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[Taelas]

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.

You're stacking the situation in the warrior's favor.

Add five seconds and suddenly the paladin's the one on top.

And, uh, how can the warrior activate an ability thrice that has a 6 second cooldown in an 11-second period?