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 Apr 13 2008 at 8:43 PM Rating: Decent
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Hey guys, semi-new to posting, let's see how this goes. I made a paladin (level 32 atm) to play with my little brother's berzerker. The epic 1.0 looked pretty harsh, 2 books and KoS to freeport, as well as goin gthrough Plane of Fear and Sky. I hate both of those zones, and I'd like to keep my faction with my main (75 beastlord, modestly geared, and minimal AAs) so I can get to Arcstone. I only have about 40k stored atm, and a few other chars to keep up in the stats department. Wow, that was a lot of rambling... anyways-- I've heard the pally 1.0 has innate 2Hbash, which I would definitely buy as an AA if I didn't get the epic. It is one of the niceest looking blades in the game (I'm a sucker for those flames), and has a sweet proc. Not intending to get this guy past the 50s (for quite a while), would the epic be a good choice? I've been weighing the odds, and I'd probably just get it primarily because of the satisfaction and vanity factor.

Here's a list of his weapons:

Longsword of Vitality
Planar Shield of Conflagration

Tantor's Tusk
Delightful Orb of Forgotten Magic
Exquisite Velium Claidhmore
Staff of Energy (sp?)
Fabled Gore Covered Horn

Any ideas for upgrades for those weaps? Also, any idea about snaring / rooting / slowing weapons? would be really neat, and I know about the Anklesmasher

Also... SoulFire has the same graphic as the epic, right? just if i wanted to flash it around, and had better weapons? I don't want to hunt those dragons down if I don't have to... so another pally can get his epic

editted to upgrade weaps and spelling
Edited, Apr 13th 2008 9:48pm by yeaboem

Edited, May 4th 2008 2:11pm by yeaboem
Epic, and other random Pally Q's
#2 Apr 16 2008 at 4:27 AM Rating: Decent
Sounds like your mind is already pretty much made up on the 1.0 ;) personally I went to the 1.5 alt.. 'n got my 1.5.. then 2.0.. That in itself was one of the worst epics I've ever had the delight in doing. If you have the time, 'n the dedication to do the 1.0 my hats off to you! suggestions for your paladin as far as gear ect.. Energeiac gear. Yeah i know some people hate it. But It will offer you a nice set of gear w/ focus' You need JC and smithing to make it. It's very comparable level by level wise to the cultural gear. level 45 set will run you 500pp a peice ish in baz. Or if you have a friend that can make it all the better. head,chest,legs, gloves all have focus... so if you want the extra ac/hp the cult gear offers you can mix 'n match it ( approximately 5 ac 15hp/mana difference per peice). I've done this w/ my 51 SK and am very happy overall w/ this gear. and so many people forget paladin's healing abilities, If you make sure to have any focus thats the one to focus on.

as far as weapons.. I'm personally partial to the blackened acrylia blades. the 2hs has a nice delay/dmg. and at 65 there are some nice attunable peices from sof.

Blade of disruption is also a nice 1hs. w/ the stun proc... or maybe it's the Blade of carnage.. I always get the 2 mixed up... those will cost a pretty penny in baz unless you are willing to farm one.

And I still have my hopebringer from plane of time in the bank to flash around when 'm feeling sassy!

as for 2hb.. always go w/ best dmg/delay. 2hb/2hs are imo dps wepaons.. not tanking weapons... 'n thats what they should be. mind you, you will never come even close to out-putting dps like your brother's zerker does hehe. raw dmg is always better 'n proc dmg, proc's can be resisted.. raw dmg can not.. you can wiff the swing... but you can't get resisted.. if you intend to tank w/ a 2hb/hs use somethign w/ a stun proc.. more aggro even if the stun is resisted then any proc resisted or not. at least I've seen from experiance.

zerkers 'r highly under-rated.. and I suggest takeing advantage of it.. if your lil' brother is decently geared.. let him tank... Or you'll be wasteing mana.. and getting very frustrated trying to keep mobs off of him. I played back-up healer in my group until about 65+ w/ my paladin letting my zerker friend tank. Paladin's are one of those classes the higher level they get the more aa's.. the better they are.. they don't come out of the box kicking butt like many classes do.

imo 2hb is nice to have.. but 2hs/1hs are a paladin's bread and butter. That and the paladin 2.0 2hs has one of the best dmg/delay's in the game epic wise.. out-side of higher end raiding drops.

Oh and there are some nice weapon augs in Crescent reach.

Oh yeah 'n nothing annoys warriors more 'n a pally weilding a 1hs w/ an EB on it 'n a FB sheild ;)
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#3 Apr 17 2008 at 7:22 PM Rating: Decent
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alright, i'll let him tank. I was caught up into the rush for dwerium gear, but now that its been twinked, my brother does have much better gear than my pally. I'm not looking towards the 1.5 / 2.0 atm, because I'm casual / semi-raider. I'm gonna try and get most of my toons to level 60, and then just work on AAs, while I focus on 1 toon at a time to epic, flag, etc. So think the 1.0 will do till then? also, what's an EB / SB? some sort of aug? didn't quite catch that. Anyways, I'm trying to steer clear of attunable stuff on my paladin-- kinda wierd, but I've had it with deleting gear that I paid a pretty penny for. (I like re-sell / re-use factors on old-school gear). low on cash atm, so I won't be buying stuff anytime soon, so I'll stick with his weapons atm. None of his skills are maxxed, even 1HS is missing like 40 skill points, because he levels so fast. Guess I'll just catch up in a bit. Also, any good advice on undead zones? I'm thinking of places like Gunthak, Veksar,some planar mobs. Thanks!
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#4 Apr 22 2008 at 9:33 AM Rating: Decent
EB= enrageing blow FB = furious Bash Both are Hate procs

since undeads are somewhat few 'n far between any of those places are a good start. and TBH it's been a long time since I've been to any of those zones. and the 1.0 should do you nicely 'n offer you weapon wise one of the better weapons at that level/play time alloted. If you go to Gunthak watch out for the skellies on the far left side once you swim onto shore.. They plowed me at 80, while I was dinking around trying to get the cleric guy to spawn for a temp quest hehe. if money is tight you can also do the armour quests in gorukar mesa. 2 guys standing by the bears/wolves. 45-50+ the ooze caves are decent xp as well. duoing there shouldn't be a problem. they have abit of hp but aren't casters, aren't Kos, and a majority of it is easy single pulls.
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#5 May 04 2008 at 1:07 PM Rating: Decent
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What type of aug should I stick in the epic? (once I get it, haven't even got SoulFire as of yet) Trying to steer clear of LDoN augs, and the merchant bought augs (I want people to ask when I link my sword lol)

Thinking about Tersmochin Heartwood, Rage Moss (yeah, I can wish), Orb of Stinging Fury, or maybe a lifetap / stun aug from DoN crystals... thanks!
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#6 May 04 2008 at 1:08 PM Rating: Decent
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Does anybody know if a shield, with a proc aug (theoretically), would land a DD or whatever on a successful bash? kinda like Furious bash, but as a random DPS booster? would be sweet if it could
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#7 May 07 2008 at 12:36 AM Rating: Decent
any of the augs you listed would work well. though rage moss doesn't appear to be an innate proc ( i personally do not have it) but a clicky hate proc, and would better serve in your range slot, and put one of the other augs in your sword. I'm not aware of any augs/focus/effects on sheilds that would proc a DD. If you can't find a sheild aug to your likeing your best off w/ anything w/ AC on it.
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#8 May 12 2008 at 5:11 PM Rating: Decent
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how do you rate posts? every time I click the button, which I found after like 5 years, lol... it won't let me post. Please help, I'd like to help boost valuable posts, and uh... get some rather lousy ones deleted so as to preserve people's time
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#9 May 13 2008 at 8:15 AM Rating: Decent
That is a very good Q. lol which means I do not know the answer. I also forgot... a weapon... which may or may not end up useful to you. but at 65 Dreadfall Pike is a very nice 2h peirceing weapon. it may even surpass the 1.0. it's farmed in Vergalid mines iir. abit pricey in Baz. and unfortunately it is attunable =/ but it is certainly a very nice weapon. and if not an option for you it may be one for your brother's zerker. or his paladin pending what he's currently useing as a 2h. Or maybe it'll answer someone else's wandering eyes lol.
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