Category: Guide | Region: Cobrahn | Difficulty: Intermediate
A comprehensive paladin guide covering weapon choice, gear progression, and foci skills. Written by Javelina of PHNX Guild.
The most important early decision for a paladin is weapon selection. You start as a fighter and should pick one weapon to specialize in — splitting specializations is almost useless.
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Once you have chosen your weapon, stick with it. You can have secondary skills but always keep a primary.
Gear is more important to a paladin than probably any class in the game. Properly geared, you can survive almost anywhere relative to your size.
| Skill | Foci | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Charge | A ranged attack that hits a hostile crit up to 3 hexes away |
| 17 | Parry | Increases defenses and enables blocking until an aggressive move. This is when you become a true paladin. |
| 18 | Strike | Strikes a powerful blow. Defense drops slightly but barely noticeable. |
| 19 | Blindstrike | Hit crits you cannot see — blind or hidden targets (anti-thief strike) |
| 20 | Multistrike | Great for experience, less useful for skill. Good for clearing zoos. Used less as you grow. |
| 21 | Boost | +2 agility, +2 strength. Short duration, stuns for a few rounds. Useful for baiting lairs. |
| 21 | Thruststrike | A harder-hitting Charge that costs 5 HP to use |
| 22 | Powerstrike | Hits harder than Strike with about the same defense loss. Replace Strike with this. |
| 23 | Defend | Generally worthless except for playing around in SF |
| 24 | Superboost | +5 agility, +5 strength. Replace Boost with this. |
| 25 | Armorstrike | Two swings at the same crit. Hits very hard. Be careful on lair hunts (e.g. don't use on Nin). |
| 26 | Ultraboost | +8 strength, +8 agility. Stun lasts longer. Replace Superboost. |
| 27 | Maxstrike | Hits like a tank (2 strikes like Armorstrike). Makes many things soloable. Ages relatively quickly. |
| 28 | Disarm / Healingtouch | Can make crits drop/belt their weapons. Can now heal yourself. |