My Opinion on why WAR is the superior Tank.

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Because of this, stoneskinning on a PLD is something I'm ambivalent about because it can either be indicative of a PLD making excellent use of the skill or just wasting time. I generally withhold judgment until I can suss out the situation and whether we need a bit more survivability or damage.

Yeah, exactly.

I think Turn 7 was used as an example earlier in this thread. To me T7 isn't a DPS race. It's a battle of attrition. At some point, a good Paladin might decide "Okay, we're stable now but my WHM is running on fumes. My SCH has Cursed Shriek and needs to hide. My WAR just picked up the Lamia Prosector. At this point, we're much more likely to wipe due to a dead tank than lack of damage. I'm gonna pop some CDs and Stoneskin Spam the Warrior."