Quote Originally Posted by ZedxKayn View Post
Provoke generates a ton of enemity while shirk only transfers 25% of it, a tank won't lose aggro of something by shirking, that's why during a tank swap you NEED a Provoke but Shirk is optional. And it's very easy to avoid being killed by shirk shenanigans if you pay attention to what the tank is doing... And it's kinda jarring when anybody is standing here doing nothing.
You could at least pretend to read what he wrote. He's not talking about Tank using shirk in the middle of fight but literally pulling with single target hir, Shirking and staying down without further attacking the mobs which would make them go after party if they started attacking.