WAR viability in T12 and T13?

[Ellatrix]

You might say warrior gets hit 20% harder than Paladin.

WAR gets hit significantly harder than just 20%. Look into this fancy thing called a Shield. Oh, and T13 spikes for P1/2 are tuned perfectly around PLD mitigation timers; WAR is going to be deficient.

And while an argument could be made that WAR MT is better in P4, the major drawback is that it is no longer safe to wear full Ruby, which is going to cut down WAR damage output considerably for the rest of the fight.

[Instrumentality]

WAR gets hit significantly harder than just 20%. Look into this fancy thing called a Shield. Oh, and T13 spikes for P1/2 are tuned perfectly around PLD mitigation timers; WAR is going to be deficient.

And while an argument could be made that WAR MT is better in P4, the major drawback is that it is no longer safe to wear full Ruby, which is going to cut down WAR damage output considerably for the rest of the fight.

You mean like the dreadwyrm shield I have on my paladin? I wouldn't know anything about that. Warrior main tanks are also a notable dps increase over paladin main tanks.

And there is no way on earth a warrior doesn't have inner beast for every single damage spike on turn 13 so I have no idea why paladins also being able to cooldown the exact same moves is somehow exceedingly better.

By the way, I am a paladin and I main tank turn 13. I just think it's hilarious that anyone would ever act like warriors aren't 100% viable and in some situations better to main tank on turn 13 with.