People out-tank other people regardless of class. I know plenty of prot paladins and feral druids that can tank circles around warriors, even in situations that would be biased to favor a warrior.
Which bring me to the point: skill and gear being even, circumstances dictate who is the best choice.
Which bring me to the point: skill and gear being even, circumstances dictate who is the best choice.
Once again, skill and gear being even:
Warriors work best against powerful single mobs with fairly constant DPS (i.e. not a lot of big bursts). It is also relatively easy for them to become practically un-crushable by bosses. In AoE pulls, especially groups of more than 5, warriors are fairly ineffective, and will have difficulty holding on to all the mobs.
Druids will have higher armor and health, which works great for tanking mobs with high potential burst DPS. The larger HP pool acts as kind of a "cushion" to give healers more time to react to sudden bursts. However, druids cannot block or parry attacks, only dodge or be missed. Hence they are susceptible to being crushed often and probably don't have the defense to be uncritable (because it is an inferior stat for druids, they get about half the benefit from it that warriors and paladins do). Therefore druids can be a poor choice for raid boss tanks, but are excellent offtanks for mobs that cannot make crushing blows, because they are able to soak damage with high HP and armor. In AoE pulls, especially those of more than 3 mobs, Druids are fairly ineffective, and will have difficulty holding on to all the mobs.
Paladins will generally have lower HP and will have much more difficulty becoming uncrushable relative to a warrior. Thier threat gen versus multiple mobs is top notch however, due to Consecration and Holy Shield. This is especially true if the mobs are undead or demons, as paladins can then use Exorcism and Holy Wrath. Due to their relatively small HP pool however, paladins make an inferior choice for tanking a raid boss.
Each class also provides some nice utility as well. Warriors have shouts, however the benefit of them is generally confined to thier group. Druids can give Mark of the Wild to the entire raid, as well as provide thier group with Leader of the Pack buff. Paladin blessings are probably the best individual buffs in the game, and they also provide auras to their group. So in terms of overall utility: Paladin > Druid > Warrior.
Long story short:
Warriors - best raid boss tanks
Druids - best offtanks
Paladins - best AoE tanks
However, each class can perform all of those roles if necessary.
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