Originally posted by Gnollmar:

This is as easy as looking up the numbers on youtube ... which shows root harnesk being way better than the current best heavy armor alternative. The only attack doing more damage in mist is the seeker lunge and the soldier, but if you get hit by those, you are doing something else wrong than having too little armor.

I don't know how you look up numbers on YouTube, and I think it's more complex than what you suggest. Fighting a single seeker or soldier is not a problem, at least for me. The problem comes when you have multiple, and then it's more difficult to pick and choose what you get hit with.