There are some morphs in Sword and Shield that are just too good to not pick. As such I have some suggested changes to make the alternative morphs more appealing and choices harder for players.

Ultimate: Shield Wall: No change.

Spell Wall: Rename to Reflective Wall.
(Arrows are not spells).

Shield Discipline: No change.

Puncture: No change

Pierce Armor: No longer taunts.
(Controversial choice to remove the taunt and I thought about it long and hard, but having at least one morph not taunt is better. I chose this morph as it is the more 'damage' orientated of the two options).

Ransack: No longer grants Minor Protection. Instead inflicts Minor Maim on target hit.
(This morph granting a defensive buff makes no sense. It is an offensive move, 'thrust your weapon with disciplined precision'. Minor Maim makes more sense, you're taking the wind out of them. Furthermore, Minor Maim benefits the entire group, not just the tank).

Low Slash: No longer inflicts Minor Maim. Instead it applies Deep Slash slow baseline.
(Minor Maim removed because it is moved to Ransack. Slow bonus is so small it is not worth picking Deep Slash over Heroic Slash, moving it baseline gives the base ability more utility and frees up rework of Deep Slash).

Deep Slash: Also causes the target hit to Bleed for 5000 damage over 10 seconds. No longer affects multiple enemies.
(The picture literally has blood on the sword. Makes sense to make it have a Bleed effect and be the more offensive option.)

Heroic Slash: Now hits all enemies. The slow is increased to 40% for 5 seconds.
(Buffed the slow to compensate loss of Minor Maim. Minor Heroism remains untouched.)

Defensive Posture: The 10% block mitigation and block cost is now baseline.
(Buff to base skill, no reason this bonus should not be baseline.)

Defensive Stance: Now gives Minor Protection for 15 seconds and reflects 2 projectiles instead of one.
(Minor Protection is a defensive buff. Putting it here is a buff to an underused skill. 2 projectile reflects give it better utility and less spam requirement.)

Absorb Missile: Reworked into new morph. -- Aggressive Stance:

Become enraged, increasing your movement speed by 30% and gaining Minor Berserk for 20 seconds increasing your damage done by 5%. While this ability is slotted your bash attacks deal 10% more damage and cost 10% less.

Shielded Charge: No change

Shielded Assault: No change.

Invasion: Reworked into new morph. -- Battering Ram:
Knocks the enemy back. Damage increases the greater the distance travelled, up to 25%.

Power Bash: Damage increased. Becomes the Sword and Shield spammable.
(This skill is better served at focusing on raw damage with one morph helping tanks and the other helping more aggressive builds.)

Reverberating Bash: No longer stuns. Initial damage is drastically reduced. Enemy is afflicted with a small Physical DoT over 6 seconds. While this DoT is active, the enemy is afflicted with Major Maim reducing their damage done by 10%.
(Becomes a great tank tool and Major Maim is very useful once again benefitting the whole team, the time on the debuff is quite short however and the damage of the skill is reduced substantially for balance. Stun is unnecessary as Shielded Charge has it.)

Power Slam: Keeps the high base damage. No longer has resentment mechanic. Instead, after using Power Slam your next bash attack used within 1 second deals 20% more damage.
(This is the choice for players wanting raw damage and helps out bash builds by having bash attacks synergise with an ability while at the same time preventing bash spam as you will need to bash weave with this ability.)

Passives:

Fortress: No change

Sword and Board: Follow weapon bonus standard as in Dual Wield and Two Handed.

Equipping a sword increases your Weapon Damage and Spell Damage by 142.
Equipping a mace increases your Armor Penetration by 1650.
Equipping an axe increases your Critical Damage and Critical Healing by 4%.
Equipping a dagger increases your Critical Chance rating by 812.
Equipping a shield increases the amount of damage you can block by 20%.

(This basically does the same thing, the only difference is that your weapon choice actually means something. Before anyone asks, no I am not suggesting equipping 2 shields should be allowed.)

Deadly Bash: No change

Deflect Bolts: No change

Battlefield Mobility: No change


* With the above changes you have actually buffed the entire skill line, making tank options even better and alternative options appealing for builds that already gain these bonuses from class skills or from builds that want a more damage focused Sword and Shield play style while not taking away the flavor of the skill line as a whole.