Quote Originally Posted by Sancho_Nyanta View Post
Do something similar without eating into DPS? Stares in Clemency
Nice try. Clemency is a self sustain and if you wanted to compare to the DRK kit it would be AD. A fair comparison to TBN would be Shelton. I don't have pld leveled but last I check Shelton was off the gauge (like all of their defensive utilities which have cost) and damage off mp, except clemency which I imagine is why you used it as a stand in for the false comparison. Besides, clemency has been a dps loss for a long while in most circumstances and is not used outside of solo content with rare exception. It's a side note that the pld isn't built around clemency the way DRK is built around TBN as a core feature so it's a poor comparison for that reason as well.

I would take the free ability over the defensive cd tied to your damage resource. The number of times hos won't save you but TBN will is tiny. In those cases you will more than likely invul if you have it up or move your cd map around. Generally though it's all going to do the same except one is free (ergo a dps gain bc it's not tied to your damage) and the other in not free and dps neutral at its best and a loss if the shield fails to pop.