Yea Gladiators are pretty much able to negate more dmg and hold hate better them pretty much any other class.

Through a cycle of Emulte + sheild skills + Sentinel + Diversion + Featherfoot, you can pretty much negate almost all the dmg from normal attacks and Weaponskills and nukes.

Combine that with other classes hate drawing abilitys you hold hate.

Accomplish to take gate from healers/archers