How is this fair for DRK?

[Lammas]

Imagine thinking that TBN acutally 'heals'... LOL, try to heal yourself with TBN while Walking Dead is active.

When am I ever going to be in this situation? If a bunch of mobs are nibbling at your ankles then 25 % shield and a 25 % heal would be on equal footing assuming that the shield breaks (which it will) and that the heals don't overheal (which with a healer alive they might).

The day LD changes for the better is a day I'll pop a bottle of champagne but this is just trying to move goal posts. For the record a 25 % heal wouldn't save you during LD either...

That is, effectively, the argument that keeps getting thrown out, to paint a narrative that I feel does not line up with reality.

That somehow, a shield that can burst in 3 seconds flat ( And it has on me. Frequently. ) is somehow able to stand up to or be even more powerful than mitigation that lasts 6, 8, or 10 seconds, that also has various, far more powerful effects than the shield by itself.

If it break in 3 seconds then that means you just prevented yourself from taking 25 % of your max health worth of damage in those 3 seconds. You are also completely ignoring the fact that TBN cooldown is 15 so it's going to be up way more often than those "far more powerful mitigations".

Then again, that's if you constantly use it. and if it is broken every time. And you manage to generate enough mana to use it on cooldown every time.

Just with Stalwart combo you're gaining 3000 mp every 10 GCDs. Throw Delirium, AD and the natural mana ticks in there and you'd be hard pressed to run out of mana in a dungeon pack unless you're spending it all upfront which would just be user error. Also 3-4 average damage dungeon mobs will break the shield with no mits, 4-5 break it with mits. This is a complete non-issue. If it stops breaking, stop using it. The natural out of combat mana tick is gonna give you 600 every 3 seconds so you'll have enough to get started on the next pack again.