Yet another Paladin Race thread!

[Farzo]

(Think of stamina vrs wisdom arguement with Shamans - you want 20 stamina because its easy to cap your wisdom and that 20 stamina = an extra canni so you get better mana returns from stamina in the long run)

[Heebo]

The holiest paladins hail from Rivervale.

[Sage Truthbearer]

Originally Posted by Farzo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's very easy to go oom on a Paladin: if you're not oom after a big fight your contribution was shit dps unless you tanked.

HoTing yourself/or others is great. 225manax4 hots = 4x700hp (not counting the extra server ticks you get on the HoT sometimes) means the healer didnt have to heal you/or others for 2800+ hp. For most Pallies that is 40% of their mana.

You want to 100% gear your paladin for a healthy manapool because once you ARE oom and LoH'd down you're a trashcan dps. A Paladin's contribution is CCing/Healing/Tanking all of which require mana, so what would you prefer: a slight impact from str/dex/agi/stm or an extra heal?

Especially on a Blue Server where you can optimize your toons alot more towards raw stats. Eventually there will be 3.5-4k mana pool BiS paladins but I dunno what you'd do with a Paladin like that on a Blue server...on Red99 you could have alot of fun. (on Red you need to have resists on at all times so items without resists are less preferred).

I have to agree with Farzo here.

The reality is that Paladins do not have a significant role in tanking in Velious. What we do have a role in doing is patch healing where WIS does absolutely matter.

Especially on big fights, I used to go OOM all the time keeping myself + entire group topped off with my HoTs. If I had more mana, that's more HoTs I can cast.

[Vallanor]

For a big fight, I agree. Blowing a whole mana bar means you're doing something right. Same story with my wizard.

For a one-group scenario, however - which is where paladins really shine - I don't think the size of your mana pool is all that important. I'd probably stack hps instead.

[Abilge]

I keep hearing about Prexus Pallies. I have to ask what item is so amazing and Prexus locked to make them so great.

[Colgate]

high elf > dwarf > erudite > human > half elf

erudites not 2 bad

[Leiker]

I rolled human female because they look the best in velious plate.

Stats really dont matter much.
I see wisdom vs. stamina being argued, but I think I was leveling and grouping casually, especially in places like Sebilis and HS, I used to cast a lot of lulls and pacifies. Getting charisma buff and having a few charisma heavy items like crown of king tranix and fear paladin boots (iirc, this was back in kunark) was really nice because it helps with successful lull pulling.

If you like playing casually and grouping a lot, I actually would not discount charisma as a stat. Ultimately 25 charisma wont make a huge difference, but it will help you be a better puller and imo I dont think going full stamina or wisdom is a bigger advantage for a casual player.

That being said, I think I went full stamina.

Do whatever you want, epic is fairly easy, ND looks cool but ultimately its no big deal.

[Baler]

I believe that dwarf is the best race for Cleric & Paladin.
If you're not going for the best then pick any race you want.

It's like Ogres being the best warrior race.
The argument of high elf vs dwarf boils down to. Mana vs min/max starting stats.

[Colgate]

halfling is the best cleric race

iksar is the best warrior race

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[Trollhide]

Originally Posted by Colgate [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

iksar is the best warrior race

Iksar has the worst melee animations, this is FashionQuest after all