Tanking for beginners

Very decisive! Thank you for that imput, i personally also dont think m. Shield is a priority.
Also for tank build i agree completely on having simple attack skill arsenal.

For me though I personally like the even simpler version, "the HP brick" build where your only active skill on shortcut is provoke. Ur just a wall that casts provoke.
This works best with full vit tanks.
Core skills:
Shield mastery 5 -> force shield 10
Safe rest 5 -> HP boost 10
Mana charge 1
Mini heal 1

Equip req:
Magicians Ring +1000mp

My friend can start tanking g skelly at lv 30 with this build.

So its basically provoke -> manacharge -> miniheal-> manacharge etc....
If ur going for just a pure meat shield then this is one way to do it.
For me i was annoyed looking for a reliable tank for g skelly and this is what i made in 30 min from help of guildies.

 

Wow! That's actually an amazingly simple build. Gives you tons of points to throw in other skills if you choose.

Very nice.