Soldier obviously, but I can’t decide what makes for a good sword board secondary class.
I play soldier+demo pure phys and it’s working just fine.
Other viable choices for second class will be IMO: shaman, blademaster, arcanist but I haven’t tested this yet 
I have a level 85 warder (shaman plus soldier) that uses savagery as lmb and does shit lots of lightning damage. 19k health, 75% block rate, 26k sheet DPS with full warder stacks. It’s a lot of fun. I can face tank ultimate log until his final 15% when he goes all bat shit if you are interested I can post a grim calc and some other info
Certainly interested in the Warder and the Commando build. I appreciate you guys responding!
I’d be interested in seeing those builds too. Specifically the devotion selections.
It’s off to bed right now but tomorrow I will post some details. My warder has pretty good gear but I played a long time with just a few legendaries so it’s definitely viable with average gear too
If you want to play Retaliation Sword & Board, you should look into this thread as well: http://www.grimdawn.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33249
Just waiting on that build info bb.
My lvl 85 commando:
http://grimcalc.com/build/vZzhNR
Devotions:
Tortoise
Assasin’s Blade
Shield Maiden
Ulo the keeper of the Waters
Sailor’s Guide
5 main points from Targo de Builder
5 maint points from Scales of Ulcama
6 points from Obelisk of Menhir
80% block chance unbuffed, buffed 100% - oh, that’s acctually not true, they changed Shield Wall skill, so it’s constant 80% in B31
53% block recovery unbuffed, buffed 100%
dps ~10k
maxed resistances
12k life
That’s basically it. Good luck finding your own succesfull build