How to improve as DRK?

Firstly I'm in plat tier, have been playing drk since the start of the season. I can't seem to carry my team as drk, often getting silver tier DPS/healers.
My play style is to stick on the mDPS until the burst countdown where I switch to the healer or dps(depending on the opponent's healer) to help burst or CC the healer.
I keep losing recently because I can't seem to carry my team as it is.
Tips on improvement? Hopefully a diamond and over drk player can give me some tips. That would be great! Thanks in advance!

Everyone has their own play style but typically all I use is the souleater combo.

I'll start on the melee to build up gauge and give my team time to build their burst, then I'll switch to healer and stun/silence stagger them.

I always throw out blackest night whenever I can on my dps/healer so I always have silence ready.

Everything really depends on the flow of battle. Typically i stay on the healer and force them to heal themself. Other times I'm stunning the dps to give my guys a break.

I use unmend to pull the healer behind a wall or to pull a dps off my guys when needed.

I'm also a little unethical with my traits and use tp/mp recovery and skill speed, and for abilities I use purify and sprint.

i found another thread here about drk in feast http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-and-The-Feast.
you should take alook

Roll face on keyboard, hit TBN when available, hit Low Blow on the melee when available, spam TBN, ?, win. Enjoy top 100!

Nothing says balance than watching a target at 45% hp get TBN and absorb the entire damage of my melee LB.

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Originally Posted by Krolja

Roll face on keyboard, hit TBN when available, hit Low Blow on the melee when available, spam TBN, ?, win. Enjoy top 100!

Nothing says balance than watching a target at 45% hp get TBN and absorb the entire damage of my melee LB.

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Bold. Imao what's balance? A single shield absorbing 10k damage by itself!

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Originally Posted by Phoneix

Bold. Imao what's balance? A single shield absorbing 10k damage by itself!

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TBN + adlo is some serious life saver welp

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Originally Posted by Phoneix

Bold. Imao what's balance? A single shield absorbing 10k damage by itself!

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Better nerf Paladins!

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Originally Posted by Krolja

Nothing says balance than watching a target at 45% hp get TBN and absorb the entire damage of my melee LB.

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As a DRK in PVP, I get a special sense of glee watching that melee LB tickle the target after covering them with TBN :D :D :D