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Diablo 4 - Paladin Class Guide

This is a guide to the Paladin class in Diablo 4 (Diablo IV). Read on to learn everything about the Paladin class including the Paladin's unique ability, the Paladin's skills, all the strengths and weaknesses of the Paladin, the best stats to increase for the Paladin, and how to play the Paladin!

List of Contents

Overview and Rating
Class Specializations
Skill Tree
How to Play
Stat Priorities
Related Guides

Paladin Overview and Rating

Stats Overview
Paladin
Main Stat	Strength	DMG Type (Primary)	Physical
Base STR	Base DEX	Base INT	Base WP
10	8	7	7
Core Stat Modifiers
・Skill Damage x+1.3% per point in STR ・Dodge Chance x++0.1% per point in DEX ・Critical Strike Chance x+0.01% per point in INT ・Resource Generation x0.2% per point in WP

Paladin Strengths

Strong Auras

High Build Variety

Great Defensive Options

Strong Auras

The Paladin has access to strong auras, which benefits the Paladin and their party members. This allows the Paladin to bolster his offensive or defensive capabilities, while simultaneously affecting party members as well.

High Build Variety

There are many ways to build the Paladin, catering to a variety of playstyles. Veteran players can create traditional hammer builds and also have the option of using new Valor skills or the empowered Arbiter form.

Great Defensive Options

Paladins have a wide selection of great defensive options, which leads to high survivability. These options can also extend to other players, making Paladins invaluable for parties that need increased defenses.

Paladin Weaknesses

Most Builds Are Slow and Cumbersome

Builds are Tied to Oaths

Most Builds Are Slow and Cumbersome

Paladin builds tend to be slow and cumbersome with only a few mobility skills, with the exception of Arbiter builds.

Builds are Tied to Oaths

Although there is plenty of variety in builds, they are more or less tied to the Oath specializations, which grant bonuses to the types of skills you use most often.

While there are no strict restrictions for using Oaths, the bonuses they provide are just too good to ignore and can discourage build creativity.

Paladin Class Specializations

Zealot Oath

The Zealot Oath enables the Paladin to receive a Fervor buff for two seconds whenever a Zealot skill is cast. This oath is ideal for builds that focus on critical hits for extra damage while relying on Fortify for survivability.

Juggernaut Oath

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The Juggernaut Oath revolves around Resolve stacks and high-damaging shield skills. Although Juggernaut builds typically have low mobility, it makes up for it with survivability thanks to a slew of Juggernaut skills that provide immunity, guaranteed block, as well as damage reduction.

Judicator Oath

The Judicator Oath revolves around the Judgement mechanic, which increases the damage targets take from you if they have been affected by the Judge mechanic.

Players who prefer an explosive playstyle will find this Oath ideal, as Judgement skills can deal high damage when used with other Judgement skill triggers.

Disciple Oath

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Through the use of Disciple skills, players can transform into the Arbiter form for a short duration with the Disciple Oath. This allows players to maintain Arbiter form by cycling through different Disciple skills.

The Discple Oath is perfect for players who prefer a fast and mobile playstyle and want to utilize the Paladin's Arbiter form to its fullest.

Paladin Skill Tree

Paladin Basic Skills

Paladin Skill Types
Basic	Core	Aura	Valor
Justice	Ultimate	Key Passives	-

Active Skills

Skill / Effect	Skill Upgrades
Brandish Brandish the Light, unleashing an arc that deals X damage.
	2	Enhanced Brandish Brandish now pierces.
	2a	Returning Light Brandish's light returns to you, dealing X% damage on its return
	2b	Sword of Mastery While Healthy, Brandish deals X% damage and travels 100% faster.
	2c	Cross Strike Brandish unleashes 2 additional arcs that deal X% damage and apply Vulnerable.
Holy Bolt Throw a Holy hammer, dealing X% damage.
	2	Enhanced Holy Bolt Holy Bolt now applies Judgement.
	2a	Ricocheting Bolt Holy Bolt deals X% damage and ricochets 3 times.
	2b	Divine Bolt Holy Bolt becomes a Disciple Skill. Holy Bolt pierces, deals X% damage, and applies Vulnerable.
	2c	Storm Bolt Holy Bolt becomes a Justice Skill with a 7 second Cooldown. Holy Bolt is hurled and smashes the ground, dealing X% damage and Stunning enemies in an area for 2 seconds.
Clash Strike an enemy with your weapon and shield, dealing X% damage.
	2	Enhanced Clash Whenever you cast Clash, gain Crusader's March for 6 seconds. Crusader's March grants you X% Block Chance and 2 stacks of Resolve.
	2a	Punishment You are emboldened during Crusader's March, granting: 30% Retribution Chance, 3 Thorns, x20% Thorns Damage
	2b	Skirmish Clash becomes a Zealot Skill and cleaves in an area for X% damage. Crusaders March no longer grants Block Chance or Resolve, instead granting 10% Critical Strike Chance up to 30%.
	2c	Seize Them Your Resolve empowers Clash, dealing 8% increased damage per stack of Resolve. Every 3rd strike, enemies are Pulled in.
Advance Advance forward with your weapon, dealing X% damage.
	2	Enhanced Advance Casting Advance grants you Unhindered for 2 seconds.
	2a	Vanguard's Rush Advance rushes into enemies, granting 1 Fervor on each strike and deals an additional x25% damage per stack of Fervor you have.
	2b	Wave Dash Advance becomes a Juggernaut Skill. Advance's impact waves out, dealing 136% damage and gains 1 Resolve for every 1 meter you dash.
	2c	Flash of the Blade Advance becomes a Disciple Skill and has a 10 second cooldown. Advance becomes a dash that cuts through enemies, applying Vulnerable and dealing X% damage.

Paladin Core Skills

Paladin Skill Types
Basic	Core	Aura	Valor
Justice	Ultimate	Key Passives

Active Skills

Skill / Effect	Skill Upgrades
Zeal Strike enemies with blinding speed, dealing X damage followed immediately by 3 additional strikes dealing X damage each.
	2	Enhanced Zeal Zeal gains 2 additional strikes.
	2a	Zealot's Legacy Zeal extends its assault, randomly seeking surrounding enemies and striking 4 additional times.
	2b	Death or Glory Zeal costs x10% Maximum Life instead of Faith and strikes around you in a circle. Whenever you lose Life, Zeal's damage increases by 40% and Critical Strike Chance by 40% for 6 seconds.
	2c	Cull the Wicked Zeal's cleave is larger, gains 2 additional strikes, and deals x25% increased damage to Weakened enemies.
Blessed Shield Bless and hurl your shield with Holy energy, dealing X damage that ricochets up to 3 times.
	2	Enhanced Blessed Shield Blessed Shield deals 1% additional damage for each Armor on your shield.
	2a	Shield of Retribution Blessed Shield becomes a Juggernaut Skill. Blessed Shield travels straight without returning, pulsing your Thorns damage each second for 3 seconds before bursting for X% damage.
	2b	Shield of the Revenant Blessed Shield now boomerangs and pierces instead of ricocheting, dealing X% damage. When Blessed Shield hits a Crowd Controlled enemy, gain 5 Faith.
	2c	Shield of Justice Blessed Shield detonates Judgement and ricochets 5 additional times. Whenever Blessed Shield detonates Judgement, it empowers your next throw to deal x40% increased damage, up to a maximum of 5 times.
Blessed Hammer Throw a Blessed Hammer that spirals out, dealing X damage.
	2	Enhanced Blessed Hammer Blessed Hammer now hits enemies multiple times.
	2a	Mortar Combat Blessed Hammer mortars 3 hammers to the ground, dealing X% damage in an area.
	2b	Disciple's Halo Blessed Hammer becomes a Disciple Skill. Blessed Hammer follows and orbits around you, dealing X% damage and attacking 20% faster.
	2c	Shattering Blow Blessed Hammer deals X% and shatters into 3 small explosions on impact, dealing X% damage each.
Divine Lance Impale enemies with a heavenly lance, stabbing X times for X damage each.
	2	Enhanced Divine Lance Divine Lance's damage is increased by 30% of your Movement Speed bonus.
	2a	Tip of the Spear Divine Lance flurries, stabbing 2 additional times and deals X% damage each. Killing Vulnerable enemies with Divine Lance increases its Attack Speed by 5% for 10 seconds, up to 30%.
	2b	Zealous Joust Divine Lance becomes a Zealot Skill. Divine Lance now stabs with 2 additional spears in a wider area, dealing X% damage each and has a 10% increased Critical Strike Chance.
	2c	Divine Javelin Throw Divine Lance, dealing X% damage to the first enemy hit and bursting for an additional X%. The first time an enemy is hit by a Divine Lance, they are impaled and dragged with it.
Shield Bash Charge at an enemy and bash in front of you, dealing X damage.
	2	Enhanced Shield Bash Hits with Shield Bash counts as Blocks. This effect can trigger once per Cast.
	2a	Breach Hits with Shield Bash grant you 10% Retribution Chance for 5 seconds, stacking up to 5 times.
	2b	Smite Shield Bash smites the first enemy it hits, dealing X% damage, Stunning for 1 second, and knocking back enemies behind for X% damage.
	2c	Lay Siege Whenever you have Resolve, Shield Bash increases impact size by X% and deals X% damage. Gain 1 Resolve per enemy hit.

Passive Skills

Skill	Effect
Piety	Your Maximum Faith is increased by X.
En Garde	You gain X% Armor and X% Block Chance.
Discipline	Your Core Skills deal X% increased damage.
Parry	Blocking restores X Faith.
Riposte	Blocking grants you X% damage for X seconds.

Paladin Aura Skills

Paladin Skill Types
Basic	Core	Aura	Valor
Justice	Ultimate	Key Passives

Active Skills

Skill / Effect	Skill Upgrades
Fanaticism Aura Passive: Spending Faith emanates power from you, granting you and your allies X% Attack Speed and X% Critical Strike Chance for X seconds up to a maximum of X times. Active: Weaken all Nearby enemies for X seconds.	2	Enhanced Fanaticism Aura Fanaticism Aura's passive also grants you and your allies 10% Maximum Resource.
	2a	Rite of Vengeance Fanaticism Aura Passive increases Critical Strike Damage by X% for you and your allies. Critical Strikes trigger Fanaticism's Passive.
	2b	Rite of Humility Fanaticism Aura's active instead makes Nearby enemies Vulnerable for 4 seconds. Damaging Vulnerable enemies will also trigger Fanaticism's Passive.
	2c	Rite of Redemption Weakened enemies who die within Fanaticism Aura's radius Heal you for 0.5% and Fortify for 1% of your Maximum Life.

Defiance Aura Passive: Your presence reinforces you and your allies, granting X Armor and X bonus on All Resistances. Active: You become Unstoppable for X seconds.	2	Enhanced Defiance Aura Defiance Aura's passive also grants you and your allies 10% Maximum Life.
	2a	Rite of Might Defiance Aura increases your damage by X% for 4 seconds whenever you gain Resolve.
	2b	Rite of Prayer Defiance Aura's passive also Heals you and your allies for 2% of your Maximum Life per second. Healing allies grants 2 stacks of Resolve every 2 seconds.
	2c	Rite of Thorns Defiance Aura's passive also grants 3 Thorns and increases all Thorns damage by X% for you and your allies. Defiance Aura's active instead releases a nova dealing X% of your Thorns damage.

Holy Light Aura Passive: You and your allies emanate the Light, dealing X damage every X seconds to X random Nearby enemies. Active: Unleash X pure bolts of light, dealing X Holy damage to the closest enemy and chaining up to 3 additional enemies before returning to you. When your first bolt of light returns, Heal for X% of your Maximum Life."	2	Enhanced Holy Light Aura Holy Light's passive now targets 2 additional enemies.
	2a	Rite of Submission Holy Light's active now Stuns enemies for 3 seconds and deals X% damage.
	2b	Rite of Mercy Holy Light's active chains 2 more times and Fortifies you and your allies for 4% of their Maximum Life.
	2c	Rite of Judgement Holy Light's active instead Judges enemies and its Cooldown is reduced per rank.

Passive Skills

Skill	Effect
Longevity	You gain X% Healing received.
Renwal	Blocking Fortifies you for X% of your Maximum Life.
Anointing	Your allies Heal for X% of the Healing you receive.

Paladin Valor Skills

Paladin Skill Types
Basic	Core	Aura	Valor
Justice	Ultimate	Key Passives

Active Skills

Skill / Effect	Skill Upgrades
Shield Charge Charge with your shield and push enemies Back, granting X% Damage Reduction and dealing X% damage while Channeling.
	2	Enhanced Shield Charge Shield Charge grants 1 Resolve whenever it hits an enemy.
	2a	Phalanx Charge Shield Charge surges forward in a wave of energy and Knocks enemies Back, dealing X% damage.
	2b	Virtuous Charge Shield Charge becomes a Judicator Skill and consumes Judgement on impact, increasing its damage by X% for each Judgement consumed up to 100%. When Shield Charge ends you release a Holy nova, dealing X% damage and Stunning enemies for 3 seconds.
	2c	Relentless Charge Shield Charge becomes a Core Skill that: Costs 20 Faith to Cast and additional 1 Faith per second; Hits count as Blocking; Deals 157% damage; Grants 10.0% Retribution Chance per second up to 50%.
Aegis Surround yourself with shields of the Light, Taunting Close enemies and gaining 100% Block Chance for 4 seconds.
	2	Enhanced Aegis Casting Aegis grants Unstoppable for 4 seconds.
	2a	Impunity While Aegis is active, you gain 40% Thorns and Retribution Chance.
	2b	Faith Is My Shield Aegis now applies Judgement instead of Taunting enemies. Blocking while Aegis is active applies Judgement to the attacker.
	2c	Stay Resolute Passive: Gaining or spending Resolve has a 4% chance to trigger a free Aegis. Casting Aegis grants maximum stacks of Resolve.
Falling Star Soar into the air with angelic wings and dive onto the battlefield, dealing X% damage on takeoff and X% damage on landing.
	2	Enhanced Falling Star Killing a Vulnerable enemy reduces the cooldown of Falling Star by 1 second.
	2a	Freefall Falling Star has 1 additional Charge.
	2b	Fanatic Descent Falling Star becomes a Zealot skill, now dealing X% damage on landing and Weakening enemies hit for 4 seconds.
	2c	Faster Than Light Falling Star cuts through the battlefield, creatinga fissure that deals X% damage to enemies before erupting for X% damage.
Rally Rally forth, gaining 20% Movement Speed for 8 seconds and generate 22 Faith.
	2	Enhanced Rally Rally's increases your Movement Speed by an additional X% and generates 5 additional Faith.
	2a	Words of Sacrifice Rally now costs 15% of your Maximum Life and can stack.
	2b	Words of Inspiration Rally spends all available Charges, reducing all active Justice Skill Cooldowns by 3 seconds per Charge.
	2c	Words of Rejuvenation Rally generates 20 more Faith and gains 1 additional Charge.

Passive Skills

Skill	Effect
Resolute	Gaining a stack of Resolve Heals for X% of your Maximum Life.
Conviction	Gain X% Attack Speed for each stack of Resolve, up to X%.
Attenuate	Gain 1 Resolve every 7 seconds an Elite enemy is Nearby.
Courage	Gain X% Resource Cost Reduction for every stack of Resolve up to X%.
Thorns and Thistles	Gains 20 Thorns and your Total Thorns damage is increased by X%
The Best Offense	You deal X% increased damage while Fortified.
Repentance	Gains X% Retribution chance.
Fortitude	Gain X% Critical Strike Damage while Fortified.

Paladin Justice Skills

Paladin Skill Types
Basic	Core	Aura	Valor
Justice	Ultimate	Key Passives

Active Skills

Skill / Effect	Skill Upgrades
Purify Enshroud your enemies in the Light, Dazing them for 2 seconds
	2	Enhanced Purify Purify generates 10 Faith for each enemy affected by Purify.
	2a	Sentence Purify also Judges enemies and its cooldown is reduced by 4 seconds.
	2b	Surrender Instead of Dazing enemies, Purify now Stuns for 4 seconds.
	2c	Absolution Purify now can be cast on enemies instead of Dazing them, dealing X% damage and Weakening them for 4 seconds.
Consecration Bathe in the Light for 6 seconds, Healing you and your allies for 4% Maximum Life per second and damaging enemies for X damage per second.
	2	Enhanced Consecration While inside Consecration, you and your allies deal X% additional damage and consume X% less resource.
	2a	Hallowed Ground Consecration's size is increased and lasts an additional 4 seconds. Enemies within Consecration are now Weakened.
	2b	Bastion Consecration Immobilizes enemies and can be cast anywhere.
	2c	Sanctify Consecration lasts 3 seconds, increasing its damage and Healing by 20% each second. Consecration detonates when it expires, dealing 39% damage to all enemies and Healing you and your allies for 15% of their Maximum Life.
Condemn Harness the Light and Pull enemies in after 1.5 seconds, briefly Stunning them and dealing X% damage.
	2	Enhanced Condemn While Casting Condemn, become Unhindered for 1.5 seconds.
	2a	Gather the Guilty Condemn now has 1 additional Charge and applies Vulnerable for 4 seconds.
	2b	Atonement Condemn Casts significantly faster instead of Pulling enemies in, dealing X% damage.
	2c	Shepherd the Flock Condemn's build up marks all enemies and drags them to your location after it Casts.
Spear of the Heavens Rain down 4 heavenly spears from the sky, dealing X% damage and Knocking Down enemies for 1.5 seconds. After 1.5 seconds, the spears burst, dealing X damage.
	2	Enhanced Spear of the Heavens Consuming Judgement reduces Spear of the Heavens active cooldown by 0.5 seconds.
	2a	Pronouncement of Heaven Spear of the Heaven's first spear gains a permanent Judgement mark and remains on the battlefield, dealing X% damage per second for 8 seconds.
	2b	Part the Heavens Spear of the Heavens now drops 8 spears along the path toward your target.
	2c	Fist of the Heavens Spear of the Heavens becomes a Core Skill and is now a pure Holy energy that crashes down from the sky. On impact, it deals X% damage and breaks into 5 projectiles, dealing X% additional damage to enemies in their path.

Passive Skills

Skill	Effect
Crack in the Armor	You deal X% increased damage to Vulnerable enemies.
High Charity	You gain 4% Cooldown Reduction.
Righteousness	You deal X% increased Holy and Fire damage.
Leave Luck to Heaven	You gain 3% Lucky Hit Chance.
Pacify	You gain X% increased Crowd Control Duration.
Dizzying Blow	You deal X% increased damage to Crowd Controlled enemies.
Iron Sharpens Iron	You gain X% Critical Strike Damage.
Break the Line	You have a X% increased Critical Strike Chance and deal X% increased Damage to Weakened enemies.
Press the Advantage	Critically Striking grants you 3% Damage Reduction for 5 seconds.
Heavyweight	You deal X% increased Critical Strike Damage while Healthy.

Paladin Ultimate Skills

Paladin Skill Types
Basic	Core	Aura	Valor
Justice	Ultimate	Key Passives

Active Skills

Skill / Effect	Skill Upgrades
Heaven's Fury Grasp the Light, dealing X% damage around you per second before releasing it to seek Nearby enemies and dealing X% damage per hit for 7 seconds.	2	Enhanced Heaven's Fury Heaven's Fury light Judges enemies.
	2a	Final Justice Heaven's Fury can Cast anywhere, concentrating the Light as it grows and Pulls enemies in while dealing X% damage per second before erupting for X% damage. Heaven's Fury's Cooldown is increased by 10 seconds.
	2b	Walk With The Light Heaven's Fury splits into 5 orbiting beams, dealing X% damage each hit for 7 seconds.
	2c	Triplicate Heaven's Fury splits into 3 beams, dealing X% damage each hit for 7 seconds.

Fortress Make your stand, becoming Immune for 3.0 seconds and create a defensive area around you for 8.0 seconds. Standing in your Fortress grants you and your allies 2 Resolve stacks every 0.5 seconds.	2	Enhanced Fortress While inside of your Fortress your Skills are free to Cast and you gain X% damage per stack of Resolve.
	2a	Entrench While inside of Fortress your Life cannot be reduced below 1.
	2b	Barricade Killing enemies inside of your Fortress extends its duration by 0.5 seconds up to 20 seconds. You may recast Fortress to move it to your current location.
	2c	Rampart of Thorns Enemies inside Fortress are Slowed by 50% and take 500% of your Thorns damage per second.

Zenith Summon a divine sword that cleaves the battlefield for X% damage. Casting Zenith again cuts through the battlefield for X% damage and Knocks Down enemies for 2.0 seconds.	2	Enhanced Zenith While Zenith is active, you are Unstoppable.
	2a	Empyrean Edge Zenith is now also a Mobility Skill that: Dashes to enemies,Weakens enemies, Gain X% Critical Strike Chance Killing Weakened enemies with either of Zenith's strikes will reduce its cooldown by 2 seconds.
	2b	Sermon of Steel Zenith unleashes your wrath, dealing X% damage and can be cast indefinitely for 4 seconds before starting its Cooldown. Instead of Knocking down enemies, Zenith 2nd strike extends this duration by 1 second.
	2c	Sunder Zenith sunders a rift in the ground with a single strike, Knocking Down enemies and dealing X% damage. After 1 second, the rift detonates for X% damage.

Arbiter of Justice Ascend to the heavens and crash upon the battlefield as an Arbiter for 20 seconds, dealing X% damage upon landing.	2	Divine Intervention Arbiter of Justice ascends for an additional 2 seconds and rains Blessed Spears on the battlefield. Upon landing, Arbiter of Justice bombards the battlefield with 10 additional Blessed Spears, making enemies Vulnerable for 4 seconds.
	2a	Reach of the Law Arbiter's Wing Strikes now apply Judgement to enemies.
	2b	Sermon of Steel Zenith unleashes your wrath, dealing X% damage and can be cast indefinitely for 4 seconds before starting its Cooldown. Instead of Knocking down enemies, Zenith 2nd strike extends this duration by 1 second.
	2c	Seraph's Wings Arbiter form gains the following benefits: 100% Movement Speed Wing Strikes deal X% increased damage Makes Nearby enemies Vulnerable.

Passive Skills

Skill	Effect
Shining Armor	You deal X% increased damage to Elites and X% increased damage to Healthy enemies.
Giant Slayer	You deal X% increased damage to Elites and X% increased damage to Healthy enemies.
Sacred Arms	Gains a bonus based on your equipped weapon types:Two Handed: Gain X% Critical Strike Damage.One Handed and Shield: X% chance to ignore damage.
Master Craftwork	Your armor is increased by X% of your Shield's Block Chance.
Shake it Off	You have a X% chance to become Unstoppable for 1 second after being hit by a Crowd Control Effect.

Paladin Key Passives

Paladin Skill Types
Basic	Core	Aura	Valor
Justice	Ultimate	Key Passives

Passive Skills

Skill	Effect
Coat of Arms	Your damage is increased by 75% of your Armor Percent and 50% of your Block Chance.
Path of the Penitent	Your Zealot Skills cost 100% more Faith, but Casting them grants all Skills X% Resource Cost Reduction and 10% increased damage for 4 seconds, up to 10 times.
Exaltation	During Arbiter, your damage is increased by 85% and Wing Strikes strike 1 additional time.
Judgement Day	Consuming Judgement increases your damage by X% for 5 seconds, up to X%. Judgement now spreads to nearby targets without Judgement when it detonates.

How to Play the Paladin

Focus on the Skills Related to Your Oath

Group up the Mobs Before Engaging

Focus on the Skills Related to Your Oath

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A Paladin's strength lies in the synergy of his Oaths, which buff specific skills and encourage a particular playstyle. Stick to the skills that align with your oath to deal the most damage.

Group up the Mobs Before Engagings

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The Paladin has plenty of hard-hitting AoE skills that consume a lot of resources or have a long cooldown period. To maximize efficiency, it's better to play slowly and deliberately by grouping enemies together before unleashing your skills.

Paladin Stat Priorities

Paladin Stat Priority
Strength ▶ Intelligence ▶ Willpower ▶ Dexterity
Strength	Strength is the main stat Paladins should be prioritizing, as it increases Skill Damage as well as Armor. Armor increases your survivability by a lot, and some skills can buff the Paladin's damage depending on how much armor the Paladin has.
Intelligence	Intelligence increases the Paladin's critical strike chance, as well as resistance to all elements. Since the Paladin's engagements will mostly be at melee range, getting a hefty amount of survivability is mandatory.
Willpower	Willpower boosts the Paladin's overpower damage as well as providing additional resource generation. While both stats are nice to have, other stats should be prioritized.
Dexterity	Dexterity increases the paladin's dodge chance, but this doesn't help much because the paladin relies on blocking and damage mitigation for survivability. For this reason, dexterity can be safely ignored.

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Paladin Strengths

Strong Auras

High Build Variety

Great Defensive Options

Paladin Weaknesses

Most Builds Are Slow and Cumbersome

Builds are Tied to Oaths

Paladin Class Specializations

Zealot Oath

Juggernaut Oath

Judicator Oath

Disciple Oath

Paladin Skill Tree

Paladin Basic Skills

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Paladin Core Skills

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Paladin Aura Skills

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Paladin Valor Skills

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Paladin Justice Skills

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Paladin Ultimate Skills

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How to Play the Paladin

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Season 10 Leveling Builds

Events

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Bosses

Lair Boss Guides

Dungeon Boss Guides

Unique Items

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Vessel of Hatred

Mercenaries

Game Mechanics and Activies

Aspects

Aspects by Type

Runewords

Items

All Consumables

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Tips and Tricks

Starter Guides

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Currency Farming Guides

Endgame Content

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FAQs

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Maps and Regions

Waypoint Locations

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Story Walkthrough