Rogue + Shadow Priest 2v2

[Lissa]

Well, I don't really recall discussing Tauren at all. It's true that neither of our warriors are going for passive uncrushability, partly because of the health drop (~2k) and partly because getting crushed just isn't really a huge deal in T6 content. The last two bosses of Hyjal and the last two out of three bosses in BT can't crush, mostly because they hit so hard that crushes would be on the order of 13k to 15k for a single hit (or in the case of Illidan, because he attacks very, very quickly and you have to save shield block for Shear). What matters when a boss hits really hard but can't crush is making sure you survive and avoid spikes. The best way to do that is stamina to absorb spikes, and expertise to avoid parry-bombs.

A passive-uncrushable set should be useful in T5 content, though, especially with ZA gear. It would probably be better than most alternatives for, say, Al'ar and Karathress, where damage spikes only really occur through crushes. Obviously if someone can pull it off without dipping below 21k hp, I guess you could wear it all the time, but again, if you can do that, you should be able to get even more hp for all those bosses that can't crush.

If I remember the conversation correctly, I made a comment about how Nihilum's main tank was getting uncrushable without shield block and you said something to the effect that because he's Tauren he could achieve that and still maintain a high health which was part of the reason CM's Warriors weren't looking to do the same thing (because of the racial for Taurens allowing them to not need quite as much stamina to achieve the same health level). And as you noted above, it's a lot of health a non-Tauren would loss to pull it off and it looked like Nihilum's MT was trying to effectively wear a single set of gear for all non-resistance fights thus being able to survive the non-crush spike damage, crush spike damage with passive crush protection, and still have a high DR in a single set of T6 armor (which non-Taurens Warriors will require two to three sets of armor to deal with all those situations) gear which wasn't possible in T5 armor.