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Crushability in WotLK
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All tanking mechanics are changing slightly as a result of the removal of crushing blows, we will have to see what they settle on by the end of beta.
It looks like druids will have their armor reduced somewhat since they no longer need to reduce the damage from crushing blows. However consider that many current raid bosses are unable to crush and that does not seem to have given feral tanks a huge advantage.
Warriors have shield block on a much longer cooldown but will probably need to keep a shield on for threat generation with shield slam, particularly with the "sword and board" talent increasing the rate at which they can shield slam.
Similarly paladins need a shield for threat generation, so far I don't see any change to their block chance. Paladins won't have to worry about maintaining such high avoidance as they do now and we'll probably see them stacking more stamina instead to take advantage of Touched by the Light.
Without knowing what incoming damage on tanks will look like in WotLK or how well a Death Knight will perform it's hard to make any further comparison.
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