Elec or Shield primary, which do u prefer?

Elec or Shield primary, which do u prefer? And why?

both are too different..

shield is a defensive set and elec is resistance.i have both at 50 and they are both awesome to play

my shield is soft capped and my elec tank is capped in resistance...their playing style rocks and never a dull moment.

if your wondering which to play..id say both!

Shield at the moment, but that's because I haven't made an Elect tank yet.

Electric, until I think up a new theme for a Shield tank.

I have played both sets, and though my Electric/ tank is only just lvl 40, I think I have a pretty good grasp of both sets.

As an above poster mentioned, they are completely different sets. Shields are mostly defense (with a smattering of resistance and other mitigation tools), while Electric is PURE resistance, resisting everything but toxic (with a nice regen/recovery/end discount power).

My own personal preference would be Shields, if only because I prefer not getting hit at all... but the set is also a more active defense set (with your status resistance being a click power and Shield Charge being your AoE mitigation). Either way you go though, these are both very strong sets.

Having played both sets to 50, I can say both are extremely fun and completely different. But if you're really trying to find what's right for you, here's the pros and cons of the sets I can think of:

ElA

Pros: Strong resists numbers (especially after Tough), and has great endurance management as well as endurance drain on foes.

Cons: Without Tough, it can feel very weak in most "normal" situations.

Suggested IOs for godmode: +HP bonuses (500HP or more), and S/L defense (30% will be plenty). Recharge is always nice if you can work it in.

Shield

Pros: Decent positional defense (great after Weave), high damage bonus and decent HP bonus on perma.

Cons: No heal, and no endurance recovery.

Suggested IOs for godmode: Cap your defense (not too hard to do), recovery, and HP bonuses. Same for recharge.

I prefer shield, if I'm going to play a resistance based hero that isn't themed, i wouldn't make it elec, i would go with either fire or invul.

I have a elec/elec that is nearing 49 and he has leveled faster than any tank I've had previously. I don't have tough/weave and what IOs he does have went towards recharge/regen/recovery and I regularly solo him on +2x4 in AE missions without any real problems. I don't know how he would play with other secondaries, but the AoE/KD of elec melee helps mitigation quite a bit (Thunderstrike + Lightning Rod = FTW). The endurance drain power keeps me running with no real downtime (thanks to Lightning Reflexes + recharge bonuses) even with Focused Accuracy running with only 1 EndRedux slotted. He has been one of my most fun toons to play in the last 5 years.

My sheild tank is only 24, so can't really give you a reliable opinion on that one yet.

I'd say elec. Even when comparing my elec/em at 36, to my 50 shield/dm.

Shield is softcapped for me, and I do love shield charge, but I just don't feel very robust without a strong heal to back me up (siphon life from dark is ok, but nothing compared to tank shield heals).

Electric makes me feel like a real tanker, or at least how I picture tanks. Taking damage, and slowly but surely being worn down if the fight drags on, then hitting the big heal/+reg/end discount and the cycle begins again. Great resists to everything but toxic, and toxic is rare enough that it makes no difference. No +def slotted at all in IOs, and I can reliably solo +1 x8. Elec just feels more complete to me than shield does.

Just my 2 cents