Originally Posted by Maratai
I'm not a math whiz either; but it looks like this will provide you a rough estimate. One thing re: crushing blows, as the values you have in that column look odd. I'd suggest factoring in armor there also, i.e. the druids higher AC will mitigate the crushing blow, and the warrior/paladin's armor will mitigate the crushing blows they take. Frankly, thats your first big hurdle, finding out how many crushing blows your warrior/paladin actually avoids. While theoretically they can avoid them all, I both cry and laugh when our MT war dies and says "I took a crushing blow" since this is the main rationale used against bear tanks. My understanding is that the Enemy attack speed and other factors often make it impossible to block the crushing blows for a warrior/paladin.
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Well, IMO anyone who tells you that they're 100% immune to crushing blows is lying.
You're only immune to crushing blows when you have shield block (or holy shield) up, and you are facing your target. If you get stunned, or your target moves so that he is not exactly in your frontal arc, or your shield block gets missed, or you've just drunk a potion (don't know if this was fixed this patch) or you've expended all of your charges, then you can be crushed.
I think expecting the occasional crush is often better than assuming it will never happen, and then wondering how your tank died so fast.
(Assuming it's possible to even survive a crush)