Shaya Sera

Must say Hover. Too many still think of it as the bad version from 5 issues ago. It has had many good buffs to it ^^.

My newest tankermind is a Demon / Pain.

It relies heavily on resists and healing to get the job done. And it works perfectly. I do however suggest to get both RES pet auras for an additional +20% to all resists for your pets. But dont be suprised when you see your pets resist hit the 60%+ mark ^^

The toggle regen aura is very important to get as well. So far Im going strong and having no problems what so ever. Thanks to high healing from my regen aura and my heal aura I can easily survive.

I got the Provoke power at lvl 8. Best part of this build is that I hardly ever need to resummon any pets even at high difficulty. To minimize your three weaknesses you have to act appropiately. They are AoE attacks, Psi damage and mez. Thats why I run around with 1 rez and rest is Breakfrees in my inspiration tray. But you dont use the BFs as much as you think. AoE and Psi damage is taken care of by having high heals and the highest possible Resist you can get. For both you and your pets. Thats why I slotted resist in Summon Demon since that Resist aura from Ember demon really helps when it is enhanced.

Ive Tanked several TFs already as the only tank in a team and it works perfectly, just make sure to keep the pets close to you. And you will do just fine.

Have you tried making a DS / Pain Tankermind?

Its a very active playstyle and very durable. You use BG-mode almost always.

Been tanking 8 mans with mine at +3 / x8 with decent performance. I do have both Resist pet auras slotted. And a very fast recharging Provoke. Its very important, since you want to get all the agro you can get and not your pets. With the Regen toggle and a few regen IOs Im sitting on 3% regen at all times.

For heavy mez mobs I use BFs, when needed, not when I see them. After lvl 22 all you need is BF and 1 rez inspiration.

Oh and I have the first whip attack plus the Cone that I picked up at lvl 30. Couldn't fit it in earlier. After 40 you can get more AoE attacks for extra agro management as well.

Good thing with DS / Pain is that you will have pets with 60%+ in resists some even go over 70%. And since you "tank" you should get the resist shield for yourself as well since it helps with AoE attacks on you and your pets.

At the moment I only have around 15% positional defenses, but plan on tweaking it some more. i19 will make this build very good since you get 3 free power slots that will be very much needed. Oh yeah you need stamina.

If you can try and get and slot the end proc uniqe in stamina as well.

My two bits, try it. You will be suprised at how much you can actually survive without having to resummon pets all the time.