JM Van Horn
A Guide to the Paladin Class in Diablo 2
August 26th 2010 02:56
The first thing you will notice about Paladins in Diablo 2 is that they can handle their own when going toe to toe with a variety of opponents. You have the ability to customize your character from the standard mace and shield to a bow wielding Paladin who can out damage just about everyone else in the game.
Combat
If you wish to venture down this skill tree, your Paladin will learn the non-aura skills that help make them a force to reckon with by allowing your Paladin to focus on their melee skill.
There are several skills you can find here that will make your Paladin’s life easier. Zeal increases your physical damage, attack rating and speed at the price of locking your character in place until a certain number of attacks have been completed.
Vengeance is another highly sought after skill in this skill tree and draws a lot of attention. This talent increases the elemental damage and attack rating of your Paladin though it will come with a higher mana cost.
Blessed Hammer is sometimes referred to as the most overpowered skill in the game, fires out a hammer than spins out in a circle from the Paladin as it does magical damage to your opponents while ignoring magic resistance.
If you are looking for a fun skill in the Combat tree, look no further than Conversion. This talent will give you a chance to convert enemy monsters to fight along your Paladin’s side for sixteen seconds.
Offensive Auras
This skill tree will allow your Paladin to invoke auras that help increase his speed when attacking his opponents or decreasing the statistics of your opponents.
While you can stick with the Might Aura, which increases damage of melee attacks, or Blessed Aim, which increases the attack rating, the most sought after aura in this tree is Fanaticism which increase the attack damage, speed, and rating for your Paladin while only increasing the attack damage for the surrounding players.
Another option for auras in this skill tree focus on elemental damage. While fire and cold damage seem nice, a Paladin with Holy shock can lay out significant amountsof damage. The last aura that Paladins give heavy consideration to is Conviction. This aura reduces your enemies’ defense and elemental resists, which in turns allow you to dish out more damage to them.
Defensive Auras
This last skill tree offers your Paladin and members of their party additional protection from their enemies. If you decide to go with the Prayer aura, your Paladin and party members will be able to regenerate their health at a cost of Mana will Meditation will help increase the regeneration of Mana to the Paladin and party members.
Maybe you want to increase the defensive statistics of your Paladin. You should consider Defiance, which increase the defense rating of the group, or Salvation, which increase your Paladin and the party members elemental resistance. Both of these skills can be quite useful if you plan them out.
While there are several passive elemental resists left, the most intriguing one left is Redemption. This skill redeems the dead corpses of monsters and gives back health and mana to the Paladin. Since this could be a drastically overpowered skill, this aura only affects the Paladin and no one else.
As you can see, there are a variety of ways you can spend your skill points to make your Paladin more effect in Diablo 2. Take your time and practice to see which skill tree best fits your playing style.
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