Paladin/Stalker as tank, does it work?

[Thormind]

It seems like a good combo for tanking:

 

Shieldbearer have +1 engagement. add +1 from shield and +1 from spear.

 

Pet is +1 engagement by itself and +1 from ranger talent.

 

Pet HP + Paladin HP + healing from paladin + healing from ranger + buff from paladin. That seems like a lot of meat shield.

 

On paper it looks really good. Anyone with some play experience can comment?

 

tks!

[Retro1210]

It works amazingly well actually. I had fun until I found a cool, and viable greatsword. Would recommend Goldpact for more tankyness with gilded enmity, but your build works pretty well too.

[BijaT]

What i understand, relying on pet for tanking is a bad idea lategame. Pet is more a bonus and the problem is if he dies you loose qute a few stats. May work but have hard time seeing it shine. All YOUR tankyness comes from paladin and by using a shield you reduce your output qute abit aka turn you into more buff/tank/healing char. You don´t get anything realy from ranger class. Ranger is mainly to add damage and something to distract stragglers from your damage dealers.

[Retro1210]

If you don't mind Mirco, Ghost heart could give you more options. As they are immune to engagement they can go immediately after enemy squishys while you are tanking.