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 Stats

The Best Stats for this Sword and Orb Tank Build are Strength and Dexterity. Strength offers better Health and overall survivability while Dexterity increases your Evasion. Wisdom is also a nice stat, since it helps with Mana Regen. Fortitude can help as well with better defense.

Best Skills for Sword and Orb Tank Build

These are the Best Active, Passive and Defense Skills for this Sword Orb Tank Build in Throne and Liberty.

Best Active and Defense Skills

These are the Best Active and Defense Skills for the Build.

• Piercing Attack(Shield Strike): Deals damage, Debuffs and aggroes enemies.
• Provoking Roar: AOE Taunt ability.
• Concentrated Barrier(Counter Barrier): Deals damage and boosts Shield Block Chance
• Starcalling: Summons Orbs that deal damage and synergize with other Orb skills.
• Gravity Star Destroyer(Star Destroyer): Deals AOE damage and Pulls enemies.
• Distortion Veil: Protects with a Shield.
• Strategic Rush: Gap closer that pushes and stuns enemies.
• Chain Hook: Pulls enemies to you and aggroes.
• Stalwart Bastion: Provides damage reduction for the entire party.
• Whirling Shield(Shield Throw): Deals damage and increases aggression.
• Summon Satellite: Boosts basic attacks and other Orb Skills.
• Guardian Defensive Wall: Protects your group with a shield.

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

Best Passive Skills for Sword and Orb Tank Build

These are the Best Passive Skills for the Build.

• Skillful Evasion: Boosts Evasion.
• Resilient Mind: Restores Mana and Health.
• Aegis Shield: Boosts Defense.
• Spectrum of Agony: Deals damage and increases Provoke duration.
• Impenetrable: Increases defense based on number of enemies.
• Stellar Cycle: Restores Mana when Orb collapse.
• Eternal Veil: Increases Shield Health and Health.
• Constellation Link: Reduces Damage Taken when shielded.

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:

• Weaken and Range Expertise
• Lesser Collision Augment
• Ranged Endurance Expertise
• Lesser Melee Defense Augment
• Max Health Intensity
• Damage Reduction Expertise
• Base Damage Expertise

Uncommon:

• Damage Reduction Expertise
• Evasion Augment
• Shield Block Intensity
• Mana Regen Augment
• Max Damage Expertise

Rare:

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

Epic:

• Wisdom’s Path
• Life’s Bargain

From the Orb Weapon Mastery, unlock the following nodes:

Common:

• 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
• 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

Below you can find the Best Gear Sets for the Build, depending on the Gear Tier.

Heroic Hear

The Best Heroic Gear for the Sword and Orb Tank Build is:

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

T3 Gear

The Best T3 Gear for the Sword and Orb Tank Build is a full Crimson Lotus Set, that increases Max Health, Damage Reduction and Shield Block Chance. For Weapons you can combine the Supreme Blade of the Resistance(Sword) with the Talus’s Transcendent Core(Orb).

T2 Gear

The Best T2 Gear for the Build is a combination of Oracle Priest and Royal Praetor Sets for a boost to Defenses and Shield Block Chance. For Weapons you can combine the Blade of Fiendish Fortitude(Sword) with the Greyeye’s Sinister Sphere(Orb).

T1 Gear

The Best T1 Gear for the Build is a full Shock Commander Set, that boosts Damage Reduction and Shield Block Chance. For Weapons you can combine the Karnix’s Netherblade(Sword) with the Talus’s Overcklocked Core(Orb).

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 and Orb Tank Build in Throne and Liberty:

• Main Weapon: Strength, Critical Hit Damage Reduction or Damage Reduction, Boss Damage Reduction
• Secondary Weapon: Strength, Critical Hit Damage Reduction or Damage Reduction, Boss Damage Reduction
• Necklace: Max Health, Dexterity or Critical Hit Damage Reduction, Dexterity
• Rings: Max Health, Strength or Cooldown Speed, Strength
• Earrings: Damage Reduction, Hit Chance
• Bracelet: Attack Speed, Max Health
• Belt: Damage Reduction, Max Health

Best Artifact Set

The Best Artifact Set for the Build is Dark Sovereign! A set that increases your Damage Reduction and Shield Block Chance!

Sword and Orb Tank Build Pros and Cons Throne and Liberty

These are the Pros and Cons of the Build:

Pros	Cons
Superb Defense	Low Damage
Good CC	Relies on other to clear content
Shields to protect	–
Can find party for every content easily	–

This Sword and Orb Tank Build offers great defense and utility for your party in Throne and Liberty! A Guardian TL Build that can shield your allies and crowd control your enemies with ease.