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

[Phoenicia]

Don't lie. You simply can't have CDs for every single unavoidable buster in fights where they spam it every 20~30 seconds.

Inner Beast says Hello to you.

Inner Beast needs 7 GCDs to be recharged + 1 GCD to use. 7 x 2.5 = 17.5. + 2.5 = 20s. Any skillspeed reduces that "CD" and using Berserk, Vengeance and Raw Intuition reduce that by even further.

You're a warrior, don't you know your own class?

Also there isn't a single encounter where you have a buster every 20~30 seconds. Most frequent Buster was Death Sentence (35s) and it was supposed to be a tank swap fight. You also have Titan Ex with 35s table flips.

Hence I don't think we're playing the same game.

I'm just going to ignore you now. :|

Yes, look at the skills. Outside of Fell Cleave, EVERYTHING a WAR has a PLD has same or higher potency. Check this post.

I'll copy and paste:

DRKTotal Potency Per Minute
8400 Base
10063 w/ 5 Dark Arts + Darkside

PLD Total Potency Per Minute
8322 Base
9389 w/ FoF

WAR Total Potency Per Minute
6150
7380 w/ Maim