Dark Knight : Just another mitigation tank

[Chihaya]

The issue that I am seeing in this thread is that there seems to be a very narrow minded view on mitigation. I'm not saying no mitigation at all. I am saying that there are other, more creative ways to mitigate (such as a temporary HP overflow from a lifesteal skill that generates an adlo-style shield, just as one glaring example that I've used time and time again). There are more ways to mitigate tank busters over and above popping a standard CD.

And people been replying it is just the same thing.
You pop a CD - reduce damage by 20% or just say 2k damage or so
You pop a shield - reduce/absorbs 2k damage
Still a mitigation tank - no difference.
and the whole temporary part - pretty much an IB that shields instead of direct damage reduction?

While you were raving about blood tank earlier - so you want a mitigation + blood tank? or what
On top of being able to mitigate damage, you want to be able to heal yourself - why use pure mitigation tanks then... WAR itself doesn't have that many mitigation outside of IB and Vengence - foresight is physical only with limited damage reduction - thrill of the battle raises HP but require healers to heal them back up more