Originally Posted by Hustle
The 15% bonus occurs on the base damage of the ability, the effect is not calculated with your spell damage, which means it doesn't scale at all with your spell damage/gear level.
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That was fixed some time ago, actually. Imp. SoR affects total SoR and JoR damage now.
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Also, dropping points from parry like you mentioned is definitely not something I would recommend for any tank. Avoidance is a wonderful thing, and while I prefer the consistency of blocks as a tank and as a healer, it's not something you can overlook gaining 1% avoidance for 1 talent point.
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If you're regularly in MT type situations, sure.
But when facing a situation where tank mitigation is the overriding concern, most guilds won't be using a paladin tank anyway. So for a lot of people there are good reasons for skipping the 10+ point sink in Ret entirely (once crushes are no longer an issue, of course).
Personally I love being able to put Imp. LoH on any of our tanks without sacrificing the mana bar of one of our holy paladins.