#1 shield block has diminishing returns.
#2 prot paladins are the best at physical mitigation
#3 prot paladins are better at magic mitigation than prot war
#4 prot paladins have multiple kicks
#5 prot paladins can heal themselves and their party
#6 prot paladins have better defensives
#7 prot paladins can increase block chance AND armor value
prot warrior is by far the worse tank requiring the most HPS. they also have to talent into being able to keep agro. they lost all of their DPS + Survivability talents because of the loss of them synergizing making them useless. they have to spend rage on a ability thats supposed to be used to keep DoTs up to do DMG via the upfront dmg it does, reducing survivability tough luck choosing between agro and living. i cant put into words how scuffed it feels playing prot warrior now. and every prot warrior ive ever seen even if they have high IO high ILVL it doesn’t matter ive seen a prot warrior struggle on tanking 3 mobs. yes, shield block is OP but without shield block you might as well kiss your (blizzard no no word) goodbye unless you have a defensive cooldown. mind you prot paladin has more and can CDR it with talents.
magic dmg = deleted