Quote Originally Posted by Faytte View Post
They have a 15 and 10 second damage reducer (other tanks have their own versions of both)
Then they have bulwark. Other than that, they share basically every notable cooldown with the exception of sheltron. Its kind of a myth that a paladin has 'all these defensive cooldowns' they can cycle through. When you consider cross class, and the fact most of the paladin traits arnt super massive, its not that different.
Considering that you need to time IB's and pair them up with another CD at times, I'd say it is. Same goes for DRK due to some of their enhanced defensive cool downs being tied to their MP, mainly Dark Mind. Where as with PLD you just need to simply hit Rampart and you're fine and passive mitigation (shield) takes over. The only time this isn't the case is in magic related fights (current fights that matter). It's my theory why a majority of DRK's are considered squishy in the first place, lack of active pairing and timed CD use.