Fire/Mace any good???

Fire/Mace should be good. The only thing you need to watch out with in Fire is really long animations, since you rely a lot on your click heal.

If I wanted a new Fire tanker, I'd go Fire/Axe or Fire/Dual Blades. Axe does a little more for Fire than Mace does, because knockdowns help Burn more than stuns do. Dual Blades is appealing because everything in your primary past Plasma Shield is entirely optional: that demanding secondary has a bit more breathing space.

I've had a fire/mace from the beginning of the game and have gotten quite a bit a mileage out of it, and it's still one of the more fun combinations to play to me, especially after last years buffs to the set.
The primary attacks from f/a help boost the combos damage, and the disorients and knockdowns from w/m provide good damage mitigation for fiery aura.

As far as tf/av's and tanking, overall having played it in all situations over the years including tanking hami I've found the two sets work as well together as all but the current fotm sd/ss, which is nearly a perfect combo.

Some pros & cons from each set,
w/m pros
good attack speeds, some disorienting capabilities, accuracy bonus, moderate endurance use, heavy smashing aoe, strong s/t damage, custom weapon options.

cons
moderate stun effects
Comparatively lacks a "wow" power ie total focus-knock out blow
weapon redraw.

f/a pros
high overall resists, easily capping resistance to fire damage,
a buildup power, good self heal power which also offers resistance to toxic, a self +endurance power, a self rez, very good damage in blazing aura and burn plus minor aoe damg in consume

cons
no defense, low resist to cold damage, endurance intensive (w/ pp toggles), no knockback resistance

Here's my f/m's current build since you asked for ideas, if you have more questions there are plenty of people who play that combo around here. Have fun.




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ACEMACE: Level 50 Science Tanker
Primary Power Set: Fiery Aura
Secondary Power Set: War Mace
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fighting
Ancillary Pool: Pyre Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Blazing Aura -- Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx:50(A), Sciroc-Dam%:50(3), C'ngBlow-Acc/Rchg:50(3), C'ngBlow-Acc/Dmg:50(5), C'ngBlow-Dmg/EndRdx:50(5)
Level 1: Bash -- Acc(A)
Level 2: Fire Shield -- HO:Ribo(A), HO:Ribo(7), HO:Ribo(7), ResDam-I:50(9), S'fstPrt-ResKB:30(9)
Level 4: Healing Flames -- Numna-EndRdx/Rchg:50(A), Numna-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg:50(11), Numna-Heal:50(11), Dct'dW-Heal/Rchg:50(13), RechRdx-I:50(13), RechRdx-I:50(15)
Level 6: Hurdle -- Jump-I:50(A)
Level 8: Combat Jumping -- ULeap-Stlth:50(A)
Level 10: Super Jump -- Jump-I:50(A)
Level 12: Plasma Shield -- HO:Ribo(A), HO:Ribo(15), HO:Ribo(17), S'fstPrt-ResDam/Def+:30(17), S'fstPrt-ResKB:30(19)
Level 14: Health -- Numna-Regen/Rcvry+:50(A), Numna-Heal:50(19), RgnTis-Regen+:30(21), Mrcl-Heal:40(21), Mrcl-Heal/EndRdx/Rchg:40(23), Mrcl-Rcvry+:40(23)
Level 16: Build Up -- AdjTgt-Rchg:50(A), AdjTgt-ToHit/Rchg:50(25), AdjTgt-ToHit/EndRdx/Rchg:50(25)
Level 18: Consume -- Efficacy-Acc/Rchg:50(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg:50(27), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg:50(27)
Level 20: Clobber -- HO:Nucle(A), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg:50(29), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/Rchg:50(29), C'ngImp-Dmg/Rchg:50(31), C'ngImp-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(31), C'ngImp-Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(31)
Level 22: Burn -- Sciroc-Acc/Rchg:50(A), Sciroc-Dmg/Rchg:50(33)
Level 24: Stamina -- Efficacy-EndMod:50(A), Efficacy-EndMod/Rchg:50(33), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc/Rchg:50(33), Efficacy-Acc/Rchg:50(34), Efficacy-EndMod/Acc:50(34), Efficacy-EndMod/EndRdx:50(34)
Level 26: Boxing -- Acc(A)
Level 28: Whirling Mace -- HO:Nucle(A), HO:Nucle(36), Stpfy-Acc/Rchg:50(36), Stpfy-Acc/Stun/Rchg:50(36), C'ngBlow-Acc/Dmg:50(37), C'ngBlow-Dmg/Rchg:50(37)
Level 30: Tough -- HO:Ribo(A), HO:Ribo(37), Aegis-Psi/Status:50(39), Aegis-ResDam/EndRdx:50(39)
Level 32: Weave -- HO:Cyto(A), HO:Cyto(39), LkGmblr-Rchg+:50(40), LkGmblr-Def:50(40), LkGmblr-Def/Rchg:50(40), LkGmblr-Def/EndRdx:50(42)
Level 35: Shatter -- HO:Nucle(A), HO:Nucle(42), HO:Nucle(42), C'ngBlow-Acc/Dmg:50(43), C'ngBlow-Dmg/Rchg:50(43)
Level 38: Crowd Control -- HO:Nucle(A), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx:50(43), Sciroc-Acc/Rchg:50(45), Sciroc-Dmg/Rchg:50(45), Sciroc-Dmg/EndRdx:50(45), Sciroc-Acc/Dmg:50(46)
Level 41: Char -- HO:Endo(A)
Level 44: Fire Blast -- Dev'n-Dmg/Rchg:50(A), Dev'n-Dmg/EndRdx:50(46), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg:50(46), Dev'n-Acc/Dmg/EndRdx/Rchg:50(48)
Level 47: Fire Ball -- HO:Nucle(A), Posi-Dam%:50(48), Posi-Dmg/Rng:50(48), Posi-Dmg/Rchg:50(50), Posi-Dmg/EndRdx:50(50), Posi-Acc/Dmg:50(50)
Level 49: Taunt -- Zinger-Taunt/Rng:50(A)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Acc(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Run-I:50(A)
Level 2: Rest -- RechRdx-I:50(A)
Level 1: Gauntlet

-actually a couple io's were updated since this build last summer, but it gives the gist.