Warrior "buff" in 2.1: not what we are expecting?

[Gardes]

I don't see how the 20% Defiance is equivalent to Shield Oath. Shield Oath still seems much better to me.

Shield Oath stops 20% of damage from coming in altogether. Less stress on healers because the damage never took place.

Defiance adds 20% percent to incoming heals after the fact. There's still a ton of stress on Mister WHM over there to pour those heals on.

Can someone explain why those two are supposedly equivalent even though WAR requires a healer to take advantage of this "mitigation"?

Because if a pld doesnt get healed, he'll still die? Go ahead, try using sentinel against mountain buster and then have everybody else stop doing what they're doing and see what happens.

[Muziko]

Because if a pld doesnt get healed, he'll still die? Go ahead, try using sentinel against mountain buster and then have everybody else stop doing what they're doing and see what happens.

You're dodging the question. Or perhaps you've missed the point of the post entirely.

[Gardes]

You're dodging the question. Or perhaps you've missed the point of the post entirely.

Nah, I just didnt forget that defiance also comes with the HP boost for the 'always on' side.