It is worth adding that the magical reduction is a small aoe field that is stationary. Not a massive issue, but when the mob moves it sure is. Burst regen is better than long drawn out regen, in my opinion.

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Machinist can help reduce damage with dismantle and rend mind, Bard cannot. They can also inflict heavy, silence, knock back, bind and stun while Bard can only silence and bind. Machinist is a bit better since they bring more utility
Dismantle / rend mind share cd. MCH has the upper hand, but it is a 5% 10sec duration on a 90 second cd ability. It really is not all that great. It helps.

More utility is also based on the actual use of said utility. Stun / silence share cd. Stun is melee range on top of that. Knock back does not work in most content that actually matters. Bind and heavy share cd, where as bind hardly ever seem to work.