Classes: The Paladin

Paladins - Icons of Virtue. The paladin combines the strength and battle prowess of a fighter with the healing and buffing of a cleric.

What is the best strategy for developing your paladin? Can a paladin be soloed, and if so, how? How should you play your paladin within a group? What skills should you concentrate on developing? What spells are most useful, and least useful? What armor and weapons should your paladin be seeking out?

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#1 Nov 10 2007 at 3:06 PM Rating: Decent
What aa's(alternate abilities) should a tanking/dps paladin get. I am a lvl 75.
Thanks for help
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#2 Nov 11 2007 at 9:59 PM Rating: Decent
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Combat agility and stability are a must. Forget thier names but the ones that add a perchentage bonus to your HP. From there you have a few choices. If you have good to great gear i would go with things like shield block, stunning blow(i think, where you stun with your shield) the anti undead line of course, weapon affinity and i like crit blast. The procs you put on your weapon will crit sometimes with weapon affinity they will hit more often. Nothing special but more dps and good aggro management. If you have ok to weak gear you might want to add in stats increase line. More agility, dex, stam can only help. Again all of those are good. The last line you might to look into might depend on if you solo or your weapon use. I use a hopebringer. I have lots of healing AAs. With weapon affinity and healing AAs. I am healing my group and myself a little at a time. Nice when you exeptional heal as well. Also the expetional heals go good with ward of tunare. The last one i have is the complete LoH AA and the group heal. Nice hot key to add a quick 1250 now for me to all your members.

Depending on where you are at. Finishing blow is great to have. But many other classes ahve simular so it does not make you unique. Like anti undea would. Inate regen is nice as is adding to your spell saves.
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#3 Nov 12 2007 at 3:42 PM Rating: Decent
If you are just now starting on AAs then you simply need ALL the dps and defensive AAs, as well as all spell casting and healing and utility AAs. Which ones you get first should depend on whether you group or solo, and what your role is in the groups you get, and your play style.

If you are the tank, or if you are not geared enough to tank but WANT to tank, then start with defensive. If your role is support, like minor dps and backup healing and emergency offtanking, then you might benefit more from the dps AA first. Unless you never use your paladin heals then I would also recommend squeezing in some of those healing AAs.

Tanking = Defensive attributes + Aggro. Anyone that can hold aggro and live.
1. Combat Agility
2. Combat Stability
3. Natural Durability
4. Physical Enhancement
5. Divine Stun (for agro)

Once again I would like to mention Paladin heals. Healing adds very nice agro. Paladin have several weapons out there that proc heals. With a lifetap aug and the right AA it's very noticeable.

DPS = anything that remotely helps, even 1 point of damage
1. Combat Fury
2. Spell Casting Fury
3. Weapon Affinity
4. Finishing Blow
5. Slay Undead
6. 2 Hand Bash
7. Double Riposte
8. Knights Advantage
9. Speed of the Knight

Spell casting fury + weapon affinity is a very nice dps boost. Get a weapon with a built in DD proc, add in an aug with another and watch the pretty colors when it starts proc'ing and crit'ing several times a fight.

The AAs I mentioned are just the introductory ones for each of those types. There are often more AA available to boost those mentioned, but you would need these prerequisites first probably.

Also, there are of course more AA out there than just dps and tankish. Seriously consider the 9th spell slot (Mnemonic Retention), and of course the Holy Steed, and extra buff slots (Mystical Attuning).
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