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Rogues can tank fine. Its very rarely optimal because you lose backstab damage. The spread in effectiveness vs. actual tanks widens if you're getting CHeals as your primary healing, because Rogue HP pools suck. But in terms of damage mitigation, Rogues mitigate quite well if geared for AC. Rogue defensive skills are actually slightly superior to a warrior's and they get bonus AC from high AGI that helps offset some of the AC difference through softcap returns.

I've done a bunch of Puppet Show, in various configurations with various people. Here's a list of everyone (EDIT: Actually mostly the last year, I have another log file I forgot about that probably has more) that's taken at least 50 attacks from a Tribunal Puppet that I've logged, with hit rate, avg hit and the corresponding damage taken per attack.

Hit %: 63.2%
Avg Hit: 213
Damage/Attack: 134.5

Hit %: 62.9%
Avg Hit: 210
Damage/Attack: 132.1

Hit %: 69.5%
Avg Hit: 244
Damage/Attack: 169.8

Hit %: 47.2%
Avg Hit: 198
Damage/Attack: 93.5

Hit %: 50.1%
Avg Hit: 184
Damage/Attack: 92.2

Hit %: 53.3%
Avg Hit: 200
Damage/Attack: 106.5

Hit %: 54%
Avg Hit: 211
Damage/Attack: 113.9

What classes do you think these people are?