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Well, if it makes you feel any better I would have it -not- dodge the Sears/other spells you're literally standing in the middle of (among a few other things).

It was most likely to allow Status Inflicts like the ones you mentioned in giving it some poor form of balance (if you have to ask why I say 'poor balance' take a look on the forums on the subject Topic of Cobra, I'm honestly surprised it took this long for all of this bull$@!t to come out over it; it's been a long time coming - squirreling a bit, sorry).

EDIT: Very small edit.