DRK vs Other tanks

[ArthurATDayne]

And something else that PLD, WAR & even GNB have in common on top of those awesome Level 82 Upgrades to their 25s CD Mitigation... They All have better Self Healing Sustain skills they can use vs Dark Knight's fluff junk Abyssal Drain skill.

We know WAR & PLD are Comeback Kings when things go south quickly or in open world Bozja, but GNB looks like it's going to have way more longevity vs DRK with Heart of Corundum and also...

If it was a choice between DRK's fluff junk Abyssal Drain/1,2,3 combo vs GNB's Aurora Heal Over Time (Endwalker 2 charges!) I'd take Aurora AND the 1,2 combo spam for Healing :P

As an aside, I didn't take GNB as seriously before because I'm not a fan of Heart of Stone (I thought it was lackluster for a 25s mitigation cooldown) and wasted too much time on DRK because Big Greatswords, but these Endwalker changes are just so damn good to pass up.

I really believe those online rumors of SquareEnix purposely making DRK shittier to get more players to play the other 3 Tank Jobs might be true LMAO. Now people can't make excuses going "Well GNB is kinda screwed after blowing their personal mitigation like DRK so it's fair design".