Paladin (Diablo II)

History

Skills

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Level	Combat Skills	Offensive Auras	Defensive Auras
1	File:Paladin skills.png
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24
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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
Frames	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	FCR
15	9	0
14	9	9
14	8	15
13		18
12		30
12	7	39
11		48
10		75
10	6	86
9	6	125

Fist of the Heavens
Frames		FCR
Total	Action	FCR
34	9	0
33	8	15
32	7	39
31	6	86

[1] [2] [3]

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)

Contents

History

Skills

Combat Skills

Offensive Auras

Defensive Auras