Help me build my tank please

[Cashiry]

This is much more what I was looking for when I asked your goal/purpose of your build. If your main purpose is normal Tower then an ac tank will do just fine.. Lord of Blades/Master Artificer are basically the new shroud in terms of the loot/gear is alot like the shroud but better so keep it in mind when you make your tank that AC will be less effective in Lord of Blades..

Ac works just fine in LoB. The miscoception is that players dont understand when to shield block during his special attacks thst due the big damage. If your twf, ac is not going to work vs LoB. You need to shield block to mitigate vs the special attacks.

[maddmatt70]

Ac works just fine in LoB. The miscoception is that players dont understand when to shield block during his special attacks thst due the big damage. If your twf, ac is not going to work vs LoB. You need to shield block to mitigate vs the special attacks.

Yes ac works up to a certain difficulty i.e. normal and hard.. Lets see you make the same claim on Elite/Epic..

Edit: oh and his to hit on normal is +80 so you have to be a super geared out ac shield bearer to even get something out of normal/hard. 95+ ac..

[Havok.cry]

Ok I got a minute to reply here at work.

While tod is my motivation, I prefer not to do things half@$$ed. So yes my goal is to tank even the lord of blades. And as I have said, if I can't get good enough AC with this, wielding a shield, then Fighter is the backup plan.

As to why go monk, the answer is entirely feats. Paladins are a feat starved class, and S&B take more feats to be effective than other melee paths IMHO. I won't have the Int to get enough skill points to maintain intimidate, balance, umd AND trap skills, so rogue skills won't help me much. As to sneak attack on a tank... I honestly think thats kinda funny... Ill have aggro and do 0 sneak attack damage.