Take it easy, Tanks.

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IIRC Defiance increases maximum HP and incoming healing. Defensively it's not nearly as good as Shield Oath, although extra HP isn't bad.

In some ways it's as good/better than Shield Oath, in others it's lacking. A WAR Defiance with rotating CDs will not only have increased maximum HP and spell healing, but a WAR will literally never not have some kind of defensive buff in Defiance, ever, whether it's IB or anyone of their massive cool down suite, which doesn't even touch on their self healing(Chaining IB and their cooldowns gives them effectively better defense than anything a PLD could achieve for sustained mitigation)). ShO only really beats out Def when played with a SCH since most of their heals aren't spells, but abilities. Conversely, in certain situations SwO is a greater dps boost then Deliv, but they both have strengths and weaknesses. (SwO around 15% increased DPS through AAs alone before factoring in the lack of damage penalty, while Deliv is the clear winner in AoE damage.

I might enjoy tanking a bit, so I kiiinda thoroughly studied both jobs.