I have a level 13 one that I'm working on and I must say I'm disgusted by the effectiveness of the disorient of the low level attacks. 95% of the time you will disorient a minion if you fight them one on one. Often times you'll disorient them more than once before they're "arrested". Sometimes they'll be disoriented for the whole fight. As a long suffering Mace tanker I would kill to have disorients as effective as that on my attacks. The damage of the first two attacks isn't all that great though: Barrage is poooooor, with Energy Punch being only slightly better - Bone Smasher is the first attack I can say I really find effective. That's just my low level experience anyway. At high levels the final 2 attacks in the set are supposed to be godly. I'm looking forward to getting my guy up to that level 
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Energy melee tends to concentrate on hard-hitting single target attacks, so people pick energy usually for PvP purposes. Its a good set.
With the combined effects of Disorients and Air support i have been able to juggle single targets like +2-3 bosses and lieutenants without taking a single point of damage.
With Build up + Energy transfer I one shotted white and yellow minions.
It drawbacks is that its a late bloomer and slow.
Due to the fact that you get your area taunt latest of all the tanker sets means you cant effectively tank for teams until then so you have to solo a lot.
As a solo AT youre just as good, if not better, as any scrapper or blaster, it just takes more time. This must be understood, anyone who wants a fast AT to get him to 50 better look elsewhere, like a empath defender* -anyone who wants a good AT thats slowly and steady gets there in the end and lets you experience as many story lines as possible and let you see as much as possible of the content even if you have to do it alone, INV/NRG is the one that will let you do this.
*in my experience, the fastest way to level is to get in teams, and the easiest way to get into a team is to be a empath defender... unless you have a supergroup at your beck and call that powerlevels you.. in that case any AT will do.. of course.
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Thanks for the replies all. The build appeals but now I understand its strengths and weaknesses.
Much appreciated!
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I've been thinking about this build but I don't seem to see many energy melee tanks. Are they rubbish?
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