Pal is not a DPS tank

[Mirateski]

As someone who mains paladin...

Until there's some high-end content that requires bringing a paladin to survive, which there will never be because they have to balance fights around groups of every reasonable composition, there is currently no reason to bring a similarly competent pld over a drk. Because, at an equal skill level, drk does more damage, which lets you clear content faster, which therefore amounts to more mitigation.

And to be clear, I love paladin. I find it very useful for doing prog because I have like five millionty defensives which will keep me alive through a new mechanic while the healers learn what's coming. But I'm like, midcore at best if you're being really, really nice.

And I'm fairly certain in a12s having a paladin would just be a handicap. You can sheltron, what, the boss's autos? What I find most frustrating is that paladin has this great potential kit, then it's all nerfed and/or made useless by current content in the name of balance. Cover used to be better, so I've heard. You can't block magic damage so that's two cooldowns just trashed in magic-heavy fights (aka 90% of savage and like, everything in sophex except the tankbuster). Hallowed is amazing but there's no situation outside of learning a fight where it's any more useful than holmgang or LD. Which leaves us with two cooldowns that drk has the equivalent of, no ability to put damage down on anything outside of str-based mobs (and at the cost of dps, unlike for drk where reprisal is basically free and delirium is better than a non-DA PS), dps that makes WARs laugh and is almost certainly gonna be worse than a drk who knows what they're doing (especially if the drk is mt), and... divine veil. And when a fairy can solo heal a9s what use is that really?

Oh, and I think cover only works on physical damage, so gl with that.

[hakurou46]

As someone who mains paladin...

EXCUSE me , but it clearly states you main FISHER in your profile. Liar.

[Mirateski]

EXCUSE me , but it clearly states you main FISHER in your profile. Liar.

FSH is OP in a9s, fite me irl

[Chubby13]

FSH is OP in a9s, fite me irl

Nah MIN is OP, look at all those metals to be mined.

[Ammut]

EXCUSE me , but it clearly states you main FISHER in your profile. Liar.

FSH is OP in a9s, fite me irl

And just when I was thinking this might head towards the eventual implosions typical of these threads... Thanks y'all for the laugh.

[Elixirboy]

Hallowed is amazing but there's no situation outside of learning a fight where it's any more useful than holmgang or LD. Which leaves us with two cooldowns that drk has the equivalent of, no ability to put damage down on anything outside of str-based mobs (and at the cost of dps, unlike for drk where reprisal is basically free and delirium is better than a non-DA PS)

Hallowed for the solo Laser X Sword in as11 means the healers can ignore me, instead of healing a DRK/WAR at 1 hp. Any DRK that executes a DA/PS should be shot.