Return of Reckoning

so I'm currently deciding which of these 2 tanks to play for my 2h tank and I'm pretty torn between them.

I know they are mirrors but they seem quite different in a lot of ways as Swordmaster can deal mainly spirit damage and Blorc only deals physical.

Also their utility tree's seem fairly different.

Which one is a better 2h tank, taking both the damage and utility trees into account?

I've heard the Blorc damage tree is better but I can't tell why.

How would a Blorc 2h path of the boss build compare to a Swordmaster 2h hoeth build?

The swordmaster is better of the two for going 2h, Swordmasters have alot of amazing parry increasing abilities that make a 2h more viable, also their Khaine spec makes them fairly potent.
Black Orcs can go full glass cannon but they dont gain that much from going 2 hander. If they go DPS they can still have a shield and keep alot of durability, plus they have some amazing tactics that require a shield.

Blorcs go Shield even with dps spec. Makes you able to guard properly and put out alot of dmg (for a tank). Only time i would go 2hander is for Choppa AoE wb support or when group is lacking dps or 3+ healers. SM is a different mather as they got so high Parry they can guard properly with 2hander.

Gobtar wrote:The swordmaster is better of the two for going 2h, Swordmasters have alot of amazing parry increasing abilities that make a 2h more viable, also their Khaine spec makes them fairly potent.
Black Orcs can go full glass cannon but they dont gain that much from going 2 hander. If they go DPS they can still have a shield and keep alot of durability, plus they have some amazing tactics that require a shield.

The only one i can think of is Good wif Shield.

Penril wrote:
The only one i can think of is Good wif Shield.

You sez me blok dat?

TenTonHammer wrote:

Penril wrote:
The only one i can think of is Good wif Shield.

You sez me blok dat?

Sorry! i forgot

Yeah that one is mandatory (we need level 33).

OT: SM is a better 2H tank than BO.

how do SM's get such high parry?

Do they just have it innately or does everyone stack the parry talents?

You should ask Nanji, apparently he found out a way to get SMs parry to 100% by stacking Wall of Darting Steel and Eagle's Flight (j/k Nanji )

Penril wrote:You should ask Nanji, apparently he found out a way to get SMs parry to 100% by stacking Wall of Darting Steel and Eagle's Flight (j/k Nanji )

100% parry was ez on live even if EF didnt stack with the 2h channel.
Now stop trolling.

OP: please keep in mind that the SM's 50% parry ability (Wall of Darting Steel) isn't available until rank 40 whereas you can get the BO 50% block (Can't Hit Me) now.