It does not matter what Weapon you have in your primary and secondary slot (as long as you have a Shield in the off-hand). One should have Glyph of Crushing and the other one Glyph of Weakening. Crushing reduces enemy Physical and Spell Resistance for 5 secs and has 10 sec cooldown, while Weakening reduces damage done by the enemy for 5 secs with 10 secs cooldown. Both debuffs stack with Major Breach/Fracture and Maim from skills such as Pierce Armor and Heroic Slash. The Infused Trait on Weapons is always fantastic choice.

On Armor Pieces tanks always want the Sturdy for Trait, because reducing the cost of blocking is very important. Running out of Stamina means a quick death. We have Dark Deal to help us with Stamina management, but sometimes you won’t have enough Magicka to use it, so having the ability to block a couple of more attacks can make a difference between life or death. For Enchantments we want is Glyph of Prismatic Defense or Healthy. Tri-Stat is better for this build, but be sure to only use them on your Chest, Legs, Head and Shield to get the most out of them. Use Health for the other pieces.