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[TheDragoon]

Point well taken.:)
No, because Holy Shield has twice as many charges. If we base it on a 1 sec attack speed, the warrior blocks 33% of all blows (the first two out of six), the paladin blocks 40% (the first four out of ten). The paladin favors fast hitting bosses more than the warrior does, looking only at crushing blows.

Here's my reasoning. Let's step through 10 seconds of tanking for both a warrior and a paladin with the 1 second attack example.

Warrior:
t = 0: Warrior activates Shield Blocks
t = 1: Warrior blocks an attack
t = 2: Warrior blocks an attack
t = 3: Warrior gets hit (chance for crushing blow)
t = 4: Warrior gets hit (chance for crushing blow)
t = 5: Warrior gets hit (chance for crushing blow) and activates Shield Block => Repeat
t = 6: Warrior blocks an attack
t = 7: Warrior blocks an attack
t = 8: Warrior gets hit (chance for crushing blow)
t = 9: Warrior gets hit (chance for crushing blow)
t = 10: Warrior gets hit (chance for crushing blow) and activates Shield Block => Repeat

Paladin:
t = 0: Paladin activates Holy Shield
t = 1: Paladin blocks an attack
t = 2: Paladin blocks an attack
t = 3: Paladin blocks an attack
t = 4: Paladin blocks an attack
t = 5: Paladin gets hit (chance for crushing blow)
t = 6: Paladin gets hit (chance for crushing blow)
t = 7: Paladin gets hit (chance for crushing blow)
t = 8: Paladin gets hit (chance for crushing blow)
t = 9: Paladin gets hit (chance for crushing blow)
t = 10: Paladin gets hit (chance for crushing blow)

In the first case, the Warrior blocks 2 attacks, takes 3 hits (chance for crushing blow), blocks 2 attacks and takes 3 hits (chance for crushing blow). In the second case, the Paladin blocks 4 attacks, then takes 6 hits (chance for crushing blow). Clearly, the second case is more likely to have a longer period of spike damage than the first. Since spike damage is the danger of crushing blows, the second case is clearly more dangerous.