If Paladin is "specialized in defense" shouldn't its defense be better always?

[Anger]

I'm not saying PLD is in a good spot. In fact, because I dont have a PLD I tend to stay out of those discussions. But DRK doesn't have nearly the same dps as WAR does even with debuffs applied. If anything War should be the one with inferior defense while pld focus on physical and drk on magical defense.

The DRK can keep its damage buff running while tanking though.

There's a reason the world first A3S group had DRK and WAR.