Anyone else feel like DBs are just objectively worse than SnS in Wilds?

Not trying to upset the DB enjoyers out there, but man every time I play them it feels like I’m just playing a worse version of SnS when it comes to the “hit monster very fast and don’t get hit” category.

SnS hits harder. It has better mobility. It is better defensively. It can use items while deployed. Can play multiple different ways very successfully.

DBs… Have the cool anime factor? The perfect evade is far harder and less useful than perfect guard, so the one unique mechanism that it has isn’t even particularly relevant.

What exactly am I missing here? DBs were next on my list of weapons to try and master but so far it just feels like they lack something to make it competitive in its category.