I suppose it depends on your point of view. As a PLD main who didn't run DRK past A2S, you might feel that the balance is a lot better now. Most DRK mains probably feel the opposite. But we're not talking about whether the "balance" is subjectively good for the job you're presently playing. We want to see a variety of strong comps. It keeps the game interesting.

To be honest, I don't really care to debate whether PLD had it worse in HW. Either way, the most glaring problem across both HW and SB is that we can't seem to find a tank balance in which PLD and DRK are simultaneously relevant. The core problem is actually identical, because it was never addressed, only sidestepped.