Quote Originally Posted by Duelle View Post
This is only because of what was done to Defiance with the expansion (which was either an oversight or because the devs thought abilities doing increased healing to WAR was overpowered somehow). Pre-Stormblood, Defiance's HP boost plus the bonuses to healing received gave WAR the exact same eHP as a PLD in Shield Oath.
No, Defiance was always slightly lower than ShO (and Grit) in terms of eHP and never worked on abilities. But, WAR's toolkit easily compensate for that slight handicap, to the point where it's meaningless.