Gotta disagree with you about Guards > Defenders especially in pve.
I played Guard b4, changed to Def months ago (also coz i thought they would release the balance patch soon so guards will be nerfed lol)
And i definetely do better in PVE as i did as a guardian.
pvp wise im still able to beat almost everything even tho when i really miss rohas blessing.
Anyway, warlock is nasty as **** but u need to know what youre doing.
On isen we only had 2 warlocks u had to take serious.
One quit few months ago, the other one changed class again.
Warlocks on isen arent very popular somehow.
Same with agi avengers. Nobody sees the benefits of the avenger they are all blinded by the extra crit rate of predators katar mastery.
Noir and Rumir are awesome but yea the arrendal weapon is the huge negative point on this.
@topic get a guard to support your dhan with critical aura.
Go full strenght with shield and dagger or sword & dagger.
Or get a rumir for a great party support