Am I missing something about DRK?

[pandabearcat]

I actually didn't realize dark dance's short cd. I should use it more often.

[Faytte]

I actually didn't realize dark dance's short cd.

Most Dkrs dont realize this when complaining about their mitigation.

You have rampart (skin)
You have a bad sentinel (10%, isnt really the end of the world)
But you have an AMAZING dark dance--yes its rng, yes its not perfect, but its up time to downtime is leagues ahead of anything a paladin has
Then you also have dark mind every minute.

Basically Dark Knights have tools for either magical or physical fights that have very low cds/good uptime that compare well to the other classes, and are in addition to their core 2 mitigators.

Phys? Reprisal, Dark Dance.
Mag? Delirium, Dark Mind

You can also pick up almost all of the paladins cooldowns, with the only exception being bulwark(Dark Dance) and Tempered Will (lol?). Paladins retain the best of the immunities with the harshest cool down, but not something I would pick my main tank over honestly unless a fight absolutely needed it.

[Allyrion]

But you have an AMAZING dark dance--yes its rng, yes its not perfect, but its up time to downtime is leagues ahead of anything a paladin has

It's 20s with a 60s recast, so it can literally have a 33% uptime.
I love Dark Dance. It's RNG is compensated by that uptime.

[Faytte]

It's 20s with a 60s recast, so it can literally have a 33% uptime.
I love Dark Dance. It's RNG is compensated by that uptime.

This guy gets it. Your defensives on Drk are quite...QUITE good. There was a bad impression of the class cause honestly when it came out:
1) new class. Never performs at its best like ones people have been doing forever.
2) many darks were x dps. Never have tanked before. Leads into #1 but eh
3) It's not a simple class to play.

[Yorumi]

2) many darks were x dps. Never have tanked before. Leads into #1 but eh

I think this is the big one, too many people playing drk because it's drk, not because they wanted to tank. Sch was my first to 60 and the whole time it was so painful healing drks. I thought there was something way wrong with the class until I looked up it's skills and said "what the hell it's a pld, how are they screwing up mitigation so bad." It's gotten better now as I think most of them have washed out now.

[Habien]

But you have an AMAZING dark dance--yes its rng, yes its not perfect, but its up time to downtime is leagues ahead of anything a paladin has

You know, if you hit dark dance every possible minute you can, you will parry, on average, as much as a paladin blocks+parries? It isn't "leagues ahead", it is their version of block.