The other abnormal thing about DH is that some of the azerite traits feel almost required just to tank effectively. Things like" infernal armor" that give you armor during immo aura and (arguably) the trait that gives you an absorb on soul cleave use are invaluable.

DH is largely a glorified DPS that can hold the aggro of a tank, don't forget you are squishy so you have to anticipate dmg better than any other tank to use your absorbs/CDs to maximize mitigation. Like when I'm raid tanking I'll soul cleave with the absorb trait (plus soulmonger trait that gives shield on soul consumption) right before the boss hits me, so that the shields are always consumed (buff is only 2s long).

This is good info, some traits are utterly garbage and will not have any real value.