The only thing that really deals with all that crushing damage until they nerf it is Mitigation. Most people reforge out of it so when crushing comes along they take huge hits.
I dont know Chrol, I have done this on a SK, Bruiser, Coercer and Illusionist with no issues. All characters in VT/VT2 gear and went pretty smoothly with a merc.
Which is why i said it is happening to rogues in my original post. Chrol used my character copy to test with, so i am assuming he was able to replicate the issue, hence the update.