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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FrogReaver" data-source="post: 8387998" data-attributes="member: 6795602">Wizards typically do have to use health though.  None of their defenses mitigate 100% of all attacks/damage coming their way.  There are blows Shield can't block.  Absorb elements only reduces half the damage you take.  Etc.  It's guaranteed Wizards will take hp damage at some point if they are regularly attacked and possibly before they even have an opportunity to use shield.I noted in my comparison that the wizard would have shield and that it wasn't accounted for, but that was for good reason.  The issue is shield could prevent 1 hp of damage per use or 1000 per use and it's not actually reliable - some attack will roll high enough to bypass your potential Shield.  Placing damage on your hp.  As a Wizard you normally can't take many hits before you are downed and so this issue is quite a bit more pronounced.  And I noted that in my comparison.  But it still doesn't close completely.  (I'm also not sure what THL/TMW is?)I'm sorry, but are you really objecting to looking at a comparison at level 5?  IMO - Level 5 is probably the most fair level that exists.And wizards get nothing for extra mitigation as they level up.  Unless we are talking about schrodingers wizards.  They have everything all at once.Better at what?  I'm talking about tanking.  If you asked me which class is better overall i'd say wizard, but that doesn't mean a wizard is a good tank.</blockquote>

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