Dark Knight was bad even in Endwalker but

[Ryaduera]

Are u going to compare TPN to a paladin defense or warrior healing or litterally any GNB mitigation

Is this supposed to be joke or what?
30% sheild with no defense is such a lose

People forget that when it comes to mitigation, the best is pretty much always going to be raw percentages of reduction. TBN has the potential to be better, but DRK just lacks the cooldowns necessary to compete with the rest. I call it the TBN Tax, where the cooldown has so much potential that they can't give DRK better mits or it becomes warrior but with shields instead of heals. Easy solution is make Dark Mind also parry like Dark Dance used to and give Oblation a small heal over time and DRK will be on equal grounds again.