New paladin

[nordbear]

Hey forum friends! Been thinking about rolling a new paladin and have some questions.

Race wise I’m kind of torn between human and dwarf. Think dwarves looks pretty cool with a 2H piercer but their 2HS is not great. Humans on the other hand look pretty dope in their armor and has a nice 2HS animation. Also considered high elf for the ND but they look kind of wimpy?

Gear wise, I have a narandi crown on my SK that the paladin can use. I also have a fungi but would rather keep it on my warr for now. Obviously, a fungi is better, but how much of a difference would you say a ikky bp + narandi is vs the fungi? Was thinking it could float me to 39 and then I can keep divine purpose up and then use dw bp after 45.

Will have a cof and reaver etc a part from that. Been trying to find a magic 2H since I wanted to try lower guk and kaesora but no luck so far.

[sajbert]

Fungi is way better.

As for race Dwarf has crappy charisma but if you think dwarves rock slap all points into charisma and maybe you can do alright with gear swaps for lulls. ND sucks. IMO humans are the strongest tied with high elves due to their good cha and wisdom. Erudites are the coolest tied with dwarfs.

Magical 2H:
https://wiki.project1999.com/Massive_Dragonclaw_Shard
https://wiki.project1999.com/Herbalist%27s_Spade
https://wiki.project1999.com/Exquisi...ium_Claidhmore
https://wiki.project1999.com/Argent_Protector
Super budget: https://wiki.project1999.com/Baton_of_Faith

[zelld52]

Fungi is 3x the regen as Iksar BP -- absolutely huge difference. I've tried downgrading from Fungi to Iksar BP, and it's really really big difference, even at lowbie levels. Narandi crown + Fungi will get you to 45 in no time.

[Snaggles]

Fungi’s fade in performance as you get into the mid 40’s. Especially since the DW helm click 4x faster. If you have Narandi helm I’d be tempted to just get a DW BP for the root/heal duty. Not click-healing will be a major disadvantage 45+.

Reaver to Narandi lance is a classic path. Herbalist Spade would make 50+ easier as you are stuck with Root until 54 and after that Enstill has a max duration of about 1.5 mins vs Paralyzing Earth at 2.5mins. Having the npc rooted constantly would make for a pretty relaxed grind. Even if it’s going to kill a bit slower than the Reaver or Narandi Lance.

If intent on a Fungi keep in mind what it looks like on all the races. Human and Dwarf are some of the better options, half elf too.

Don’t fall for the CHA pitfall. Outside splitting unrest basement I never found it an issue with a nominal amount. Don’t venture into Guk or CoM, kill easy guards where a zone line is visible and profit.

[Crede]

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

Hey forum friends! Been thinking about rolling a new paladin and have some questions.

Race wise I’m kind of torn between human and dwarf. Think dwarves looks pretty cool with a 2H piercer but their 2HS is not great. Humans on the other hand look pretty dope in their armor and has a nice 2HS animation. Also considered high elf for the ND but they look kind of wimpy?

Gear wise, I have a narandi crown on my SK that the paladin can use. I also have a fungi but would rather keep it on my warr for now. Obviously, a fungi is better, but how much of a difference would you say a ikky bp + narandi is vs the fungi? Was thinking it could float me to 39 and then I can keep divine purpose up and then use dw bp after 45.

Will have a cof and reaver etc a part from that. Been trying to find a magic 2H since I wanted to try lower guk and kaesora but no luck so far.

Skip the ND and go for epic. Looks amazing and 2h bash is a really nice benefit since paladins don’t get slam.

I think humans win out in fashion but dwarven armor has crazy stats and fungi kinda matches it. My dwarf pally with pretty basic twinkage is at like 200+ str and 180 stamina unbuffed. Even at 55 fungi is still nice, between that and dw helm I never bothered with the dw bp but even still I’d always keep fungi and just swap in dw bp clicks if you want less downtime.

Human is better min max due to higher cha but dwarf will have the edge for the vast majority of your character.

[Snaggles]

I’m not a fan of a short pally but the weighted dwarven stats of STR/STA/WIS is huge for a casual player, or even a semi-casual raider. With tank gear any other race will struggle in comparison, especially elves and erudites.

[Keebz]

I'll say I've enjoyed the CHA on my HiE because lull is busted on this server (at least for now). You can stack CHA other ways, but I enjoy not swapping out much gear to move around dungeons solo.

That said, as Snaggles points out, if you just want to kill solo mobs by the zone line for the nth time, you can safely ignore CHA.

[spoil]

I agree CHA is nice and it's annoying to swap gear. I just swap into the Kobold Jester's Crown and with the glamour proc on the Luminary sword I sit around 150 CHA on my human pally. That's good enough to not get many crit resists on lower level blues.

[Toxigen]

went human, max cha

no regrets

you're def gonna want the narandi crown, fungi, deepwater BP, spiked horsey belt (or better haste if avail), best weapon you can get your hands on, a lance for 55, lumi sword, deepwater arms, and a little cha kit

obviously if you can get epic that would be baller, but theres plenty of good options if that grind aint your bag...i just got soulfire

oh and dont forget stacks on stacks on stacks of kilva's 10 dose

[Balimon]

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

went human, max cha

no regrets

you're def gonna want the narandi crown, fungi, deepwater BP, spiked horsey belt (or better haste if avail), best weapon you can get your hands on, a lance for 55, lumi sword, deepwater arms, and a little cha kit

obviously if you can get epic that would be baller, but theres plenty of good options if that grind aint your bag...i just got soulfire

oh and dont forget stacks on stacks on stacks of kilva's 10 dose

This.

Except the Lance, honestly that thing is way overrated.