How do you think tank classes in SoO?

[Enosh]

great, another fight where the whole "ds heal based off unmitigated dmg" bites us in the ass

[Tarazet]

Other tanks(Monks to a lesser degree) have to rely on Dodge/Parry/Block RNG more for their survivability and don't have as reliable mitigation for big hits, such as Nazgrim Execute which was mentioned in this thread, and they have to use a CD. Monks are different in a way that they don't have "active" mitigation as other tanks do, they just do their rotation to keep Shuffle up 100% and purify stagger when it gets too high or time it with big hits.

The benefit of a Druid is that they're easy to heal at all times, due to their extremely high armor rating. There's a big difference between a tank that has 60k armor vs. 120k. Between that and a spammable dodge buff, they simply don't take a lot of physical damage, which makes them desirable for progression. Deaths to spike do happen, but that usually happens due to player error. People are just used to Paladins and Monks taking hits they shouldn't be able to survive.

[Deleted]

IMO avoidance is not as good as blocking just because it's unreliable. I have heard more than once during progress ''Oh tank died, why? He didn't dodge several hits after each other.'' That's why most people don't prefer druids, they might take least damage overall but they can die to spikes + bad luck.