Sword and Orb Tank Build TL

Sturdy Sword and Orb Tank Build for Throne and Liberty! This Guardian TL Build protects your group with Orb Shields and can assist with Crowd Control and strong defenses. For Guardian PVE, you can take a look at my Orb and Sword DPS Build!

Best Skills for Sword and Orb Tank Build

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

Active Skills

• Piercing Attack(Shield Strike)
• Provoking Roar
• Concentrated Barrier(Counter Barrier)
• Starcalling
• Gravity Star Destroyer(Star Destroyer)
• Distortion Veil
• Strategic Rush
• Chain Hook
• Stalwart Bastion
• Whirling Shield(Shield Throw)
• Summon Satellite
• Guardian Defensive Wall

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)
• Gerad’s Shield(Sword)
• Stellar Cycle(Orb)
• Eternal Veil(Orb)
• Constellation Link(Orb)

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 and Orb Tank Build in Throne and Liberty:

• Shield Strike: Piercing Strike, Aggro increase
• Strategic Rush: Range Increase, Affected Targets increase
• Provoking Roar: Cooldown Reduction, Effect Duration increase
• Stalwart Bastion: Cooldown Reduction
• Counter Barrier: Concentrated Barrier, Cooldown reduction
• Chain Hook: Skill Range increase
• Shield Throw: Whirling Shield, Aggro increase
• Starcalling: Increase Effect Duration, Reduce Resource Cost
• Summon Satellite: Increase Effect Duration
• Guardian Defensive Wall: Increase Effect Duration, Proportionate to Max Health
• Distortion Veil: Mana Withdrawal
• Star Destroyer: Gravity Star Destroyer, Increase Range, Time

Best Skills Combinations for Sword and Orb 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 and Orb Tank Build in Throne and Liberty are:

• Piercing Attack+Provoking Roar+Whirling Shield+Concentrated Barrier. Your Taunt combo!
• Starcalling x3+Gravity Star Destroyer. Deal damage and pull enemies.

Use your Shields, Distortion Veil and Guardian Defensive Wall, as well as Stalwart Bastion to provide protection. Pull more enemies with Chain Hook and push enemies with Strategic Rush. Summon Satellite offers a boost to damage to you or an ally.

Best Weapon Mastery for Sword Orb 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 Orb Weapon Mastery, unlock the following nodes:

Common:

• Orb Max Damage Increase
• Enhance Skill Damage
• Max Health Expertise
• Melee Defense Augment
• Shield Health Concentration
• Shield Health Concentration
• Mana Regen Augment
• Relentless Mana Cost Efficiency

Uncommon:

• All Species Defense
• Damage Reduction Expertise
• Debuff Duration Expertise
• Mana Efficiency Concentration
• Increase Shield Health
• Max Mana Mastery

Rare:

• Skill Damage Expertise
• Relentless All Species Damage
• Max Health Augment
• Regen Augment
• True Sage’s Shield of Wisdom
• Relentless Mana Regen

Epic:

• Light of Annihilation
• Breath of Infinity

Best Gear for Sword and Orb 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 Ascended Primal Brothers’ Core(Orb). 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 Orb 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 Orb 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 Orb Tank Build are Perception, Strength and Dexterity.