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Added you. Also, you might want to just read the previous posts in this thread, since most basics have been explained already.
It depends on the situation actually, but for general use early-mid game thompson (and any shield tank) are worse than a straight up evasion tank. The reason for this is that their stats are generally not geared for them to dodge a lot of stuff when their shield isn't up, and so they have to rely on raw hp to tank all of that (luckily thompson has the highest hp of any smg). The shield also has a pretty long cooldown, and only lasts about 4 seconds. So obviously, that's quite a bit of time where you're just face tanking, and most early battles are gonna be over far before 12 seconds pass. Basically shield tanks have special uses against specific enemies, and thompson has her own specific use cases (high accuracy enemies where raw hp is important). Recommended to level one shield tank, but no more than that because you're never gonna need more than one.
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Also, did canon already give up on this?