Even if Blood Weapon and Living Dead aren't changed in anyway, something needs to be done about DRK's mitigation suite in the form of The Blackest Night & Oblation. Oblation in comparison is way weaker than Aurora, the amount mitigated/healed through 10s vs auroras free healing for 18 is hardly comparable. TBN being a 15s resource dependant mitigation in my opinion only makes it "equal" to the other 3 new ones (bloodwhetting, Heart of Corundum, New Intervention). The only difference is the other 3 do not affect the tanks damage. My proposed changes are as follows:

1. Have Oblation give a weak heal over time alongside the mitigation (10% flat mitigation, 100 cure potency heal during those 10 seconds) or buff the flat mitigation to 15% without adding a heal. This would give it a great option for Auto attacks, especially physical ones which is an area where dark knight lacks in comparison to every other tank.

2. Disassociate the mana cost from TBN but make it a 25s cooldown(this would also mean removing the Dark Arts Proc), keep it the same but add a weak heal over time if shield is broken in the 7 seconds of active time. If shield is not broken, heal for the remaining amount on the shield. OR Keep duration/cost the same as it is now, but add a strong 200~250 pot heal for 10 seconds when the shield is broken.

As hopeful as I am for Dark Knight, I'm 100% confident it will get the short end of the stick for savage/ultimate if its not receiving some form of healing that the other tanks are getting BEFORE the savage tier drops. It will just be the weaker tank for no reason other than "well they have TBN". That's not excuse anymore, EVERY OTHER TANK has a free TBN, we are just the ones who have to spend our mana & lose damage for no good reason.