Paladins (PLD) specialize in close-range combat, just like Warriors. However, through long hours of spiritual training, paladins have acquired the ability to cast White Magic spells, making them even more valuable on the battlefield. Through the use of Shield Mastery and the ability to wear the heaviest armor in the game, Paladin fills its niche as a tank specialist.

Available after completing the quests A Squire's Test, A Squire's Test II, and A Knight's Test.

PLDs needed a new thread with an updated front page of gear sets since the old thread here is no longer updated.



Now, I'm not going to go into a whole a lot about Enmity this and that because I feel like it can be much better explained by giving you a link to anything and everything Enmity related. I strongly suggest learning how Enmity works as without it you're just a sub-par DD that no one wants.

Enmity


Level 1: Invincible - Grants immunity to all physical attacks for 30 seconds. Recast 1 hour

*Extends the duration of Invincible by 10 seconds when activated while equipped


Level 5: Holy Circle - Grants resistance against undead to party members within area of effect for 3 minutes. Recast 5 minutes

*Increases effect duration by 50% and increases potency by 2%.


Level 15: Shield Bash - Delivers an attack that can stun the target. Shield required. Recast 3 minutes
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Level 30: Sentinel - Reduces physical damage taken and increases enmity for 30 seconds. Recast 5 minutes

*Begins damage reduction at -103% PDT instead of -90%
*Enhances Guardian effect by increasing Sentinel's duration by 2 seconds per merit level.


Level 35: Cover - Allows you to protect party members by placing yourself between them and the enemy for 15 seconds. Recast 3 minutes

*Redirects magic attacks targeting the Covered player to yourself. (Cover duration +9)


*Converts 35% of damage taken during Cover to MP.


Level 62: Rampart - Grants a Magic Shield effect and enhances defense for party members within area of effect for 30 seconds. Recast 5 minutes

*Enhance Rampart duration by 30 seconds.
*Enhances Iron Will effect by giving Rampart +3% Fast Cast per merit level.


Level 75: Fealty (Merit) - This ability allows a PLD to resist not only enfeebling magic, but also added effects from monster TP moves, Charm, and some forms of non-elemental damage like Meteor for 1 minute. Recast 10 minutes

*Enhances Fealty effect by adding 4 seconds duration per merit level.


Level 75: Chivalry (Merit) - Converts TP to MP. Recast 10 minutes
Formula: MP recovered = TP×0.5 + TP×0.015×MND

*Increases TP×0.5 to TP×1.0


Level 78: Divine Emblem - Enhances the accuracy of your next divine magic spell and increases enmity for 1 minute or the next spell you cast. Recast 10 minutes

*Increases the Enmity modifier of Divine Emblem to 60%


Level 87: Sepulcher - Lowers accuracy, evasion, magic accuracy, magic evasion and TP gain for undead for 3 minutes. Recast 5 minutes

Level 95: Palisade - Increases chance of blocking with shield, and eliminates enmity loss for 1 minute. Recast 5 minutes

Level 96: Intervene - Strikes the target with your shield and decreases its attack and accuracy for 30 seconds. Recast 1 hour




Level 5: Undead Killer - Gives you an edge when fighting undead.

Level 10, 30, 50, 70, 76, & 91: Defense Bonus VI - Improves defense against physical attacks.

Level 20, 40, 60, 75, & 86: Resist Sleep V - Increases resistance against sleep.

Level 25, 50, 75, & 96: Shield Mastery IV - Grants bonus TP when blocking an attack with a shield. Also prevents spell interruption.

Level 35: Auto-Refresh - Restores 1 MP a tic.

Level 75: Iron Will (Merit) - Adds a spell interruption down effect to Rampart.

Level 75: Guardian (Merit) - Reduces enmity loss while using Sentinel.

Level 77, 84, & 91: Shield Defense Bonus III - Reduces damage taken when blocking an attack with a shield.

Level 79 & 99: Critical Defense Bonus II - Improves defense against critical hits.


Group 1
Shield Bash Recast: Shorten recast time by 6 seconds per merit.
*I would 5/5 this one. Free stun in those life threatening moments where it's critical your cure doesn't get interrupted and if you have Aegis that's an extra 400+ damage every 2m:30s.

Holy Circle Recast: Shorten recast time by 10 seconds per merit.
*Until SE makes an event that's nothing but undead it's best to leave this alone. Even then, it still won't be worth it~

Sentinel Recast: Shorten recast by 10 seconds per merit.
*Personal preference but I went 5/5 on this. Sentinel is a life saver and your go to JA before pulling a large group of mobs or DM II super tanking so you don't get owned while trying to setup the mobs properly.

Cover Effect Length: Lengthen time of effect by 4 seconds per merit.
*With the way events are currently played Cover is not used enough to warrant throwing merit into it. Not only that, you can make a Cover set to maximize your duration.

Rampart Recast: Shorten recast time by 10 seconds per merit.
*Again, it depends on your preference and play style whether or not to 5/5 Rampart or split them between Rampart and Sentinel.

Group 2
Fealty: Grants a powerful resistance to enfeebling magic.
*I would 4/5 this one. Combined with Caballarius Surcoat you get a whopping 1m:20s of resistance from enfeebling, added effects from TP moves, Charm and Meteor effects.

Chivalry: Converts TP to MP.
*Not as useful as it once was because of the mass amounts of refresh gear and the much larger MP pool we have. We're much more efficient with our MP than ever. However, I recommend putting at least 1 merit into this. If used with a Chivalry set and 3000 TP you can usually recap MP with ease.

Iron Will: Adds a spell interruption down effect to Rampart.
*Completely useless! With Shield Mastery and PLD's crazy block rate you shouldn't have much trouble getting your spells to fire off.

Guardian: Reduces enmity loss while using Sentinel.
*I recommend putting your last 5 merits into this. What more could a PLD ask for? Reducing your enmity loss while Sentinel is up; and you can use Sentinel every 4m:10s if 5/5 it as well!


Invincible Effect: Increases the amount of static enmity accrued from activating invincible. Increase static enmity by 100 per upgrade.

Intervene Effect: Increases damage dealt when using intervene. Increase damage dealt by 2 percent per upgrade.

Holy Circle Effect: Reduces the amount of damage taken from undead while under the effects of Holy Circle. Reduce damage taken by 1 per upgrade.

Sentinel Effect: Increases enmity while under the effects of Sentinel. Increase enmity by 1 per upgrade.

Shield Bash Effect: Increases damage dealt with Shield Bash. Increase damage dealt by 10 per upgrade.

Cover Duration: Increases the effect duration of Cover. Increase effect duration by 1 second per upgrade.

Divine Emblem Effect: Increases divine magic damage while under the effects of Divine Emblem. Increase magic damage by 2 per upgrade.

Sepulcher Duration: Increases the effect duration of Sepulcher. Increase effect duration by 1 second per upgrade.

Palisade Effect: Increases chance of blocking with shield while under the effects of Palisade. Increases chance by 1 percent per upgrade.

Enlight Effect: Increases additional light damage and physical accuracy while under the effects of Enlight. Increases additional damage by 1 and physical accuracy by 1.
**Max out everything, period!