Getting refused to EX groups as a DRK

[Xenosan]

Great. That WAR would make an equally good MT to a DRK. Not better though.

To feed or not to feed..

I suggest you take a harder look at what Giantbane is explaining. It seems the core of tanking meta - EHP - is something you've yet to grasp.

Also, I'm not seeing a single tank class leveled on your lodestone.

That might be another indication.

Probably going to have to wait for someone to math the whole thing out and get a lot of parses to verify before we have a clear winner between the two. Sure the WAR's damage is going to skyrocket for 20s every 2min, but the DRK is the clear winner for the other 100s.

You pretty much sum it up right there. Burst VS sustained - it depends on the fight, how the phase transitions work, how much downtime etc etc..

[Kaedan94]

I suggest you take a harder look at what Giantbane is explaining. It seems the core of tanking meta - EHP - is something you've yet to grasp.

Also, I'm not seeing a single tank class leveled on your lodestone.

That might be another indication.

Umm... I think you're having the issue understanding. Yes, I'm perfectly aware that 20% reduction and 20% more HP are essentially the same result. What you don't seem to be getting is that if the WAR has the same HP as a DRK WITH Defiance up, then the mitigation from Defiance is "worthless" by comparison. A DRK with 16,000 HP and a WAR with 16,000 HP (in Defiance), the DRK can turn on Grit and get an additional 20% mitigation the WAR no longer has by comparison. In that case, the closest thing the WAR could use to match is IB.

A 20k HP WAR (in Defiance) vs a 16k DRK in Grit are roughly equal.

Take a look at my signature, pal. Maybe you'll get the hint. My character's main was PLD before HW and is now DRK.