Tanky Eldritch Knight Build Advice

Remember Fighters 3 ASIs early, so combined with Human Variant you could easily get 2 feats plus 2 ASIs. Or 3 Feats and 1 ASI.

Heck, if you really want an aggro fighter do:

Sentinel

Shield Master

War Caster

With Booming Blade as a cantrip. Take Defense as fighting style and wear the heaviest armor you can get.

You could even take 1 level of Forge Domain Cleric to +1 anything (for example a + 3 Shield).

Sentinel makes anything not attacking you that you are adjacent to have disadvantage. Also you can opportunity attack it even if it Disengages. Also if you hit it it stops.

Shield Master lets you use your bonus action to bash shove something Prone and gain Advantage. Also lets you add +3 bonuses to saves for your Forge Domain Cleric +3 Shield.

War Caster lets you cast Booming Blade as an opportunity attack if it tries to run away really locking it down.

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