I have a small SG of five IRL friends. We play as a five man team once per week. We are getting up into the upper 40s with our current team and I am looking ahead to our next team. I am thinking of running a tank but am not sure what primary to choose. We never lack in DPS, one of us always runs a Dominator, one gravitates towards scrapper/stalker and one usually runs either tanker or brute/scrapper. I am normally the buff/debuff with a defender or controller but the stalker/scrapper says he thinks he would like to try a "supportive" AT this time. I may be tanking for this team.
Last time I ran a tanker I played Shield/Kinetic Melee and by mid 30s I felt pretty strong, to the point where we were running +2. I'd like to try a different set but am not completely against going Shield Primary if that is my "best" option. I am looking for a primary set that will allow me to build to be the "tankiest" I can be while leveling. Once we hit 50, we start new toons so I don't worry about slotting purples, or finishing incarnate abilities. Cost of the build isn't a problem, I have a bunch of Inf and merits stocked on my old previous 50s.
What would be suggestions for creating the "invincible" tank for leveling? (I prefer Defense vs Resists.)
Ice seems (on paper anyway) to be a good defensive set, would this be feasible for what I want to do?
Or should I get over my Defense > Resist thing and play one of the Resist sets?
Thanks for any input!
