I haven't played my team yet, but on paper I am leaning towards consecrated hammer as well.

I thought I read a patch note somewhere that First Avenger was going to be changed to still do the 50% bonus dmg on the 1st mob hit by the shield, but they were removing the part which removes the additional bounces. Will have to look again to see if I am imagining things, but if not that makes that talent much more interesting to me.

What are you doing in the 100 tier? I really want to like Last Defender....