Gameplay of BjordThis is random video taken by other player. Nothing staged, totally random gameplay.
Action starts at one minute mark. In first five seconds Bjord blocked more attacks than The_Sosarian_Knight in whole video. Bjord didn't kill as many players but that's because he's not pure STR build, he uses short weapon and players he's playing against aren't just waiting for him to slay them.
Currently I'm also playing 36/3 polearm build. But I'm not using heavy armor and long weapon, actually I use one of the shorter and less damaging polearms (Iron Staff) and have 11 body armor rating, 9 leg armor rating and zero head armor rating. Still, sheer amount of HP allows me to tank up to 3 regular hits, sometimes more.
Having a lot hit points is the most important thing in cRPG, makes more difference than having high armor rating. Those two combined make you almost invincible, able to tank anywhere between 5 and 20 hits. That's just absurd.
I mean, you survived FIVE maul overheads...
Skill is chambering with long dagger while wearing light armor. Tanking doesn't require skill, anyone can do that.