Buff DPS Paladin

[tulip moth]

When I first started playing, I chose the paladin becase i thought of the classes like:
Paladin -Warrior- Balanced DPS and Armour
Duelist (Windblade) -Rogue- High Attack Speed Resulting in Relatively High DPS and Low Armour
Arcanist -Mage- Magic Stuff (Almost Always Unbalanced)
Druid -Support Summoner- Healing and Summons Version of Arcanist

But I was pretty disappointed to find out it was like:
Paladin -Tank- High Armour and Low DPS
Duelist -DPS- Straight Up High DPS and Low Armour
Arcanist -Mage- Magic Stuff (Somehow Balanced)
Druid -Support Summoner- Healing and Summons Version of Arcanist

Then I learn't I dont have to have low DPS as a paladin with a different build (DPS Paladin), but as more classes are being added, especialy the reaver, I feel like the paladin in general is lacking a bit. IMO an easy fix will be to make eon blade of time deal more damage or add haste to paladin's ascension 👍

[fathom zenith]

i think reaver has started to overshadows paladin and it seams like a good idea to give a reason to use paladin over reaver

[knotty flicker]

You'll find your Paladin to be a far better tank on difficult targets than a reaver is

[tulip moth]

but dps could get a bit of a buff though

[finite peak]

I think the better tanking makes up for the lesser dps. Dont want the tanks to be equal dps only for the Paladin to also be a better tank overall.

[snow lodge]

On pally I turn off CC and spam my pbaoe which has a 1s cd for threat, then also spam cleave on cooldown. I can take down the entire building in azynthi gardens in one pull. The mitigation is top tier.

Reaver falls over. lol

[finite peak]

Heck ya. Reaver might kill them faster if it could survive I am guessing. Which is how it should be.

[harsh plinth]

Is this specific to sim paladins or just in general? I have the diamondine mace and im basically out dpsing everyone even while tanking.

[tulip moth]

its not just pladins that can use dianondine mace tho, and diamondine mace is not nearly a strong against harder opponents

not gonna lie the main reason i made this post is because of

there is no paladin only weapon but there is for every other class

[blissful depot]

Yeah I feel like Eon, BoT should have stayed as Paladin only when reaver was added. Maybe Parallax or Reaver’s Steel could be reworked into a 1h so Tank Reavers have an option

[knotty flicker]

azynthian blade is their best option atm

[snow lodge]

So as a pally tank I pulled the entirety of the bottom floor of Blooming Sepulcher (beside fernala) and aoe'd them all down. 3k dps as tank spec pally lol.

I'd like to see another pb-aoe spell to stack em, because at least 40% of that dps is thorns lmao

[tulip moth]

u cant just say this without showing us the build man 😭

[lunar token]

If you want AoE damage as a Paladin, the build is Molten Axe + high Haste + investment in AC until you stop dying. It procs an 850 damage thorns shield which stacks with the Sivakaya's Touch ring (+100) and Ancient Presence aura (+40). The proc rate looks low, but in practice, uptime is 100%. It swings fast, you always double attack at 35, and you get a few bonus % on the proc rate from stats in fancy gear. It will continue to improve as your gear improves, too, since native AC on blessed gear allows you to reduce your investment in Defense while remaining survivable. Def & Agi determine dodge rate, and dodged hits apply no Thorns. Your agi will grow with gear, too, but not fast enough to offset your ability to safely remove points from Def.

For single target, Thryne and the Monarch's Blade are pretty similar. Both peak in the 6k range with top end purples, the triple hit ascension, and party auras. The axe has a ceiling up near 7.5k if you're 2h tanking with low Def. That might be irresponsible in the raid, but currently, none of the bosses except full power Eldoth punish you for that.