DRK needs re-tuning/buffing.

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Read the OP fully and you'll realize why TBN doesn't make up for what DRK is missing.

In Susano Ex for instance - In between Stormsplitters, you have literally nothing but TBN to mitigate damage, because Rampart and Shadow Wall must be saved to pair with TBN for Stormsplitter, and other than that you have... Convalescence? Reprisal?

This is even worse if you wanna tank out of Grit and you literally just have your pants down in between TBN casts. Like I said, the over-reliance on TBN in between things like Rampart and Shadow Wall feels awful.

You don't need to stack Shadow Wall and Rampart to survive Stormsplitter. Just one of them and using TBN along with Reprisal is more than enough to take the hit and then when you are up again for the tank buster just replace Shadow Wall with Rampart along with TBN and Reprisal again. Then just repeat the cycle since Shadow Wall will be off cool down when you are up again to take the hit.

Then the only sort of real CD you need during the fight in between is the AoE magic damage ability which you can use Dark Mind with DA and sometimes you won't even take damage. The rest I still have Anticipation just in case something goes wrong.