Most people who take boxing or kick never use it or slot it. Tough and Weave are just that good. Tough helps mitigate the most common damage types in the game. Weave is the best defensive toggle available through pool powers.
It is best to plan your build out rather than pick powers at random as you level. Getting your defenses up will help significantly on a Shield Tanker, and you could have Weave by now. You get fewer power choices in the 30's and 40's, and more slots. Due to other powers becoming available, you may not be getting Weave until your 40's, unless you skip some other great power.
If you aren't familiar with defense and the soft cap, read this guide. The easiest and most efficient way to hit the soft cap (45% defense) on a Shield Tanker is: take your Shield Defense toggles and Phalanx Fighting, add Combat Jumping and Weave, slot a Steadfast Protection 3% defense IO, and slot Gaussian's set in a to-hit buff power. Slot all toggles appropriately. Combat Jumping should have no more than two slots, typically. Phalanx Fighting should not be enhanced for defense; it gives an unenhanceable 5% defense bonus when no allies are nearby. The rest of your toggles should have 3-4 enhancements, depending on which sets you use. Try to enhance the resistance bonus in Deflection instead of 6-slotting it with a defense set.
Free respecs are limited, but luckily we were given one with I20's release. We will also get one for the anniversary celebration around the 28th of April. That gives you plenty of time to plan out a better build if you decide to try to improve your current build.
1st time posting in the Tankers forum...
So I'm having a blast with my shield/war mace (just hit 33) and its time to look to the Power Pools for extra powers. I decided to start on Fighting PP.
While using mace I didn't want Boxing because I figuired there would be a re-draw animation. I took Kicking...I was surprised and letdown to find out that there is a re-draw animation.
I just don't understand why there would be re-draw with Kicking.
Is there a re-draw with Boxing? or would it be the same as Brawl?
"Smash is as Smash does"