Sword Gauntlet Tank Build TL

Best Sword and Gauntlet Tank Build for Throne and Liberty! This Build will help you keep aggro, stand your ground and keep your team alive in your favorite TL content.

Best Skills for Sword and Gauntlet Tank Build

These are the Best Skills for the Sword Gauntlet Tank Build in Throne and Liberty.

Active Skills

• Provoking Roar
• Shield Strike
• Concentrated Barrier(Counter Barrier)
• Threat Boost
• Taunt
• Strategic Rush
• Earthquake
• Chain Hook
• Whirling Shield(Shield Throw)
• Fortifying Shield
• Trance
• Immortal Pride

The Best Defense Skill for the Build is Shield Survival Technique, Sword’s Defense Skill.

Passive Skills

These are the Best Passive Skills for the Build:

• Skillful Evasion(Sword)
• Resilient Mind(Sword)
• Aegis Shield(Sword)
• Impenetrable(Sword)
• Physique Training(Gauntlet)
• Breakthrough(Gauntlet)
• Hardening(Gauntlet)
• Master of Provocation(Gauntlet)

Best Skill Specializations

The Skill Specialization System allows you to enhance your favorite skills and make them more effective! These are the Best Skill Specializations for the Sword Gauntlet Tank Build in Throne and Liberty:

• Shield Strike: Aggro increase
• Strategic Rush: Range Increase, Affected Targets Increase
• Provoking Roar: Cooldown Reduction
• Immortal Pride: All Defense Increase
• Counter Barrier: Concentrated Barrier, Cooldown reduction
• Chain Hook: Skill Range increase, Rear Chain Hook
• Shield Throw: Whirling Shield, Aggro Increase
• Threat Boost: Effect Enchantments
• Fortifying Shell: Range Increase, Damage Reduction Increase, Movement Speed Increase, Instant Healing
• Taunt: Skill Range Increase
• Earthquake: Damage Increase, Cooldown Reduction, Mana Cost Reduced
• Trance: Health Recovery, Effect Enchantments, Mana Cost Reduced

Best Skills Combinations for Sword and Gauntlet Tank Build TL

Combining your chosen skills is the best way to get the most out of their effects and maximize your potential. Some of the Best Skills Combos for the Sword Gauntlet Tank Build in Throne and Liberty are:

• Provoking Roar+Shield Strike+Concentrated Barrier+Whirling Shield.
• Strategic Rush+Taunt+Threat Boost+Earthquake.

Boost your defense with Fortifying Shell, Trance and Immortal Pride. Pull enemies to you with Chain Hook.

Best Weapon Mastery for Sword and Gauntlet Tank Build Throne and Liberty

Weapon Mastery allows you to unlock additional passive effects for the Weapons you are using. From the Sword and Shield Weapon Mastery, unlock the following nodes:

Common:

• Lesser Melee Hit Augment
• Lesser Collision Augment
• Ranged Endurance Expertise
• Lesser Melee Defense Augment
• Max Health Intensity
• Cooldown Speed Intensity
• Lesser Health Regen Augment
• Base Damage Expertise

Uncommon:

• Boss Defense Intensity
• Damage Reduction Expertise
• Block Chance Concentration
• Healing Received Intensity
• Mana Regen Augment
• Max Damage Expertise

Rare:

• Stun Resistance and Damage
• Greater Boss Bonus Damage Augment
• Block Chance Increase
• Melee Defense Expertise
• CC Resistance Intensity
• Greater Buff Duration Augment

Epic:

• Resistance Scale
• Life’s Bargain

From the Gauntlet Mastery, unlock the following nodes:

Common:

• Buff Duration Expertise
• Max Health Expertise
• Healing Received Increase
• All CC Resistance Expertise
• Mana Regen increase
• Melee Heavy Attack Expertise

Uncommon:

• Weaken Chance Expertise
• Collision Chance Increase
• Health Regen Expertise
• Ranged Defense Increase
• Max Health Intensity
• Cooldown Speed Intensity
• Stamina Regen Increase
• Mana Regen Expertise

Rare:

• Attack Speed Increase
• Weaken Chance Expertise
• Damage Reduction Expertise
• Healing Received Expertise
• Buff Duration Increase
• Movement Speed Expertise

Epic:

• Instinct and Restraint
• Unstoppable

Best Gear for Sword and Gauntlet Tank Build Throne and Liberty

The Best Gear for the Build is a combination of the Azure Sky Apostle and Blizzard Overture Armor Sets(2 pieces each or one full Set instead), along with the Oath of Justice Sword or the Stone Grave Suppressing Sword and the Ancient Golem Gauntlets or Ahzreil’s Flying Strike Gauntlets. The Best Heroic Gear you can use includes:

• Calanthia’s Aegis of Dominance(Weapon)
• Calanthia’s Bindings(Armor)
• Binding Treachery(Accessory)

Best Traits

For the Best Traits for the Sword and Gauntlet Tank Build you should focus on your favorite from Max Health, Buff or Debuff Duration, Evasion or Endurance, Cooldown Speed, Mana Cost Efficiency, Mana Regen, Skill Damage Resistance. As for Weapons you can use the usual Hit, Critical Hit, Heavy Attack Chance trio or add Attack Speed, Mana Cost Efficiency where possible.

Best Runes

By applying Runes to your Weapons and Accessories you can create synergies that offer extra bonuses! These are the Best Runes for the Sword Gauntlet Tank Build in Throne and Liberty:

• Main Weapon: Dexterity, Attack Speed or Perception, Shield Block Penetration Chance
• Secondary Weapon: Dexterity, Attack Speed or Perception, Shield Block Penetration Chance
• Necklace: Max Health, Dexterity
• Rings: Shield Block Penetration Chance, Perception or Cooldown Speed, Perception
• Earrings: Damage Reduction, Hit Chance
• Bracelet: Bonus Damage, Shield Block Penetration Chance
• Belt: Move Speed, Max Health or Damage Reduction, Max Health
• Headgear: Strength, Max Health
• Cloak: Critical Hit Chance, Critical Damage Resistance
• Chest: Dexterity, Max Health
• Legs: Mana Regen, Max Health
• Gloves: Critical Damage, Max Health
• Shoes: Heavy Attack Evasion, Max Health

The Best Artifact Set for the Build is Dark Sovereign! A set that increases your Damage Reduction and Shield Block Chance! The Best Stats for this Sword and Gauntlet Tank Build are Perception, Strength and Dexterity.