Shadow wall needs an additional effect.

[Rbstr]

I don't know how you can say DRK's defensives "died in a fire." The class only really lost one CD, being Dark Dance, and it just wasn't that important. It had no use in raid other than spotty parrying against autoattacks. Reprisal is actually better now since it can be applied at will without a precondition to deal with specific raid-wide or tankbuster damage. Everything else is the same as it ever was: Dark Mind rocks against magic and we've got two buttons to push for %reduction against other stuff. Living Dead, while not as good as Hallowed Ground, remains superior to Holmgang because of its long duration and lack of getting stuck in place. Though I do agree that Shadow Wall should be on a two-minute timer given that it's strictly worse than the other two "heavy mitigation" buttons.

Given that blocks now work on magic, though, I feel like DRK probably should gain another defense-type skill to make up for it. I think I'd run with the self-shielding thing. That can be one of DRK's cool things. You could reintroduce Shadow Skin as something other than re-skinned rampart. Combo Shield and Self-heal or Shield + minor mitigation.

At the same time nobody should discount the power of TBN as a mitigation tool. 20% extra HP that's covered by any additional mitigation you do. It's Thrill of Battle (a very underrated CD) on a 15 second CD with a mana cost you can make up in two GCDs if you want. It can and should be up for every tank buster. It's simply really good.

[Tint]

I don't know how you can say DRK's defensives "died in a fire." The class only really lost one CD, being Dark Dance, and it just wasn't that important. It had no use in raid other than spotty parrying against autoattacks. Reprisal is actually better now since it can be applied at will without a precondition to deal with specific raid-wide or tankbuster damage.

we had Delirium for raid-wide damage wich we could use at will. it was also great for mitigating personal, magic damage. and we lost our 20 seconds Reprisal with 30 seconds cooldown for a 5 seconds Reprisal with 60 seconds cooldown - even when you had to trigger it with a parry, i would take the old one back in an instant. we also lost Foresight, like every other tank, but i think DRK suffers the most under this lost (at least WAR got Ramaprt as a replacement). we also lost the evasion buff from Dark Dance and the Low Blow-reset from parrys, wich was additional mitigation in trashpacks.

we lost many tools wich lastet longer than 10 seconds, and got a 5 second shield as a replacement. TBN is a powerfull skill, but it's not suited for EVERY situation.