Quote Originally Posted by Seku View Post
No, because shield does not always block and does not proct even 50% of the time. Grit is -20% damage taken to everything and will always work expect if the damage is mechanic damage (like falling to your death in titan, hitting a flame wall in coils, hitting enrage on bosses ect.). When they (PLD) hit 40, then yes they are arguably the better mitigation tank.


Then the defense missing would have been around 15-20 roughly. Which can make a difference, but in the situation you were in, single group pulling from the sounds of it, it's not that big of a deal.
I tell you what I think it is. I think it's because I'm used to WATCHING a Paladin. I was leveling a healer from 30-52 with the same Paladin who was really good...and I saw how their HP just didn't budge. So then I go in as a DRK and my HP just gets chunked out. So watching this paladin that just doesn't take hits, really, barely every had any panic moments for pop all CD's mega-heal this guy...and then i get on my DRK and I just see me go from 100 - 50% in two hits I'm like "Why am I so squishy...??"