Paladin

AVAILABLE RACES

Dark Myr
Dwarf
Elf
Human

Paladin

Once a Cleric themselves, the Paladin has felt a call that transcends the rigid customs of their former order. Led by their convictions, Paladins set off on their own to carry out their righteous judgment as they see fit.

Primary Role: Tank (Justicar)
Secondary Role: Healer (Devout)
Available Races: Human, Dwarf, Elf, Dark Myr
Weapons: All Simple and Martial Weapons except Dagger and Short Bow. Some Exotic Weapons unlocked at high skill levels
Armor: Up to Light Plate
Shields: Up to Kite Shields
Combat Skills: Shield, Dodge, Parry, Protection
Spell Skills: Invocation, Fortification, Consecration, Manifestation, Restoration

Wrath: The Paladin’s combat resource is Wrath. Wrath is generated when the Paladin deals and receives damage in combat. It is also generated directly through various abilities..

BASE ABILITIES

Lay on Hands

Completely restore the Health of your target, with a very long cooldown.

Smite

Smite the target, dealing Divine damage and generating Wrath. Does additional damage and increased threat to Undead enemies.

Righteous Flame

Surround yourself in fiery light, granting several charges of Righteous Flame. When you take damage, one charge will be spent to deal Divine damage back at the attacker. This damage will generate a small amount of bonus threat.

Oathflame

Lightly heal a target ally.

Venger’s Vow

Generate some Wrath instantly while increasing the damage you deal and the damage you receive for a short time.

Cure

Attempt to cleanse a harmful disease effect from an ally.

Incite

Taunt your target, forcing them to attack you for a short time.

Hymn of Devotion

Chant a powerful hymn, increasing the healing power of your group members while in effect.

Valiant Cross

A sweeping strike that deals damage to all targets in front of you.

Armor of Faith

A blessing of protection, increasing your ally’s Armor Class.

Radiant Lance

Impale your target with a bolt of celestial light, dealing Divine damage. If the target is low on health, deals additional Divine damage and has a chance to stun the target.

Atone

Bring a fallen ally back to life, but does not restore lost experience. Causes Resurrection sickness.

Faithful Strike

Channel celestial light through your weapon, dealing additional Divine damage when you strike and healing yourself for some of the damage dealt.

Golden Aegis

Makes you invulnerable to damage and many detrimental effects for a short time.

Edict of Celestial Authority

Recite the edict of authority, stunning your target for a short time.

Edict of Celestial Fury

Recite the edict of fury, reflecting a portion of the next damage that you take back at the attacker and generating some Wrath.

Living Light

Channel your Wrath into a burst celestial light, healing the members of your group.

Hymn of Anticipation

Chant a powerful hymn, increasing the dodge rate of your group members while in effect.

Oath of Conviction

While in effect, your attacks have a chance to do additional Divine damage and generate additional Threat.

Oath of Wrath

While in effect, your attacks generate additional Wrath.

Turn Undead

Attempt to cause an undead target to flee in fear for a short time.

Hymn of the Stronghold

Chant a powerful hymn, increasing the physical defense of your group members while in effect.

Lightful Avenger

Temporarily increase your wrath generation and deal increased damage, especially against Undead opponents.

Hymn of Rites

Chant a powerful hymn, increasing the magical defense of your group members while in effect.

Wrathful Avenger

Each cast of your Smite line of abilities will grant a stack of Welling Wrath, increasing outgoing Divine damage per stack.

Unleash Wrath

Consume stacks of Welling Wrath to deal Divine damage to enemies in front of you. Does additional damage to Undead.

Note: This is not a full list of paladin abilities available within the game and is intended only to provide an overview of the class. Many of these abilities have upgrades and variations that become available as the character levels up.

Justicar Mastery Examples

The Justicar Paladin bears the burden of wrathful conviction, standing firm to shield the innocent and bring holy reckoning against the wicked.

Mastery	Description
Ability Unlock: Lightguard	Imbue your weapon with celestial light for 4 sec, reducing the next source of incoming Physical damage by 40%.
Ability Unlock: Wrathful Aegis	Radiate celestial flame that ignites enemies in a radius around you, dealing Divine damage and with increased Threat over time. Additionally, all Threat generated on a target while under the effects of Wrathful Aegis will be increased.
Judgement of Flame	Your Smite ability now brands the target with Judgement of flame for a short time. While branded, the target deals reduced damage to other players that aren’t you.
Condemnation	Smite now applies Condemned. If the target dies while Condemned, you immediately gain some Wrath. The amount of Wrath gained increases if the target was Undead.
Smoldering Convictions	Whenever a charge of Righteous Flame is consumed, restore a small amount of Wrath.
Sacred Provocation	Incite now creates a window of increased threat generation on the target until the effect ends.
Sanctified Perimeter	Enemies are slowed while under the effects of Wrathful Aegis. If an affected enemy leaves the area of effect, they will suffer a burst of Divine damage and bonus threat.
Unrelenting Vows	While Venger’s Vow is active, incoming damage still increases, but you gain additional Wrath from hits taken.
Luminous Brace	Increase the incoming damage your Lightguard ability is able to mitigate. Additionally, if Lightguard’s full amount of mitigation is used, your next Incite will last twice as long.
Blaze of Glory	For a short time, greatly increase your armor, health, and outgoing damage. At the end of the effect, you are incapacitated.

Devout Mastery Examples

The Devout Paladin is a healer forged for the front lines, capable of mending the wounded in the thick of battle.

Mastery	Description
Ability Unlock: Vigilance	Create a bond of celestial light with a target ally, causing some of your abilities to heal that ally when used. Additionally, a percentage of your healing on other targets will apply to your bonded target.
Ability Unlock: Battle Meditation	Stoke your fury while in battle, increasing your Wrath generation.
Ability Unlock: Glory and Honor	Your melee attacks will heal your group members for a small amount.
Hallowed Flame	Remove the bonus threat-generation component of Righteous Flame. Additionally, whenver a charge of Righteous Flame is consumed, heal the lowest-health group member for a small amount.
Kindled Oath	Oathflame heals for more when cast on your Vigilance target. If the target is below a certain health threshold, this bonus is increased.
Afterglow	Living Light restores a small amount of Wrath for each target healed.
Watcher’s Grace	When your Vigilance target drops below a certain health threshold, your next Oathflame or Golden Charge costs no Wrath.
Faithful Restoration	When Vigilance is active, Faithful Strike heals your bonded target for more and applies a short heal-over-time effect on the bonded target.
Empowered Healing	Your healing abilities become more potent, in some cases gaining additional effects.
Purifying Grace	Your Cure ability becomes Cleanse. Cleanse is guaranteed to remove 1 Poison and 1 Disease effect from the target. Additionally, targets cured by Cleanse will receive a bonus to their Poison and Disease resistance for a short time.
Righteous Fury	Your wrath no longer decays outside of combat.