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I'm wondering why you took taunt so late though.
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He might've taken it later level during a respec. Personally I find taunt to be invaluable as a stone tank since you get it after rooted and before teleport, in fact teleport is at 16 for me since I want to get crystal armor, I don't want to fear outcasts anymore.
Turning off rooted is dangerous, and turing off GA will be too, not to mention teleporting for one mob is just silly. I've seen several people flame taunt for tankers, but for a super-tank build like Stone/Ice, your damage and mobility is so limited you need a ranged agro builder.