To be fair nothing requires a WAR to pick up provoke I until end game. Even then it's not til turn 2 pre 2.1

If he is moderately new you can't blame him. It isn't teaching someone to play their class if it isn't needed until a couple fights in coil. Hell the new primals are the first time most tanks will see tank swap if they weren't doing at least T2 before the patch. Way to be a dick.