Quote Originally Posted by 'gitcho',index.php?page=Thread&postID=206617#post2 06617
Quote Originally Posted by 'Smoooth',index.php?page=Thread&postID=206441#post 206441
Sorry guys but you are all wrong with your crushing blow info. You are all confusing crits with it.

The only stat that is taken into account for crushes is your BASE defense skill, as in the skill you see in you skill list("k" by default).

Take the level of the mob you are fighting and multiply this by 5. Now subtract 15. If your base defense skill is lower than this you can be crushed.

To the OP: your base defense skill is only 236! You can have this skill at character level 48. This pretty means you leveled up to 80 without taking hits on that character. Just go into a low level instance and gather up a ton of guys and let them whack on you and only heal yourself. Once your base defense is 400 you won't ever be crushed again.
What I don't get, is that my pally was 79, and the General is 81. That's only 3 levels. WOWWIKI (http://www.wowwiki.com/Crushing_blow ) :
Important Notes: As of 3.0, crushing blows mechanism have been changed. Now only mob four level higher than you can deal crushing blows
According to wowwiki, I should NEVER receive a crushing blow, no matter what my stats. I was able to down the general after trying the strategy of moving out of the way, but it was VERY close - i was down to 16 hp at one point in the middle of a flash-heal spam ... very tough fight for me for some reason. Anyhow, doesn't matter as I dinged 80 on all my guys now (WOOT!!) and I'm getting def-capped with the tempered saronite set (thanks for the advice on that sbjones) and the titansteel shield wall ...
Well your problem is your base defense skill is that of a lvl 48, at least when I looked at your armory. You only need a defense of 400 to never be crushed which all levels 80s should have. Wowwiki is just assuming you do. Most solo boxers get hit enough that their defense is 400 very soon after hitting 80.

Just as an example, after I boosted a paladin to 60 I took him into RFC to get his defense up. I was being crushed by the level 18? mobs in there for a few minutes until my base defense went up high enough.