Originally Posted by Tamral

Ultimately, skill always > gear. Gear will greatly enhance your ability to display skill, and the combination of both leads to ezmode raiding. Ultimately, you can try to tank all bosses in a single set of gear, but that ultimately results in making some bosses for which your gear is not perfect much harder. The best players will ultimately overcome it, but just because you’re that damn good and you can eat soup with a fork, doesn’t mean soup is meant to be eaten with a fork. You’d be amazed how much easier it is with a spoon.