Strong tyre and good on wet surfaces

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I know there are a lot of threads about tyres, but each one talked about one make...

In my case, I want to get myself a new set of tyres (255/55/18) but don't know what tyre to chose. I care about 2 things:

1- strong reinforced side walls: our roads here are full of pits and bumps, so i want it to resist the surprises. the current Falken ziex s tz04 got a bulge because of a pit... so soft...

2- Great on wet surfaces: I just have a wet pavement phobia... I want to get the best tyre on wet surfaces (i had 2 accidents in 15 years of driving, both skidding on water)

Any recommendations? oh, and yes, don't want to pay much... i think micheline for example is out of question

Thanks