Help with a tank build

[Brakor]

Hello, Ive been playing this game for a while and I adore it, but its really hard to find information online about specific builds.

I wanted to play as a tank, but I kind of want to avoid traditional builds, and also remain somewhat optimal if that's at all possible. Ive been planning on either a Fire/Staff, or Fire/Shield build, but I'm getting a lot of mixed messages from people. Ive heard that Fire/Staff or Fire/Shield can be a decent tank build, but then I'm told by other people that Fire/Anything just isn't viable.

I understand the Power/Rage issues that go along with fire, but still seems like a lot of fun and there might be ways to sorta balance that out that I don't know of (Other than rage-reduction attacks, or power regen abilities). I do still want to be optimal though.

Just looking for some clarification on whether Fire/Shield-Staff is viable, before I start collecting an actual gear set at 70-80. Some ideas for other interesting tank build are welcome too, planning on Staff/Shield as my main recourse right now. Thank-you a bunch for any advice that you can offer me! I'm currently at 62/62 with Fire/Staff, and 63/53 with Fire/Shield