Am I missing something about DRK?

[SpecialKK]

These arnt really comparable. Dark Dance just for the 30% parry is great, and when the 20% dodge applies is fantastic.

Dark dance doesn't have great synergy though. DADD would be great, especially against mobs of enemies except our #1
Mp regen tool in that scenario relies on us getting hit.

I think SE had the idea of stance dancing for DRk, relying on BP while in grit while bw and DADD. The problem is that switching is on cool down and costs us valuable MP.

Some slight tweaking and Drk should more than hold its own