I highly recommend dropping either SS or SJ for Phalanx Fighting. Single slot is fine for it. Extra 5% Defense for no endurance- better than CJ and extra bonus defense when teaming. And it is a great spot for that LotG: 7.5 recharge.
Since you hopefully do not keep running SS and/or SJ while fighting, try to get a Winter's Gift: Slow Resist slotted in 1. Don't fret the cost if you cannot afford it, Winter event will be coming soon.
SO tweaking your build some:
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AH...
I was very unaware of the fact that phalanx gave a solid 5% def WITHOUT teammates.
And i like the extra heals in Health and TG.
Usually I would gank ss outta the build as well but I came up with this, slightly modified from your ideas.
I dropped Weave, CJ and SJ. In effect this dropped around 9% overall def.
I took weave's slots and put a Gaussian set into rage, (major downside= perc bonus is gone) in order to pull back just a little of the def.
With the leap pool gone, i added in Medicine to supply myself with the self heal. I think a 27% heal every 13 seconds will more than offset the lower def, and save my *** when all the greens are gone. Even with the interrupt i should be able to get it off often enough. (and if someone can get off more than 700 damage every 13 seconds through all my defenses and res, i should prob check my skill level and stop worrying bout the build lol)
It also comes with the sacrifice of no vertical movement, but temp powers can solve that 
( biggest reason i dropped the Leap pool instead of Speed= Hasten is too necessary)
tell me what you think!
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A Doctored Wounds: Heal/Rech and Heal/End/Rech is much better in Aid Self than the standard IOs
And 5 slotting Red Fortune in Deflection with a standard Resist IO in the 6th slot should keep the survivability near the same but adding another 5% rech
(and speaking of the winter event, I have tons of candy canes saved up from last year that I hope to make a killing on!)
Hello everyone. For a couple of years I've been playing on and off, tending
to pay every other month or every 3 months as budget allows. I've never
really had any interest POSTING on the forums until this point. I find it
rather informative and interesting just reading in silence lol.
But... It is rather irritating when in need of insight. So for my first post to
the COH forums, I would like you all to give me your ideas for any and all
improvements to this build.
Shield/SS
There are a couple of things you should know, why I chose what I
chose for this build before you offer your insight:
I love that my melee and ranged def is 5% above cap. It gives me a little
extra room to breathe with def debuffs/AVs/etc. Some might consider it
slightly overboard, but I notice a difference and like it. I wouldn't mind
shaving a little off the top to improve elsewhere.
The enhancements are EXACTLY what I have on the character now.
I only have the single LotG +rech to overlap Rage without slotting extra
enhancements on Rage. And also because I am very poor in influence right
now. Assume that I will have no funds to purchase ANY purples or
expensive uniques. (too expensive for single recipe right now= 20+mil)
Before adding Physical Perfection and the Miracle: +Recovery my toon still
got gassed out after a couple of minutes of fighting. (is another End Mod
proc worth the extra slot in PP?)
I slotted Kick as a set bonus hauler, in addition the slotted values are
almost comparable to SS's Punch in PVE and blow it away in PVP.
I usually play PVE (8 spawn solo, +1 or 2 diff) and PVP(arena duels/RV).
This build is slightly challenging in PVE(teaming) without taunt. I am still
able to effectively hangle aggro without it, but I miss the -range.
No bonus to perception= Stalkers annoy me lol. I don't mind 'em sneaking
up on me, its the running away and disappearing that sucks.
Lack of self heal= tons of greens on me at all times lol
Overall improvements I would like to see:
Extra perception.
Having Taunt.
Anything else you can see is missing.
and just tell me what you think!
Sorry for the long post so far, here is my build!