Quote Originally Posted by Alwryn View Post
Remember the theory of relevant mitigation.

It's not about how much damage you mitigate over the course of a fight that decides the outcome, it's survival. Every fight that could be called difficult has burst mechanics, wheelx2, MB, DS, incinerate spam, etc. These burst mechanics can kill even the best geared tanks, an unmitigated DS + auto can take me from full to zero in less then a second.

So the point is, just don't spam defensive cooldowns, know the fight and use them at the proper times.
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