, +10% maximum hit points, a +1 Sacred bonus on all saves, and a +2 Dodge bonus to Armor Class. You also gain a 25% Sacred bonus to threat generated with your melee attacks. While in this stance, you move 10% slower.
# Paladin Defender of Siberys II
# Protecting the weak from the depredations of the strong, you continue your training as a paragon of defense. This prestige enhancement grants you an additional Lay on Hands use per rest, and further increases the maximum dexterity bonus allowed by tower shields and heavy armor by an additional 1. When using a shield, you now generate 50% additional threat from all sources. You also gain the ability to enter an improved defensive stance or to produce a Mass Shield of Faith effect.

    * Defender of Siberys II: Improved Defensive Stance
    * You may expend a Paladin armor boost to become a bastion of defense, gaining a +4 Sacred bonus to Strength and Constitution, +15% maximum hit points, a +2 Sacred bonus on all saves, and a +3 Dodge bonus to Armor Class. You also gain a 50% Sacred bonus to threat generated with your melee attacks. While in this stance, you move 10% slower.

# Paladin Defender of Siberys III
# Protecting the weak from the depredations of the strong, you continue your training as a paragon of defense. This prestige enhancement increases the strength of all of your defensive auras, and further increases the maximum dexterity bonus allowed by tower shields and medium or heavy armor by an additional 1. When using a shield, you now generate 75% additional threat from all sources. You also gain the ability to enter a superior defensive stance or to defy your enemies in a glorious stand against evil.

    * Defender of Siberys III: Superior Defensive Stance
    * You may expend a Paladin armor boost to become a bastion of defense, gaining a +6 Sacred bonus to Strength and Constitution, +20% maximum hit points, a +3 Sacred bonus on all saves, and a +4 Dodge bonus to Armor Class. You also gain a 75% Sacred bonus to threat generated with your melee attacks. While in this stance, you move 10% slower.

Immediately my mind soar on top of the three wondering about a new pally-tank....
Assuming this equipment (maybe I'll use a different armor so I can drop some dex in favor of more str-cos):

Boots: Epic Boots of Corrosion / +1 exc str, +6 wisdom
Gloves: Epic Gloves of the Claw
Belt: Epic Belt of the Mroranon / GFL
Cloak: GreenSteal Cloak / +6 dex skills, Air guard, +45 HP
Necklace: Epic Grim's Bracelet / +2 good luck
Head: Epic Chimera's Crown / +6 dexterity, +1 exc cos
Google: GreenSteal Googles / +6 chr skill, wizadry VI, spell power 50 & 100
Wrists: New pack bracers (toughness, +2 dodge)
Trinket: Epic Gem of Macy Facet / Proof against poison
Armor: Pirate's Leather / +7 /+1 dodge ritual
Weapon1: GreenSteal scimmy / Min II w/ +2 exc cos
Shield: Epic Swashbuckler / +7 /+1 dodge ritual
Ring 2: Circlet of hatred (+15 intimidate, +5 res)
Ring 1: Epic Ring of the Silver Concord/ + 1 exc cha, Alchemical Resistance +1

AC:
10 base
9 armor (epic duelist's leather)
11 dex
9 shield (epic swashbuckler)
4 insight (epic swashbuckler)
6 deflection (e ring of s. concord)
5 natural (e chimera's crown)
5 CE
3 ship (miscellaneous types)
2 ritual (shield+armor)
4 dodge (stance)
4 dodge (epic duelist's leather)
3 dodge (epic grims or crafted item *wondering about a +3dodge/bloodrage)
2 dodge (mabar's cloak or chaosguarde... we'll see)
1 dodge (feat)
4 paladin aura
TOTAL : 83 beholder AC
Occasionally:+ 1 haste, +2 recitation, +5 human versatility, +1 double haste, +4 bard song : 96 AC!!!!
(I don't remember if exist a monk buff for AC... oh well it's just an amenities :P)

HP breakdown:
200 20 lv
160 cost
10 argoness
45 shroud
20 ship cost
30 GFL
22 Toughness feat
20 Tough item
30 Enhancement (maybe more)
20 Barb past life active
10 Barb past life passive
20 Heroic durability
60 Stance
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647 + 20% (stance) = 776

Pro&cons of each of my builds:

Pala 20:
+ A lot more hp
+ A lot more threat when shield+bash
+ 5 AC beholder
+ Paladine capstone

Shieldsinger:
+ self buffing with arcane spell
+ evasion
+ trap disarming
+ lot more UMD


It's to decide what to do... Can I have some impressions/suggestions/critics?
Ty a lot