SirVent wrote:I really need to find a build other than shottie/hammer. Kudos to Cephas for helping me out with my AOE build, but I'm striving fore something original and effective. I'm thinking of something worthy of an tanking build, capitalizing on the defensive abilities of the hammer, which can pack a reasonable punch in it's own right, but I wonder what weapon should accompany it to really bring out defense/hate generation. Can any of you guys think of something?
Can combine any of the 3 tank builds if you looking to uber tank
Chaos/Blades share the frenzy synergy
Chaos/Hammer share weaken
Hammer/Blades don't share synergies that I'm aware of but they do have the benefit of having their defensive focuses not overriding. Chaos' evade overrides block and glance, but block and glance aren't mutually exclusive
If you are thinking of tanking primarily for the needs of the group (assumption since you said you're new to the role) healing would be what I'd recommend instead personally
If you are set on hammer and avoiding shotgun, good non-tanking alternatives would be Fist for heals and Blasts, Ele for strikes, Pistol for weakens. I'd avoid AR and Blood