Phoenyx

Hello to everyone, im new at the forum, at least posting, I actually have been reading some of your guides and I really got hooked up on the forums, and I thought the people here were really cool too, I only have been playing Requiem for a little while and im sort of playing around with it a bit, currently I have a rogue and a defender and im having a hard time trying to figure out a build for the defender, I dont if I should go all strenght and offensive skills or if I should try to balance it a bit with HP and more defensive skills, I really dont want to end having a charac that isnt good at either side, so im looking for some help on this build, anyway, I hope I can get some answers, thanks to all and take care.