Defensive ability, WAR VS DRK

[Reynhart]

For trials/raids, WAR has much more mitigation. Inner Beast will be up for every tankbuster.

I've not experienced Heavensward content, but for older one, this is only true in theory.
Tankbuster aren't frequent enough so that PLD don't have any cooldown ready for it.
And at level 52, they gain Sheltron, which is up every 30 second, far enough for every tankbuster too.

On top of that they'll also have one of Vengeance, Thrill of Battle, or Raw Intuition. WAR can also use stuff like Foresight, Convalescence and Awareness just with Inner Beast, which PLD and DRK can't do because their effects are pretty weak by themselves

How come you took into account new skills for WAR but not for PLD ? PLD can use a better Convalescence with Clemency for several really high heals when needed.
I'm not sure if Divine Veil works if the PLD heals himself, but if it does, you also gain a very high barrier for each of these boosted Clemency.

As for Foresight, the effect is exactly the same for PLD and WAR, except the cooldown is longer, which is, again, not a problem as long as tankbusters don't come more often. And you can pair it with Bulwark too.


EDIT : Oook, little off-topic since PLD is not really part of the initial topic. Sorry for derailing