GreatSword

The Greatsword is the best weapon for positioning and agro control allowing for easy mobility, high taunt uptime and easy grit.

Attributes

300 Con allows us to have Grit on Heavy Attacks which is very important While giving 300-350 STR for good damage output.

Easy Content like m1s and m2s you can easily drop con as you feel comfortable with. with higher level content you can adjust con as your team requires but do remember the tank should be the last player to min max.

Armor & Jewelry Perks

Perks in order of Importance, don’t stress about gearscore as you’re leveling , low gearscore with good perks beats high gearscore with bad perks.

Heavy Armor is always best for learning, for easy content like m1 and m2 you can go light while learning. Light tanking is fun and good for high mobility but does have its limitations.

Click the links below to see more specific armor and jewelry recommendations.

Armor

  • Enchanted Ward

  • Refreshing

  • Relentless Freedom

  • 5x Slash Conditioning

  • Health

Amulet

  • Protection

  • Health

  • Empowered/ Divine/ Refreshing

Ring

  • Hearty

  • Leeching

  • Keen Awareness

Earring

  • Refreshing

  • Regenerating

  • Despised

Rotations

  • Relentless Freedom into Position

  • Rupture for initial taunt

  • Either cc with offhand weapon or…

  • Hold Calamity counter to taunt stragglers and to be safe untill heals are placed.

  • Heavy attack for grit and to hold position

  • Use Calamity counter to retaunt if needed or if youre in danger as a great block option

  • Use offhand Abilities as needed

Weapons

Serenity is going to be your best option due to it giving a large amount of fortify, serenity can be very hard to farm as it is on the PvP track , another option is anything with Refreshing Move , Trenchant rend/Strikes/ Recovery & relentless freedom.

Offhand Options

All Tank Builds are Viable with each other as an offhand, hammer is standard for mobs though.

Hammer SnS Flail Rapier Hatchet