Best tank char?

[Brista]

I would try adding Energy Shield to the mix.

Well, I do have my trusty Barb ;)

He has a tendency to wander off though, it works fine when we play as a team although I don't really like being quite so dependent

I certainly could factor in Energy Shield, max block too

The problem though is not that I'm in danger of dying it's that it's hard to kill stuff in Nightmare unless you click lock it and they take a while to drop. This is with Inferno 20+10, Warmth 17+7 and Fire mastery 4+4

It is quite effective if the monsters are clustered around the tank but not the best fire spell

It loses a lot of effectiveness if the monsters are able to interrupt it or force you to retreat

I certainly enjoyed trying it out but from here on I think I'll see more Fire Immunes, more Fire Resistant monsters, faster harder-hitting monsters and the extra damage that I can develop won't help enough

I could probably just about scrape through Hell, playing with a Barb. I don't think I could solo, my back up spell (Ice Blast) is not good enough for Fire Immune Ancients and Council which are mandatory

So I've abandoned this project to pursue other ones