Paladin (Diablo II)

History

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Skills

Level	Combat Skills	Offensive Auras	Defensive Auras
1	File:Paladin skills.png
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	Sacrifice Smite Holy Bolt Zeal Charge Vengeance Blessed Hammer Conversion Holy Shield Fist of the Heavens	Might Holy Fire Thorns Blessed Aim Concentration Holy Freeze Holy Shock Sanctuary Fanaticism Conviction	Prayer Resist Fire Defiance Resist Cold Cleansing Resist Lightning Vigor Meditation Redemption Salvation

Attributes

Attribute Level 1 /Level /Point Strength 25 Dexterity 20 Attack Rating 85 +5 Defense 5 +0.25 Vitality 25 Stamina 89 +1 +1 Life 55 +2 +3 Energy 15 Mana 15 +1.5 +1.5

Base defense is Dexterity/4, rounded down to the nearest point. Displayed life and mana are rounded down to the nearest point, but actual life and mana are rounded down to the nearest bit (1/256 point).

Breakpoints

The tables below list minimum Faster Block Rate, Faster Cast Rate and Faster Hit Recovery needed to reduce the number of frames in the respective animation and thus increase its speed. Some breakpoints differ depending on the skill used and weapon equipped.

HS	Holy Shield active
No HS	HS inactive
WB HS	Werebear with HS active
2T	Two-handed thrusting (spears)
STF	Two-handed axes, hammers, polearms and staves

Block rate and hit recovery	Cast rate
0 Frames FBR FHR HS No HS WB HS 2T,STF Other 13 0 12 3 11 7 10 13 9 20 0 8 32 7 7 48 15 6 0 75 27 5 0 8 120 48 4 13 37 280 86 3 32 120 200 2 0 86 4,680 1 86 600	0 Frames FCR Total Action 15 9 0 14 9 8 15 13 18 12 30 7 39 11 48 10 75 6 86 9 125	Fist of the Heavens Frames FCR Total Action 34 9 0 33 8 15 32 7 39 31 6 86

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• When Paladin transforms into a Werebear, breakpoints are the same as those for a Druid in the same form. [4]

Attack rate

• TitanSeal, Attack Speed Calculator (inDiablo.de)
• Zeal attack speed tables

Strategy and guides

• Quick Directory to the Paladin Forum (Paladin Room)
• Azariah, Conviction Cleric guide
• Grimborn, The Poorman takes on Uber Tristam

References

• Paladin (Arreat Summit)
• Paladin Blocking as Werebear (Technical Discussion)
• Librarian, Stairway to Heaven Status Tables for all Classes (FAQtoids)
• Nefarius, CharStats.txt (Phrozen Keep)
• RTB, Animations'n'stuff'n'stats (GamersOasis.net)