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The thing with Crane Stance is that it's the only stance that let you reach Champion AC with heavy armor and with the Crane reaction you reach Champion AC with the shield raised.
Basically a defensive stance that let you do cool jump stuff as bonus.
Uh, how so? The highest AC you can get with Crane Stance is:
+5 Dex (as both explorer's clothing and Bracers of Armor cap Dex at +5)
+3 Item
+3 Circumstance (reaction)
Legendary Proficiency
Total: 10+level+5+3+3+8=29+level
While a fully upgraded Mountain Stance, unless I'm getting something wrong, grants:
+4 Status
+2 Dex
+3 Item
+2 Circumstance (Mountain Stronghold, 1 action),
+ Prof
so: 10+level+4+2+3+2+8=29+level.
So Mountain Stance should net you the same AC as Crane Stance, with a couple notable drawbacks (namely, it won't stack with status bonuses and it will cost 1 action instead of a reaction), but it will work against every attack instead of just one.
Am I missing something?