Paladin build
Hi, I'm trying to fix up my old paladin to get it usable in todays game. atm I'm looking at
120 Sword
120 Tactics
120 Bushido
120 Parry
90 Chivalry +15 glovers +15 ring
100 Resist Spells +15 ring (if I can get a 120 scroll)
50 Anatomy +10 ring
As I understand it resist is really important to reduce the effects of curse and other spells that debuff stats , and anatomy also important to buff damage output and therefore healing done through life leach.
I don't want to use Necro as this character is a paladin.
Anyone have a better idea? I know there was a build called a Dragoon but that one seemed to use either resist or anatomy and I would like to use both if possible
120 Sword
120 Tactics
120 Bushido
120 Parry
90 Chivalry +15 glovers +15 ring
100 Resist Spells +15 ring (if I can get a 120 scroll)
50 Anatomy +10 ring
As I understand it resist is really important to reduce the effects of curse and other spells that debuff stats , and anatomy also important to buff damage output and therefore healing done through life leach.
I don't want to use Necro as this character is a paladin.
Anyone have a better idea? I know there was a build called a Dragoon but that one seemed to use either resist or anatomy and I would like to use both if possible
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120 weapon
120 tactics
120 anatomy
120 resist
120 healing
120 chiv
This build can do all content with ease
So what about
120 Sword
Don't you take a crazy amount of damage without parry?
You could swap in Healing for Bushido and have a pretty decent build, but would need more anatomy to cure (and stronger heals).
It will depend on what you fight (high magery mobs or no magery mobs), but you could probably run a little lower parry (maybe 90ish) and bump up anatomy. If you use the +15 healing legs that allows you to go 105 healing (120 total) and place that 15 in anatomy as well. Another choice here would be to swap out swords for macing. Again this is just my opinion but a paladin isn't relying on only leeches for their healing so they don't need to go swords (onslaught); they can actually go macing for stagger (eventually bringing the mob to 0 stamina) which means the melee hits coming in will be much fewer (ie don't need as much parry) and you also can use toughness for extra HP. That said, if you are sighting something like ancient liches (high casting mobs) then stagger isn't going to be as effective.
At the end of the day it's a different playstyle. You won't be running into a swarm of mobs, Leroy Jenkins style, but instead kind of grinding your way around so the skills might be a little different than what a Sampire has.
I'm thinking of this
and try both and see which I like best. For the non Bushido, pure paladin build what is the best sword to use with a shield? Im thinking broad sword and radiant simitar
I am confused as to why you are limiting yourself to single hand weapon and shield with a Bushido template. If you are using Bushido a Double Axe should be more effective for Champ Spawn type battles just like with Sampires. As far as the Radiant Scimitar, it has much faster swing speed than the Double Axe, doesn't do as much damage and may have leeching powers capped by lower swing speed. Might work for some, but a Double Axe will typically out perform a Radiant Scimitar unless your character has very low Stamina.
Regarding choosing between Healing or Bushido as the 5th slot in your template... I rotate Bushido, Healing and Necromacy using Soulstones depending on what I'm fighting:
- Healing: very tanky with weapon shield combo, but can takes longer to kill big things
- Bushido: good if you have life leech on your weapon it works, don't rely on Close Wounds
- Necromacy: only used for Vampric Embrace you said you are skipping Necro anyway
Good hunting!
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If you are going to use Bushido and use a shield; you are hurting your parry chances (Bushido works better with 2 handed weaps). So if you are looking to use 1 handed weaps and a shield (gives you extra slots for stats using a shield), I would not keep Bushido and I'd go healing instead.
That said, you can try to use Bushido and not use healing skill (kind of like a Dragoon build) but you will need to focus on 1) having leech life on your weapon 2) maximize damage output (more damage = more leeching) 3) try for 3/6 casting so that you can cast your chiv spells to cure/heal in a pinch.
Like I said, you will likely need to play around with it to see what you like best.
The only call out from me about that would be that once you kind of figure out your suit and start to "fine-tune" things, swapping between the 2 skills likely will remove some max stats from you.
Example: You go with a shield that has +4str & 1FC; when you are using a double axe (you obv don't get that stat) you would likely be at 146str instead of 150 and cast slower (ie heal/cure slower). That means you might need to carry some orange/purple leaves and more pots while using confidence/evasion more.
These things aren't the end of the world issues but you would just need to be more mindful of what you are fighting and what your setup is for each time, rather than just log on and go (on my 150str Sampire I don't carry purple/orange leaves bc I don't need them). I'm so used to hitting my evasion macro when I see my health bar get low that I've even tried to do that on my archer (and died when it didn't work).