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Paladin

Light, steel and steadfast support.

As a Paladin, you combine melee combat with Holy magic. Support your group with auras, prepare allies with blessings and use seals to shape your own attacks. Choose whether you want to tank, heal or deal Retribution damage.

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RoleTank · Healing · Damage

ResourceMana · Seals

ArmourHeavy armour and shields

Talent treesHoly · Protection · Retribution

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Suitability · + solid · ++ good · +++ especially strong

DamageSolo+++Group++

PaladinRetribution

Paladin Retribution Leveling Build

Deal melee damage with seals and Judgements, while keeping an eye on your allies.

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TankSolo++Group+++

PaladinProtection

Paladin Protection Leveling Build

Gather enemies, hold them with Holy threat and use your shield to take their hits. This leveling build uses: Holy Shield.

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HealingSolo+Group+++

PaladinHoly

Paladin Holy Leveling Build

Keep your tank alive and help the group with blessings, cleansing and healing.

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Playstyle at a glance

As a Paladin, you combine heavy armour and melee combat with holy magic. You protect allies, heal the wounded or pass judgement on enemies at close range. Seals, blessings and auras make you especially valuable when a group marches into battle together.

Playing your class

01
Choose aura, blessing and seal before the decisive moment.
02
Balance melee and spells without wasting mana.
03
Answer the group with protection, healing or control.

Key milestones

Early levels01

Seals and blessings

Balance personal combat effects with support for allies.

Class quest02

Redemption

The classic class quest unlocks resurrection for fallen allies.

Confirmed for Forever03

New foundations

Holy Strike arrives early, Judgement no longer consumes Seals, and Consecration becomes baseline.

Abilities at a glance

Salvation and Mass Salvation replace Blessing of Salvation and Greater Blessing of Salvation. They can coexist with blessings. Revoke is learned alongside Salvation.
Champion of the Light increases spell damage by 10/20/30% of Intellect. The former healing bonus in its tooltip was a text error and does not apply.
Consecration’s Spell Power coefficient is now 0.042 per damage tick instead of 0.095.

ABILITIES BY LEVEL

Abilities & unlocks

01Retribution

Level	Ability	Acquisition
4	Blessing of Might Grants you or allies a continuing beneficial effect.	Trainer
4	Judgement This ability belongs to Retribution training and becomes available at level 4.	Trainer
6	Holy Strike An offensive ability that deals direct damage or empowers an attack.	Trainer
6	Seal of the Crusader Activates a Paladin seal that affects attacks and Judgement.	Trainer
16	Retribution Aura Grants you or allies a continuing beneficial effect.	Trainer
20	Seal of Command Activates a Paladin seal that affects attacks and Judgement.	Talent unlock
30	Repentance This ability belongs to Retribution training and becomes available at level 30.	Talent unlock
52	Greater Blessing of Might Grants you or allies a continuing beneficial effect.	Trainer

02Protection

Level	Ability	Acquisition
1	Devotion Aura Grants you or allies a continuing beneficial effect.	Trainer
6	Divine Protection Temporarily improves defence or protects against particular attacks.	Trainer
8	Hammer of Justice This ability belongs to Protection training and becomes available at level 8.	Trainer
10	Seal of Fury Activates a Paladin seal that affects attacks and Judgement.	Trainer
10	Blessing of Protection Grants you or allies a continuing beneficial effect.	Trainer
16	Righteous Fury This ability belongs to Protection training and becomes available at level 16.	Trainer
18	Blessing of Freedom Grants you or allies a continuing beneficial effect.	Trainer
22	Concentration Aura Grants you or allies a continuing beneficial effect.	Trainer
22	Seal of Justice Activates a Paladin seal that affects attacks and Judgement.	Trainer
25	Swift Judgement This ability belongs to Protection training and becomes available at level 25.	Talent unlock
26	Salvation Reduces threat and can coexist with blessings. Replaces the corresponding former blessing.	Trainer
28	Shadow Resistance Aura Grants you or allies a continuing beneficial effect.	Trainer
30	Divine Intervention This ability belongs to Protection training and becomes available at level 30.	Trainer
30	Templar's Bulwark This ability belongs to Protection training and becomes available at level 30.	Talent unlock
32	Frost Resistance Aura Grants you or allies a continuing beneficial effect.	Trainer
34	Divine Shield Temporarily improves defence or protects against particular attacks.	Trainer
36	Fire Resistance Aura Grants you or allies a continuing beneficial effect.	Trainer
40	Blessing of Sanctuary Grants you or allies a continuing beneficial effect.	Trainer
40	Holy Shield Temporarily improves defence or protects against particular attacks.	Talent unlock
46	Blessing of Sacrifice Grants you or allies a continuing beneficial effect.	Trainer
60	Greater Blessing of Kings Grants you or allies a continuing beneficial effect.	Trainer
60	Mass Salvation Reduces threat and can coexist with blessings. Replaces the corresponding former blessing.	Trainer
60	Greater Blessing of Sanctuary Grants you or allies a continuing beneficial effect.	Trainer
—	Blessing of Kings Blessing of Kings	Trainer

03Holy

Level	Ability	Acquisition
1	Holy Light Restores health or provides a continuing healing effect.	Trainer
1	Seal of Righteousness Activates a Paladin seal that affects attacks and Judgement.	Trainer
8	Purify Removes matching harmful effects from the target.	Trainer
10	Lay on Hands This ability belongs to Holy training and becomes available at level 10.	Trainer
12	Redemption Brings a fallen ally back to life.	Class quest
14	Blessing of Wisdom Grants you or allies a continuing beneficial effect.	Trainer
20	Exorcism This ability belongs to Holy training and becomes available at level 20.	Trainer
20	Flash of Light Restores health or provides a continuing healing effect.	Trainer
20	Sense Undead Helps locate and observe targets or distant areas.	Trainer
20	Consecration This ability belongs to Holy training and becomes available at level 20.	Trainer
20	Voice of Truth This ability belongs to Holy training and becomes available at level 20.	Talent unlock
24	Turn Undead Controls enemies by temporarily forcing them to flee.	Trainer
25	Divine Favor This ability belongs to Holy training and becomes available at level 25.	Talent unlock
30	Seal of Light Activates a Paladin seal that affects attacks and Judgement.	Trainer
30	Holy Shock This ability belongs to Holy training and becomes available at level 30.	Talent unlock
38	Seal of Wisdom Activates a Paladin seal that affects attacks and Judgement.	Trainer
40	Blessing of Light Grants you or allies a continuing beneficial effect.	Trainer
40	Summon Warhorse Summons the named companion, mount or party member.	Class quest
40	Light's Vigil This ability belongs to Holy training and becomes available at level 40.	Talent unlock
42	Cleanse Removes matching harmful effects from the target.	Trainer
44	Hammer of Wrath An offensive ability that deals direct damage or empowers an attack.	Trainer
50	Holy Wrath An offensive ability that deals direct damage or empowers an attack.	Trainer
54	Greater Blessing of Wisdom Grants you or allies a continuing beneficial effect.	Trainer
60	Greater Blessing of Light Grants you or allies a continuing beneficial effect.	Trainer
60	Summon Charger Summons the named companion, mount or party member.	Class quest

Racial abilities for your class

Human · Ruthless
Increases spell and ability critical strike chance by 1%, regardless of weapon type.
Human · The Human Spirit
Increases Spirit by 10%.
Dwarf · Artisan’s Precision
Increases hit chance with spells and attacks by 1%.
Undead · Touch of the Grave
Damaging spells and attacks can drain Health. Proc chance: 30% for casters, 20% for Paladins, Rogues and Warriors; internal cooldown 15 seconds. Does not scale with Shadow-damage increases.

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