DRK + War

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Lets assume 50% uptime that's 5% reduced damage raidwide on the boss.

Reprisal debuff is indeed more powerful when looked in context. As I am not comparing it skill by skill, but rather class by class.
Since DRK has int down that pretty much = str down.

What does PLD have that compares to Reprisal in terms of debuffs? He doesn't. That is why he has better self mitigation skills.
Reprisal is not a skill that should be "relied" upon for big hits. It is just a way to lower the overall damage output your raid has to deal with.

I do believe top tier groups will prob stick with PLD/War for obvious reasons, and PLD being clearly the safest tank.

But a 5% less raid damage, and 5% more tank dps (just ballparking) are some reasons that WAR/DRK might be just as viable a combo and in some cases a better combo once players get higher in ilvl.