Is it me, or is DRK really isn't that super great, nor super bad.

[Ipkonfig]

30% chance to block 20% of a hit (ignoring DRK's base parry chance), add into this 20% chance to evade 100% of a hit (ignoring DRK's base evade chance), also calculate in the 33% up time on Dark Dance, and it gives you roughly 8.5% total mitigation, obviously at the mercy of RNG.

Sentinel 40% damage reduction with a 10s duration and 180 CD ends up being 2.2% overall mitigation since it has such a tiny up time. Obviously designed to handle large burst spikes.

We're talking about Auto Attacks here, Dark Arts + Dark Dance is an amazing way to deal with those. I'd go as far as saying that DA/Dark Dance is DRK's shield since they both provide roughly the same mitigation to the tank over a fight, assuming you keep DA/Dark Dance on CD.

[Faytte]

30% chance to block 20% of a hit (ignoring Dr \\\\\\'s base parry chance), add into this 20% chance to evade 100% of a hit (ignoring DRK\\\\\\'s base evade chance), also calculate in the 33% up time on Dark Dance, and it gives you roughly 8.5% total mitigation, obviously at the mercy of RNG.

Sentinel 40% damage reduction with a 10s duration and 180 CD ends up being 2.2% overall mitigation since it has such a tiny up time. Obviously designed to handle large burst spikes.

Paladins have shields which if you know how they work are like an always on buff vs physical. They have their own chance to proc (rolled before parry) and block more damage than parry does (which only increase with better shields. Even crap ones now are blocking 25 to thirty. Block is locked at 20).

Dark dance compares to having a shield at all times and bulwark for when you need it not to sentinel. Sentinel compares to dark wall and its much better than it.