Why we expect Tanks to be viable? Perhaps because Retaliation exists? It's useless if you not can tank.
Retribution is not gonna be fixed by taunt, I think it should just be removed and damage reflect left to items. Imo it can only exist in 2 states: UP or really OP and boring (if values per level are increased substantially).
Preservation should probably also be scrapped and maybe all characters should have it to some degree by default.