The way this game is designed, the more damage mitigation you build for in your setup, the less damage output you will be capable of. For solo play with your templar, you can go a few different ways.

I can’t tell how much you have put into your character stats, but with 35k health in Cyrodiil, I assume you have put more than a few points into magicka, stamina, or both. Since you seem to want to be a durable damage dealer in heavy armor with the sword and shield, and not an actual group oriented tank, I suggest putting all your character points into stamina.

Then, I suggest getting a damage oriented heavy body set. There are a few dropped sets available, or you could craft, or have crafted for you something like Hunding’s Rage, for instance. You can pair that with weapons and jewelry from another damage oriented set, or a set geared a bit more toward sustain, since your stamina sustain will be lesser in heavy armor.

I don’t know of any good spammable damage ability you would run from the sword and shield line, but it does have a few utility abilities for gap closing and stuns. Sword and shield also offers no good passives for increasing your damage output, unlike other weapon lines. Your stamina jabs are probably best for spammable damage anyway.

I suggest using either a two hander or bow for the other bar. The bow gives you range and more damage, and a reliable way to proc your back bar weapon enchantment. The two hander gives you much more survivability, with the Brawler shield and Rally heal. Rally also gives you Major Brutality, saving you having to get that from potions, if you are looking to play cheaper.

Setting yourself up as you seem to want means you are going to be making compromises. It really results in kind of a “worst of both worlds” setup where you don’t get enough of what you want, high damage with high durability, and instead sort of end up doing ok damage with somewhat greater toughness, along with sustain struggles, but you can make it work well enough with sufficient effort put into your setup.

Now, if you want to stay high mitigation, low damage for PVP, you can make that work. You need to be with a group though, since you will do no damage. Focus on having very high self-sustain, including all three attributes, so plenty of stamina and magicka regen, with good self-healing. Then concentrate on skills that buff allies and debuff enemies. Crowd control skills, like stuns and a pull like you can get with the Fighter’s Guild crossbow are important to have.

If you go with that sort of play, understand you aren’t going to be doing any damage. Your usefulness is in the utility you provide for your group. Every enemy you shut down reduces pressure on your buddies. Every time you pull an enemy out from where they feel safe and into your team’s kill zone, they panic and go into survival mode, rather than hurting your friends.

Thanks a lot Gundug, will take a look at those options.