All I said is that people like me exist, DPS mains that will turn into tank mains if shamans got a tanking spec; thereby increasing the amount of tanks, even if slightly. That was my original statement and that’s where I’ll stand.
But okay, on to the important part. Let’s be very clear.
You were explaining that warriors were on the far end of the damage mitigation side of the spectrum with very little self healing.
Then I commented on that listing a bunch of spells and abilities that prot warriors have access to that heals them up well.
You then turned that down because :
So, if these spells are not to be included into the evaluation of a prot warriors defensives because, as you say, they are ALL accessible by dps, then we need to evaluate the other tanks the same way.
So let’s start with guardian druids. Let’s see what they share with their other specs.
First off: Bear form. All specs share bear form and therefore we can’t use that spell when we evaluate guardian druids.
How about blood dk. Their most important spell Death Strike has to be removed from the equation because DPS has access to that aswell.
And like you said, prot warriors can’t benefit from Fueled by Violence or Impending Victory. Or even Ignore Pain, because DPS can access all of those. And the same goes for shield block and shield slam.
So now we’re evaluating tanks based on almost nothing. Do you see what you’ve done now?