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[Taelas]

I was under the impression that Paladins were the lead "uncrushable" class, but that they weren't being used due to lower base HP and virtually no "OH SHI-" buttons.

Not entirely correct. Warriors favor slow hitting bosses, paladins favor fast hitting bosses. Paladins rely on a proc mechanism to become uncrushable (combined with a spell they have to activate). It's not impossible for a paladin tank to reach 55%+ miss/block/parry/dodge altogether, and at that moment, they begin pushing off crushing blows simply by proccing Redoubt. They need combined ~40% avoidance to start pushing them off completely with both spells, but that's not hard. Warriors only need 25%, though.

Paladins are perfectly able to become uncrushable, and depending on the proc rate (which is supposedly 10%, though I have heard different accounts), they might do it more reliably than warriors.

And paladins have the most fun "oh shi-" buttons on tauntable bosses, even if only for ~3 seconds.;)Divine Shield + Righteous Defense.