With Warrior being so squishy..

[BluexBird]

Hummm, Defiance also reduces damage by 20%... always has.
From the official job guide:
"Increases maximum HP by 25%, while reducing damage dealt by 20% and increasing enmity. Increases own HP recovery via healing magic by 20%."

So uh, not sure if you're joking, but... that 20% reduced damage dealt applies to the Warrior, and not to the damage we're receiving. If Defiance made Warriors take 20% less damage AND gave us 25% more HP, we would be BROKEN AS FUUUUUU LOL just imagining it is making me laugh.

As for ib, do your best to avoid using it. Its not bad if you need the mitigation but it's mostly for timed when you fuck up and need extra, don't ever put it into hour rotation.

What else are you going to use it for while in Defiance? I sure hope your answer is not about to be something like "don't tank in Defiance", because if is, then let's just say players like you are perhaps the exact reason why Square-Enix introduced penalties to tank swaps.