Tank Abilities List

[Mesrith]

(10-19-2011 03:15 AM)Masterkiller Wrote:  Oilslick - Looks incredibly powerful when affecting multiple targets. The percentage may be less than the Warrior and Inquisitor but will be superior in certain situations. The important question here is "Will a BH tank die because they have 20% ADDITIONAL avoidance instead of 50% additional avoidance" and I don't think that situation is very likely. Unless the 50% avoidance pushes a hit off the table, there is still the chance to receive string of hits in a row, the chance is just less.

The counter-point to that is attack speed. Avoidance is an excellent defensive tool against fast attacking opponents. If there is an encounter where a single target opponent's attack speed increases for a duration of time, I would obviously prefer 50% additional avoidance over 20%. It still goes to the question, would a BH die due to having 30% less avoidance once every 3 minutes and I have a hard time believing that to be the case. Personally I would rather have Oilslick on a 1minute cooldown and raid saving potential then a 50% avoidance on a very long 3 min cooldown.

Yeah, I think we're mostly on the same page here. I'm sure Oilslick is only 20% avoidance because it:

A.) Effects more than one target;
B.) Is not a buff, but a debuff, hence it benefits more than just the caster.

If that's what they want to give us for our 31 point talent, then I'll gladly accept a ranged AoE avoidance debuff on a short cooldown. What I'm arguing is that it encourages the BH to be an off-tank instead of a main tank, since Juggernaut can get the same benefits from his off-tank BH, while still having his own, self-only cooldowns when needed. It's not an either/or case, it's that you can have the best of both worlds, at the cost of making the Jugg the main tank and the BH the default off-tank.