The 4th fasted neo exdeath kill has a darkknight. It is 11s slower than the fastest one atm. Only like ~100people worldwide manage to get under 10min clear times. That is less than 1% of all logs.

If darkknight is so bad, how do they manage it?

I can accept skillstyle concerns, but dps wise drk is maybe statistically 5% lower than the other tanks, which got nerfed very slightly and drk buffed very very slightly. For me it works out even though it doesn't have to mean the classes are fun to play.

But balance is not about your fun factor...

DRK single target shield has a CD of 15s, there can be mechanics in future raids which make it more desirable. In old content mechanics existed that targeted random people with minitankbuster, with short time to shield both, if they would be more frequent then tbn will be nice to have.