PLD dps needs to be buffed, current dps a joke

[Phoenicia]

Basically, its fantastic but nothing actually capitilizes on it. Rav Ex; you could time it with every blinding blade. Amazing!
Since then? Um...Auto attacks? Not really that impressive. In fact, cause of it I imagine kite shields are really a better choice over tower shields for total mitigation.

I actually kind of hate the route they went with physical and magic damage in Heavensward. It feels that, fight to fight, either Dark or Paladin will be (mitigation wise) loads better, while Warrior casually shrugs and tanks both 'good enough'.

In a magical damage fight, WAR has every disadvantage the PLD has minus the DPS. WAR loses on parry and Raw Intuition (can still use it for wrath/abandon I guess?) just like how PLD loses shield and Bulwark/Sheltron.

My point is WAR isn't far ahead (if at all) of PLD in non-physical fights. Effective HP wise WAR can pull 7% more EHP than PLD but is still 4~10% Effective healing behind due to discrepancy in the healing bonus from Defiance and it not affecting healing abilities. A MT WAR "can" mitigate more than PLD in both physical and magical environments but it will ALWAYS be easier and safer to heal a PLD MT.

DRK is the odd one in that it mitigates magical damage a lot better than the other tanks (very short but effective CD against magical damage) but at the same time is the worst physical tank because it lacks to tools to handle it outside of 2 major relatively long CDs.

Do not get me wrong, PLD needs a buff on its basic enmity combo multiplier to be in line with the other tanks. It is sad that PLD FINALLY got an actual rotation, but still end up only spamming 1, 2, 3 to barely keep enmity.