Lost Ark: Paladin Class Guide
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- Class Overview
- Best Paladin Engravings
- Best Paladin Skills
Lost Ark's Paladin class is one of two support roles in the game, matched only by the Bard. The class is valuable in both PvP and PvE content and is one of the more reliable classes to pick up and play for your first run through the game.
This guide will cover a brief overview of the class, the best Engravings, abilities, and general playstyle tips. We will update this guide for the full release of Lost Ark in the West as of February 2022.
Class Overview
The Paladin is designed as a tanky support class that can provide team benefits in both PvP and PvE. Abilities come in two styles: Yellow (Primal Light Skills) and Blue (Fencing Skills). These are divided into support and attack damage skills – Yellow for Support, Blue for Damage. However, don't think you're going to be much damage. While you can pick up some AD for leveling, your role is solely to support, and you won't find a place as a DPS Paladin in late-game content.
Those abilities are designed to fill your Identity bar, basically your ultimate skill. The Paladin's is called Scales of Fate, of which there are also two options to use – Blue and Yellow. As we've just mentioned, you're going to be using the Yellow most frequently – it boosts the damage of your nearby allies, rather than yourself. We'll cover this in more detail below.
Pros
- Solid support kit with more tankiness than the Bard
- Ability to shield your team and manipulate different Aura abilities
- Easier to level with than the Bard due to higher DPS levels and more HP
Cons
- Although you can find DPS builds, it's still going to be weaker than focused DPS classes
- To balance out the Paladin's strengths, you'll notice fewer healing abilities than the Bard
Best Paladin Engravings
Like other classes, the Paladin has unique class Engravings. Here's a closer look at them.
Healing Faith | Master Fencer |
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Provides a solid defense boost to your allies (reduced incoming damage) and damage buff to output damage. You will also heal your allies over time. | A powerful Engraving, as it allows you to fill up your Identity gauge faster. It also increases the damage of your Blue skills. |
Which Engraving is better? Well, you may see plenty of Paladin builds online that recommend running both of these at the same time, using the Master Fencer Engraving to speed up the regen time for your Identity skill, while also getting the support-focused benefits of the Healing Faith Engraving.
Recommended Engravings For The Paladin Class
Awakening | Blessed Aura | Heavy Armor |
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Awakening is a regular pickup for most classes in the game – it reduces the cooldown of your Awakening skill and increases the maximum uses.
| This is a big buff to your Holy Aura, the Identity skill you will be using most regularly as a support class.
| We love this Engraving for solo content and for some late-game stuff, although you will likely like to get more specialized as you enter endgame content. Another option here would be Specialist.
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You should also experiment with other Engravings, like Spirit Absorption (for boosted attack and movement speed), Specialist, (increases your shielding and HP if you or your allies are on low HP), and Grudge, (reduces damage taken from bosses, good for late-game PvE where your main task is to stay alive.)
Best Paladin Skills
This is a rundown of a full 300 point endgame Support build for the Paladin. This is but one build in a sea of builds available in the game, as Lost Ark has so many class customization options that it pays to experiment with the builds that feel right for you. In our full Paladin builds guide, we'll go into more specific builds, like leveling, PvE, and PvP. Note: some translations may differ from the western release of the game, as this is currently still a WIP from the Betas.
Skill | Tripod One | Tripod Two | Tripod Three |
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Punishment (Blue Skill)
| Magick Control
| Piercing Sword
| N/A |
Sword Of Justice (Yellow Skill)
| Insight
| Summon Holy Sword
| N/A |
Charge (Blue Skill)
| Excellent Mobility
| Shining Protection
| Ambush Attack
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Dash Slash
| Quick Pace
| N/A | N/A |
Godsent Law
| Shield
| Wide-angle Attack
| Grace
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Execution Of Justice
| Rune Prison
| Strength Release
| Light Explosion
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Heavenly Blessings
| Mind Enhancement
| Perserverance
| Heavenly Requiem
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Holy Protection
| Quick Pace
| Robust Protection
| Vow Of Light
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As we mentioned, this is just a sample build to help you understand what sort of things are possible with the Paladin. We will cover more in-depth builds with our Paladin build guide.
You can also check out our class hub here – What Class Should You Play In Lost Ark?
You can check out some of our other class guides here:
- Berserker Class Guide
- Deathblade Class Guide
- Shadowhunter Class Guide
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