Paladin

Paladin
Class archetype	Hybrid
Armor class	Platemail
Preferenced statistics	Strength Stamina Wisdom Charisma
Title at level 51	Cavalier
Title at level 55	Knight
Title at level 60	Crusader
Title at level 65	Templar Knight
Paladin Links
Paladin Quests Paladin Starfall Quests Paladin Thurgadin Quests Paladin Spells Alternate Advancement: Paladin Class Tomes

A Paladin checks her comrade for life signs after an unexpected run-in with a decaying corpse.

The Paladin is one of three Tank classes in Shards of Dalaya, alongside the Warrior and his dark counterpart, the Shadowknight. The Paladin has many distinctions from the others, not the least of which is his ability to Lay on Hands which heals a target instantly for a great amount of hp. The Paladin is the master of AE Aggro and is better than the other two tanks at getting, and holding, the attention of many enemies at once. Their ability to hold aggro on a single target, while not as quick as a Shadowknight or Warrior, is still decent (You must use an AE blind inbetween normal blinds or let blind wear off to get aggro from it again so you can Blind->AE Blind->Blind->Stun->AA Stun while using taunt and bash for larger aggro). Paladins have a 10% innate chance to crit yet lack a mitigation stance making them less desired for main tanking roles.

Paladins are the undisputed masters of killing undead and are able to land Cleansing Blows against them. Simply having a Paladin in your group will allow all party members to land melee critical strikes against undead whom normally are immune to them. Paladins also have many anti-undead spells, along with other healing spells, which gives them some great flexibility when things begin to go wrong. Finally, a paladin may be saved from death to undead via an innate ability known as Divine Refusal.

If you like tanking, hate the living dead, and aren't afraid of keeping 4+ enemies off of your support at once, then you might find that the Paladin is for you.

Starting Statistics

The Paladin class receives 20 starting points to distribute in the various stats. The stats that the game deems important to the class are Strength, Stamina, Wisdom, and Charisma.

Race	STR	STA	AGI	DEX	WIS	INT	CHA
Dwarf	100	95	70	90	88	60	55
Erudite	70	75	70	70	88	107	80
Froglok	80	85	100	100	80	75	60
Gnome	70	75	85	85	72	98	70
Half Elf	80	75	90	95	65	75	85
Halfling	80	80	95	90	85	67	60
High Elf	65	70	85	70	100	92	90
Human	85	80	75	75	80	75	85

Paladin Skills

(*)Does not follow the 5 + (level x 5) skill-up formula.

Combat Skills Level <50 cap 50+ cap 1H Blunt 1 200 245 1H Slashing 1 200 245 Piercing 1 200 245 2H Blunt 1 200 245 2H Slashing 1 200 245 Hand to Hand 1 ? ? Archery 1 175 ? Offense 1 200 245 Defense 1 210 250 Taunt 1 200 200 Bash 6 200 250 Dodge 10 175 225 Parry 17 175 225 Double Attack 20 200 250 Riposte 30 175 225 Disarm 40 150 200	Spell Skills Level <50 cap 50+ cap Abjuration 9 200 250 Alteration 9 200 250 Channeling 9 200 ? Conjuration 9 200 250 Divination 9 200 250 Evocation 9 200 250 Meditate 12 200 250	Other Skills Level <50 cap 50+ cap Sense Heading* 1 200 200 Bind Wound 1 ? ? Swimming* 1 200 250 Fishing* 1 250 250 Baking* 1 75 75 Tailoring* 1 250 250 Blacksmithing* 1 250 250 Fletching* 1 250 250 Brewing* 1 250 250 Alcohol Tolerance 1 250 250 Jewelcrafting* 1 250 250 Pottery* 1 100 100

Styles

To use styles, type /style (or /s) and the corresponding number of the style.

Name	Level	Description
(1) Normal	1	The most basic combat style. Does not affect your combat in any way.
(2) Aggressive	1	Puts you into an aggressive stance, sacrificing avoidance for a 5% increased attack speed.
(3) Defensive	1	Puts you into a defensive stance, sacrificing 5% attack speed for increased avoidance.
(4) Guarding Blade	20	Puts you into a focused stance, increasing both hate and parry. Very useful when tanking extremely hard foes or swarms of them.
(5) Cleansing Blades	35	Puts you into a focused state, increasing critical hits veruses all neutral or evil targets.
(6) Stoical Will	45	Grants the paladin immunity to fear, charm, and mesmerizing effects. Does not affect unresistable charm/mez.
(7) Lady's Strike	55	Grants the Paladin an area of effect hate proc. Procs very rarely, does not generate much aggro, drains stamina fast.
(8) Banishing Strike	65	Allows the paladin to land one extremely(capped at 7500) powerful strike against an undead foe, best used with /s 5 for maximum damage. Exhausted for 10 min after use.
(9) Althuna's Fury	20	Empowers you with the will of Althuna granting increased damage at the cost of decreased mitigation. Requires a two-handed weapon to be equipped.