Low level tanking

[Enkidoh]

Welcome to the path of the sword and shield Zadoc! You pretty much have the basics down, except if I can add a bit of advice - to pull the enemy to you, use Shield Lob on your first target, in dungeons if other mobs are close enough they will link on that first one and follow it to you, then use Flash. I found especially early on, three, maybe four casting of Flash was enough to keep the enemy's attention on me and not the poor healer keeping me alive, inserting the Fast Blade+Savage Blade weapon skill combo between each cast.

And concerning Fast Blade and Savage Blade (and Rage of Halone for that matter too) - you asked why it's important to use Savage Blade after Fast Blade? This is because Savage Blade 'combos' off Fast Blade (a weapon skill combo gains a dotted line around it's icon when it's comboed), doing so will grant extra bonuses to the attack as well as boosting it's damage. Specifically, Savage Blade being comboed off Fast Blade will grant a bonus to the hate it generates, and, once you gain Rage of Halone, combo that as a third attack from Fast Blade+Savage Blade - when it's comboed successfully it grants an even higher hate bonus, but also lowers the enemy's own attack power - using this weapon skill combo repeatedly as your main source of keeping hate will pretty much keep the enemy permanently weakened physically.

Either way, you seem to have a firm grasp of the basics for taking up a sword and shield as a defender of the people, so don't be afraid! Your journey towards knighthood begins here! So step into Sastasha without fear and lead your party to destiny!