Parry...

[subteraneanbird]

if u have to use a 5th dps, ure not going to make the 4x dps check back to back in t9, it is that simple. Don't use crutches, it makes you a worse player, its been long enough that ur dps should be more then geared enough.

Here, let me quote myself from a few pages ago:

I'm pretty sure exactly zero people are suggesting that tanks should gear to help pass DPS checks, because that is silly. More that in the grand realm of theory, being able to gear your damage up to shave a reasonable amount of time (like 30 seconds) off a battle could be more mitigation than parry if it turns out parry really is as ineffective as has been suggested. Obviously the bad itemization in this game makes that unlikely anytime soon, but who knows!

Pay special attention to the bolded part