Quote Originally Posted by Mithron View Post
PLD has the worst mitigation.
Okay, so you actually just don't know what "utility" means in the context of the broader discussion.

Only bads think Clemancy is usable when it's a massive DPS loss to PLD's already terrible DPS. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
DPS loss isn't an immediate non-starter, especially not during prog, but thanks for proving my point.

If you're in a position to use Clemancy, you've either already wiped...
What does "already wiped" mean? Does that mean that there's no hope of recovery, or that the run is doomed to hit enrage? This distinction is extremely important.

...or are doing easy content that doesn't really matter.
What if I told you that there are valid (emphasis on "valid"—not "optimal") planned usages of Clemency in Ultimate content? Would you even be able to wrap your head around how/why that might be the case?

I'd rather a WAR throw Bloodwhetting up instead of a PLD Clemancy me because I know they're sacrificing so much DPS for it.
What if Nascent Flash is on CD or simply won't mitigate enough? I guess the PLD should just let you die, since that won't cause any DPS loss for the PLD.

Then you have wings, which again, not particularly usable for DPS loss and I'm not even sure it works on all boss transitions.
Again, you don't know how the game works. You can "flash" Passage of Arms for the damage reduction between GCDs.