WAR tanking efficiency theory

[Kenji1134]

In point of fact, there are bosses who will rip off about 70-80% of your health using a special attack followed immediately by an autoattack. This % range is on a tank with 30 points in vit, and pretty much stacking as much vit as possible on their gear... so pretty much the regular tanking pieces.
If you start stacking str and det and general dps stats instead of tanking stats, then sure, you'll do more dps in CM and AK... but Titan will simply wreck you, and Coil will just roll over laughing and not even open the door for ya.

No amount of self healing is going to save you from a oneshot. That said, if you are absolutely confident in your ability to survive a massive hit + autoattack, at the highest variance of the two combined... then sure, throw on some more str and put out more threat or dps.
But there's a reason why tanks in almost all mmos have preferred stacking health and flat mitigation/defense over avoidance and self healing mods. Health and Mit are always there and always active, at endgame, hoping to block/parry/dodge, or hoping that the next hit wont kill you so you can pop your amazing 1/4 hp heal attack... just wont cut it... You may squeeze by once, twice... but 5-10-20 times... good luck.