Paladin misunderstanding.

[QooEr]

while pld has the worst personal mitigation/sustain for boss autoattacks, it has the best party mitigation. wings and divine veil are huge. pld gets to mitigate aoe AND shield the party, while other tanks only get one or the other.

[Renato]

Hello there,
And with that ONE defensive ability, it isn't even on demand... You have to wait for multiple auto attacks to even use it.

Sentinel - 30% mitigation
Rampart - 20% mitigation
Sheltron - 20% block guaranteed
Reprisal - 10% AoE damage debuff to enemies
Arm's Length - 20% slow to non-bosses in most content

Between these PLD has more than enough beefiness, especially when you factor in its passive block chance.

There's also Divine Veil that places a barrier on the party for 10% of the tank's HP. At level 80, tanks have over 100k HP. That's a pretty decent shield granted it's timed right with a heal.

Intervention - 10% Damage reduction for another party member.

Passage of Arms - Guaranteed 100% block rate for PLD. 15% damage reduction for party.

Hello there,
Clemency maybe extremely good, but it has a cast time and mana cost, and unfortunately tank damage is such a major thing in this game, that you almost feel disgusting for using it. However it can save fights in dungeons.

Honestly, you shouldn't be using Clemency THAT much. It's nice for when the healer is down and you and a DPS are burning down an enemy with 10% health and you become the designated healer/DPS for a clutch finish. It's also good for solo play but other than that, you shouldn't be healing at all during dungeons. I've seen some healers get offended by PLDs using Clemency. Let them do their jobs.

[Lucy_Pyre]

There's also Divine Veil that places a barrier on the party for 10% of the tank's HP. At level 80, tanks have over 100k HP. That's a pretty decent shield granted it's timed right with a heal.

Intervention - 10% Damage reduction for another party member.

I was listing their personal mitigation toolkit, and neither Intervention nor Divine Veil benefit the PLD, so I didn't include those.