Why is DRK so squishy and how do I stop it?

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I wouldn't say that this is the only difference between them. Pld's passive block mitigation is a more obvious distinction between them, but there's also a pretty subtle (but substantial) difference in how their CD's are used, particularly in how they are timed. A lot of people see the Drk skill sets and say, "oh, it's kind of like Pld," and they're not wrong. It is "kind of" like Pld, but if someone tries to play them the same way then I can understand why they'd feel squishier.

so in this scenario... what you're saying is OP didn't use all of his cooldowns, when in fact he stated that he did... or there's a cooldown a pld would've used that he didn't have access to?

I don't understand this PLD use cooldown better sentiment.... how is the ability to utilize your resource something you generalize by class?