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  ClockworkArc

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  I'm by no means an expert. I only have a VR2 Templar. But to help point you in the right direction.
  
  1) Blazing Shield's strength scales only off of your Health and your proximity to enemies. To get the most out of it, you want Max Health, some degree of Magicka Regen/Cost Reduction and you want to stand close to your enemies.
  
  2) Group Support, I'd say: Blazing Spear, Remembrance / Practiced Incantation, also in a more general sense, The Assault / Support / Undaunted skill lines have a lot to offer your group as whole. War Horn and Barrier are the best "support" style ults.
  
  3) Blazing Shield is in a bad spot for PVP. For PVP if you want to tank, it seems that having decent mitigation and health regen are key. For PVP maybe consider using more of the PVP skill lines to get more of that support feel.
  
  4) No Idea as I'm not VR 16.
  
  5) Bone Shield from Undaunted is like the Stamina Version of Blazing Shield.
  
  6) Stacking Mag Regen Enchants and/or Cost Reduction Enchants. Additionally, you'll want to consider your % modifiers.
  
  You'll get percent modifiers for Magicka Regen from: Champion Points, Minor / Major Buffs, Class Passives, Support Skill Line Passives, Being a Vampire (that also reduces your health regen though), Mage's Guild Passives, and/or your race.
  
  Getting Magicka Cost Reduction is also a good idea. You'll want some combination of the two. In Magicka Cost Reduction it is important to note that % modifiers apply to the base cost BEFORE the flat enchants do.
  
  When deciding if you want Regen or Cost Reduction, think about it like this. Cost reduction let's you spam abilities cheaply, while Regen only helps you every two seconds (when it "ticks"). So if you plan on casting less spells in a short period of time, Regen is better, but if you are the frantic button masher/in a WTF scenario, you'll want cost reduction.

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  January 2016

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  Solariken

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  1) How do I get the most out of burning shield? It pops quickly because it's a relatively weak shield, which means you have to cast it a lot. I would definitely pair it with Channeled Focus for the extra magicka regen. You will need it.
  
  2) What are the best group support abilities, (from any tree). I plan on using these a lot in PvE. Repentance is your bread and butter - decent 10% full-time regen plus free heals and stam refills with any corpse. Cleansing Ritual is pretty nice because it boosts your healing output and gives group members a free purge if needed.
  
  3) What specific advantages will help this archetype in PvP as opposed to PvE? You won't be able to kill anyone in PvP with this setup, but you might live long enough to draw some attention away from your group so that they can win the fight for you.
  
  4) How little att points into stamina can I get away with as an Imperial by the time I'm at v16? I plan on only using it for block/dodge/bash/CC. I would suggest at least 10 attr points into stamina. You can get a lot of benefit from Repentance to offset the weakness of a small stamina pool. You will need more stamina though if you plan to use Caltrops. You can also enchant your gear with tri-stat glyphs, which are awesome, but Hakeijo runes are pretty expensive.
  
  5) Related to above; are there any stam abilities that I really shouldn't miss for use on this archetype? I really love Shuffle (medium armor ability) - it wipes off any snares on you which is clutch. Also, Major Evasion is SO valuable, and something that Templars specifically need; it's sad that this buff isn't baked into one of our class skills.
  
  6) And finally, what are the best ways to ensure good mag regen? Channeled Focus is a must-use for your setup. Also, you might consider using regen food to boost all of your recovery since you will be running with small mag/stam pools.
  
  Just my thoughts, I hope it helps, and good luck.

  @Solariken - PC/NA & XB1/NA 60,000+ Achievement Points

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  January 2016

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  deximasb14_ESO

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  well I haven't done much with blazing shield. to me it would be best for your aoe bar as single target it really is not worth it but I think it shines in aoe.
  for support abils this is really depending on your group. if your healer is lacking put a heal down to help him out. if your heals are good then use blazing spears to help your dps get recorces to nuke.
  this build will just not function in pvp well. but I did a Templar tank and had a blast pve and pvp with all into magica and health glyphs on my major slots and stam on my minor. never had stam issues. had to keep mana pots but no big deal I also used jabs with the magica morph and did good dps and self healing with structured enthropy ticking. I was vr 4? at the time and I had 31k hp 39k magica 12k stam. all heavy.
  for your stam just do what I did above it game me more than enuff or pve. just have to be smart on your blocking. keep in mind I was self healing threw 90% of the dmg also so yea I just blocked what I had too.
  the only stam ability I had on my bar was ransac.
  magica regen you can use channeled focus and don't forget about pots. if your not trying to keep shield up 100% of the time you will be fine If so I'm not sure how to get that much regen.

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  January 2016

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