Originally Posted by
Valech
No thank you. The only reason why prot warriors are still liked during progression is, that their shieldblock is entirely trustworthy and unrelated to their current gear, whereas most absorbs scale with your itemlevel. Also, I don´t understand how Shieldblock is NOT letting you have controle over your survivability. We both agree, that both blocks and selfheal add to your survivability, right?
You press Shield Block...and then what? That's it. After you press Shield Block you better sure as hell hope your healers have your back. Oh? You got hit to 40% hp just before a large burst? Your healers have to move for some reason? Sorry, you're not a class with reactive self healing to get yourself back up to reasonable level of HP. You also only have one Shield Wall effect, so you don't have the CDs to spare.
Excuse me, but that it spoken like a true lfr warrior. May I ask from which pool of experience you draw that conclusion and with what tank you made those experiences?
4/7M HM 5/10M BRF 13/13H HFC currently. Not great, for sure. Resto Druid in HM with Monk/Warrior tanks. Blood DK in BRF w/ Warrior co-tank. Guardian Druid in HFC w/ Warrior co-tank.
You are aware, that proactive mitigation offers MORE controle and requires MORE attention by the tank then reactive selfhealing, right? Once damage is done, both instances (healers and tanks, that can potently selfheal) must take action. As a warrior and to some extent as other classes, you can take action BEFORE it is necessairy for the healer to take action.
Every tank has some form of proactive defenses. Savage Defense, Elusive Brew, SoTR, Shield Block, etc. Cooldowns like Shield Wall, Survival Instincts, Bristling Fur, Rune Tap, Icebound Fortitude, Fortifying Brew, etc. Proactive mitigation offers the least control. It's hit it and forget it. Without being able to respond to any particular situation, you have no control beyond "is my active mitigation up" and "did I use a cooldown". Whereas tanks with reactive kits can be like "is my active mitigation up", "did I use a cooldown", "did something go wrong? how can I respond?", "Use my reactive ability- Guard, Death Strike, Frenzied Regen, Cenarion Ward, Lay on Hands, Word of Glory, etc." Having the ability to respond innately gives you more control than hoping the healers will be able to get you back to stable levels of HP before the next ability or large hit comes in.