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Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred (D4)

Auradin Paladin Build

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★ NEW: Season 11 Guide | Season 11 Release Date
┗ Seasonal Content: New Uniques
┗ Seasonal Mechanic: Divine Gifts
★ NEW: Paladin Class and Lord of Hatred Expansion Release Date
★ Check out our Vessel of Hatred expansion guide

This is the Auradin Paladin endgame build and guide for Season 11 of Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred (D4). Read on to learn more about the Auradin Paladin build as well as its playstyle in the Season of Divine Intervention!

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Auradin Paladin Build

Auradin Paladin Build Summary

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SummarySummary Skills and Passives Skills and Passives Divine GiftsDivine Gifts Aspects and AffixesAspects and Affixes
GemsGems MercenaryMercenary Spiritborn ParagonParagon Playstyle Playstyle
Build Summary
Paladin Class mode:showAuradin Paladin Endgame Build
Advance Fanaticism Aura Defiance Aura Holy Light Aura Falling Star Arbiter of Justice
Focus: Auras, Nuke
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This Auradin Paladin endgame build allows you to AFK farm activities or simply walk through them. This works through the Holy Light Aura, dealing billions of damage to all enemies around you.

The Disciple Oath and Castle Legendary nodes allow the build to reach billions of damage that scales higher from Armor and Attack Speed.

Season 11 Guide (Divine Intervention)

Auradin Paladin Build Skills and Passives

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SummarySummary Skills and PassivesSkills and Passives Divine GiftsDivine Gifts Aspects and AffixesAspects and Affixes
GemsGems MercenaryMercenary Spiritborn ParagonParagon Playstyle Playstyle
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※ More skills can be seen by scrolling vertically.

Active Skills
Basic Skill TreeBasic Skill Tree

Advance Advance (1/5)
 ┗ Enhanced Advance
  ┗ Flash of the Blade
Core Skill TreeCore Skill Tree

En Garde En Garde (3/3)
 ┗ Riposte Riposte (3/3)
Focus Skill TreeAura Skill Tree

Defiance Aura Defiance Aura (5/5)
 ┗ Enhanced Defiance Aura
  ┗
Fanaticism Aura Fanaticism Aura (5/5)
 ┗ Enhanced Fanaticism Aura
  ┗ Rite of Vengeance
Holy Light Aura Holy Light Aura (5/5)
 ┗ Enhanced Holy Light Aura
  ┗ Rite of Judgement
Defensive Skill TreeValor Skill Tree

Falling Star Falling Star (1/3)
 ┗ Enhanced Falling Star
  ┗ Freefall
The Best Offense The Best Offense (3/3)
  ┗ Fortitude Fortitude (3/3)
Potency Skill TreeJustce Skill Tree

Righteousness Righteousness (3/3)
Pacify Pacify (1/3)
Dizzying Blow Dizzying Blow (2/3)
Crack in the Armor Crack in the Armor (3/3)
Iron Sharpens Iron Iron Sharpens Iron (3/3)
 ┗ Break the Line Break the Line (3/3)
  ┗ Heavyweight Heavyweight (3/3)
Ultimate Skill Tree Ultimate Skill Tree

Arbiter of Justice Arbiter of Justice (5/5)
Shining Armor Shining Armor (3/3)
 ┗ Giant Slayer Giant Slayer (3/3)
Master Craftwork Master Craftwork (3/3)
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Coat of Arms Coat of Arms

Auradin Paladin Class Specialization

DiscipleDiscple Oath ・Casting a Disciple Skill with a cooldown grants Arbiter for 4.5 seconds.
・Upon landing, Arbiter of Justice bombards the battlefield with 10 additional Blessed Spears, making enemies Vulnerable for 4 seconds.
・While in Arbiter form, your Disciple Skills deal X% increased damage.

The Disciple Oath allows the build to increase its damage when Arbiter of Justice or Falling Star is used, adding more damage to the multipliers already present in the build.

Paladin Oath Guide

Auradin Paladin Build Divine Gifts

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Divine Gifts Setup
Essence of Sin
Essence of Pain Essence of Lies Essence of Anguish

The Essence of Sin is the most important Divine Gift for the setup, as it grants a 20% armor increase. This synergizes with the Castle Legendary Node, which increases your damage based on your armor.

Essence of Pain and Essence of Lies are equipped for more survivability, while Essence of Anguish is equipped for more movement speed.

List of All Divine Gifts

Auradin Paladin Build Aspects and Affixes

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Blacksmith Icon Equipment Notes! Affixes marked with ★ are ones you should aim to upgrade when Masterworking.

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Gear Aspect and Affixes
Head
Stats:
・Critical Strike Chance ★
・Lucky Hit Chance
・Movement Speed
・Core Skills
Chest
Stats:
・All Stats ★
・Damage on Next Attack After Entering Stealth
・Maximum Life
・ Resource Generation
Gloves
Stats:
・Ranks to Righteousnes
・Chance for Holy Light Aura to Deal Double Damage ★
・Strength
・Maximum Life
Pants
Stats:
・Armor ★
・Maximum Life
・Strength
・Ranks to Defiance Aura
Temper:
・ Holy Light Aura Potency
Boots
Stats:
・Armor ★
・Strength
・Movement Speed
・Ranks to Defiance Aura
Temper:
・ Holy Light Aura Potency
Amulet
Stats:
・Strength
・Damage
・Armor
・Cooldown Reduction
Temper:
・Ranks to En Garde ★ [/align]
Ring
Stats:
・Strength ★
・Attack Speed
・Maximum Life
・Cooldown Reduction
Temper:
・Holy Damage
Ring
Stats:
・Strength ★
・Attack Speed
・Maximum Life
・Cooldown Reduction
Temper:
・Holy Damage
Weapon
(1H Sword)

Stats:
・Strength ★
・Maximum Life
・Ranks to Break the Line
・Ranks to Heavyweight
Weapon
(Shield)

Stats:
・Armor ★
・Maximum Life
・Chance for Retribution to Deal Double Damage
・Ranks to Core Skills

Auradin Paladin Build Gems and Runewords

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Weapon Armor Jewelry
EmeraldEmerald RubyRuby DiamondDiamond

Emerald is used for your Weapon to increase your Critical Strike Damage. Keep in mind that even though shields are weapons, their gem slots act like those of armor.

Use Rubies on your Armor and Shield for more strength and armor. And use any Jewelry slots to accommodate your lacking resistances.

List of All Gems

Auradin Paladin Build Runewords

Runeword 1
BacBac CehCeh

Bac + Ceh is used to summon wolves, which will also gain Holy Light Aura, increasing the damage radius of your build.

It's best to use only one runeword for the build and use the Gem Slots for Rubies instead. This setup is more beneficial to the build as Rubies increase armor, which scales your damage through the Castle legendary node.

List of All Runewords

Auradin Paladin Build Mercenaries

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Mercenary Reinforcement
Varyana Varyana Raheir Raheir

Use Varyana as your main mercenary for the added movement speed and attack speed, while Raheir will be your Reinforcement to protect you when you become incapacitated.

List of All Mercenaries

Auradin Paladin Build Paragon Boards

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Paragon Boards
1. Starting Board (Judicator)
2. Castle (Imbiber)
3. Preacher (Resplendence)
4. Divinity (Honed)
5. Beacon (Canny)

The Paragon Boards and Glyphs for the Auradin build focus on increasing your Attack Speed, Damage multipliers, and Critical Strike Damage. This is made possible mainly through the Preacher and Castle legendary nodes.

Make sure to keep doing Pit runs to help you max out your Glyph levels and activate all the bonuses they provide.

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Auradin Paladin Build Playstyle and Rotation

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The Auradin Paladin build playstyle is simply played by moving around and automatically killing surrounding enemies. The rotation is as follows:

  1. Use Falling Star to travel 10 meters and summon wolves through the BacCeh runeword.
  2. Use Arbiter of Justice to deal extra damage.

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