people mistakingly believe that prot warrior’s power comes from their offense, which is false
if prot warrior goes live in 8.2 with nothing but offensive nerfs they will remain the #1 tank (in M+ at least) because they take so little physical damage and the vast majority of M+ damage is physical (usually through auto attacks)
410 ilvl prot warrior ~ 65% baseline physical damage reduction from armor (with 100% uptime) + block + critical block + shield block + IP
something needs to be done because prot warrior scales incredibly relative to other tanks because of haste fueling more rage gen which leads to more rage consumption which leads to all their major cooldowns reduced by anger management
guardian and VDH will still remain a joke even after all the cumulative proposed 8.2 changes, guardian is just a crappier version of prot warrior top to bottom, and VDH is just a crappier version of BDK top to bottom, and both of these disparities will remain huge even after the suggested changes