Alex Klontzas

What I meant is with the hero having a perfect kit for solo lane and a big delay of his stun that stops him from punishing opponents it doesn't make sense to play him as a tank because he's more tanky but reducing the delay on his stun would help more with that

Which part of his kit makes him perfect for solo lane?

safe , sustain , waveclear and guaranteed to be effective later thanks to bunker while not being a good main tank

Sounds like waveclear is ultimately what pushes him into the solo vs other “main tanks”? You still haven’t really told me why he can’t be a main tank though other than delay on CC which all main tanks have.

the delay is much higher on blaze than those heroes you listed while also forcing him to go in (unlike muradin for example) , he can't facecheck , he has no escape since his E can be bodyblocked (ETC goes through , anub has unstoppable and goes through for similar heroes)

I think you hit it on the head there. When Garrosh, Mura, Diablo, Johanna and Anub get caught, they can get out. Blaze's wind up on his E is predictable so it can be blocked and he dies unless he has Bunker up. There are exceptions but this is mostly true.

Hmm, Johanna and Garrosh have no way of escaping either though, unless you count Unstoppable which Blaze can also talent into. Why can't he facecheck with Q or W, same way a Diablo would with W?

Garrosh would not be viable without his unstoppable neither would johanna be but anyways those heroes can peel very well and are just played in defensive comps. Johanna can force fights post 10 which blaze can't he has no engage potential by himself without a flank