Defensive ability, WAR VS DRK

[Giantbane]

Where is Foresight? Where is Awareness? Where is Convalescence? To ignore these skills is a sign of incompetence. ALL your tools make up a tank, not just the ones that come stock.

All 3 abilities are available to each tank so it's sort of a moot point. They're all not particularly effective vs. tank busters except Convalescence on the WAR. The reason for this is that you can pair it with Thrill of Battle to create an effect that almost exactly mimics Rampart.

I'm aware of the effect and the CD on Shadow Wall. Its CD is like Sentinel, then plan with it like Sentinel.

I guess it was a typo when you said that skill like vengeance with a Rampart cooldown.

Anyhow. Lets take a raid boss with a ~30s physical tank buster (which, as you've so kindly pointed out, the majority of tank busters are physical thus far).

PLD will have rage of halone up all the time, reducing the strength of all his attacks, including all the tank busters.
WAR will have storm's path up all the time, reducing the strength of all his attacks, including all the tank busters.
DRK might have reprise up, reducing some of his attacks, it ... might be on the boss for a tank buster?

Tank buster 1 > Shadow Skin
Tank buster 2 > Shadow Wall
Tank buster 3 > you've got your dick in your hand and odin's about to chop it off ... whaddaya gonna do? pop everything else and hope for the best?