man as someone who has always been a war main, it's nice to actually be viable for once. nobody wanted to be war in shb because of the absurd gcd you had to reach in addition to the rapid button mashing to get out just one extra fell cleave and even then you couldn't really compete with gnb or drk; especially in ally rous where ast made it pointless.

i disagree about the invuln tho. i prefer drk's and pali's. that said i've honestly never felt the need to pop it outside of soaking those stack-up tank busters meant for 2 or more tanks.