Quote Originally Posted by Thunda_Cat_SMASH View Post
In some ways it's as good/better than Shield Oath, in others it's lacking. A WAR Defiance with rotating CDs will not only have increased maximum HP and spell healing, but a WAR will literally never not have some kind of defensive buff in Defiance, ever, whether it's IB or anyone of their massive cool down suite, which doesn't even touch on their self healing(Chaining IB and their cooldowns gives them effectively better defense than anything a PLD could achieve for sustained mitigation)).

I might enjoy tanking a bit, so I kiiinda thoroughly studied both jobs.
You don't know what literally or ever mean. IB has less than 50% uptime, not to mention it is not used in AE pulls. Meanwhile paladins get their 4% block bonus mitigation and 5% flash mitigation. The stances themselves are basically identical though.