[Magery] Tank Mage for pvm and pvp

[Mairut]

I need help with a template...
My playstyle: If I can whack it with a sword, do that and throw bolt or flamestrike a couple of times. If its harder to fight or a mage itself, throw evs and some spells at it until i run out of mana and then whack it a few times with a sword or run until I get mana back up.
....I was looking to make a tank mage with swords when I first started.
Unfortunately, there seem to be too many things you need to make swords really effective.
I had:
GM Magery
50 Resist
GM Eval
GM Med
GM Swords
50 Parry
GM Anat
GM Tactics
700pts capped

Plus whatever jewls I could find to give extra defense increases.
Using Swords of Prosperity, and almost 70s with 100%+ LRC, and med jewls.
My stats: 90str 60dex 85int
If anyone can think of a way to make this better, I would be grateful. I seem to have issues in staying alive in general and fighting titans for example.

If not, what about this:
50 Chiv/50 Wrestling
and GM:
Mage
Resist
Eval
Med
Bushido
Parry
(and I have no clue what my str/dex/int would be on this)
Which would considerably cut down on my whacking things

Would either of these be effective for pvp?

Thanks in advance for anyone who can help

 

[Chaosy]

120 magery
120 eval
120 resist
100 med
120 swords
90 tactics
50 chiv

 

[Mairut]

So you don 't really need anat and parry to improve swords?

 

[NickyDishes]

parry is to block only...anatomy does nothing for weapon skill but add a little damage...weapon skill is ur defense together with dci...tactics gives u specials...u dont need that much damage in my opinion when u have 120 eval and can pound out spells for ur offense...this is why i dont understand your temp..to me a tank mage would seem like he's at a disadvantage...all i have to do is disarm u in pvp...and pvm why on earth wouldnt u take up necro and spellweaving for more effective damage overall...tank mages were the thing to do back in the day but i just dont see any effectivness now.

 

[Mairut]

I'll give necro and spellweaving a try then..

Thanks for the advice

 

[Chaosy]

Tank mages are still effective if you know how to play them right, but they're not as useful or powerful as a necro mage and certainly lack the 1v1 ability of a tamer mage with a dreadmare.

 

[Mairut]

So maybe I could do necro instead of chiv...

Maybe I'll raise dex, and be a dexxer necro tank mage...
(jk)

 

[Chaosy]

Actually, I have a tank mage build that uses 60 necro for omen FS and to go into wraith form in chokes, not to mention the occassional pain spike. It's pretty effective.