>"Archon's massive defensive capabilities are balanced by weak
>elemental damage output."
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>and
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>"Elemental damage output is actually tremendous."

That's really not so. Archons conjies are not more defensive than shield pals. They have an advantage in longevity, but a pally has far, far better melee defense plus the ability to heal himself any time he's not lagged. There are plenty of logs of people dirting an archon and bursting down the conjie in that tick. Their healing can also be simply overwhelmed. I've definitely had it happen to me vs axe ragers.

In that log, ruknubuk got very unlucky and was also poorly prepped. Conjurers are not routinely dropping 1000 hp in lash lag.