Quote Originally Posted by Lyth View Post
No other tank in the game can block. The fact that Sheltron doesn't stack on top of your basal block rate is a complete non-issue. You're already taking less damage than any other tank at baseline.

This is incorrect. Passage of Arms also gives you 100% block for 18 seconds.
Yes, PLD is the only tank that can block but also the only tank who cant self heal via weaponskills or abilities, meaning they need to sacrifice damage, break their combo or hard cast it if you need it in an emergency. This means they have next to 0 self healing in any party format. So having block for PLD is the trade-off for having no self healing without incurring a loss.

And no one in their right mind would ever use Passage of Arms for a full duration or even longer than 2 seconds for self mitigation, the fact that you mention in it is laughable. It is not a personal CD, and never will be. It is simply there just like cover and clemency, racking up dust only to rarely ever be used. No Warrior would ever trade equilibrium for clemency and theres a reason for that. niche ability that rarely gets used vs a self heal that can be used whenever, wherever and never loses its purpose.