Paladin Guide
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Shadowbringers Paladin Guide
Single-target rotations
- Your Basic combo is Fast Blade - Riot Blade - Rage of Halone (Lv. 26) (upgraded to Royal Authority at Lv. 60). This is all you need to do at level 50.
- (lv. 54) - Your damage-over-time (DoT) combo is Fast Blade - Riot Blade - Goring Blade (Lv. 54). Goring Blade is incredibly powerful. Apply Goring Blade right as it is about to fall off your target.
- Use Fight or Flight (FoF) right before Goring Blade, possibly before Riot Blade if your skill speed is good enough - this will allow it to last long enough to buff two Goring Blades.
- (Lv. 54) - Your single-target rotation is:
- DoT combo (FoF) -> Basic combo -> Basic combo
- DoT combo -> Basic combo -> Basic combo
- DoT combo -> Basic combo -> Basic combo
- (Lv. 68) - Your Spell combo is Requiescat (Lv. 68) - Holy Spirit - Holy Spirit - Holy Spirit - Holy Spirit - Confiteor (Lv. 80). Before Lv. 80, replace the last Confiteor with another Holy Spirit.
- (Lv. 68) - Your single-target rotation is:
- DoT combo (FoF) -> Basic combo -> Basic combo
- DoT combo -> Spell combo
- DoT combo -> Basic combo -> Basic combo
- At Lv. 76, replace each second Basic combo with three uses of Atonement.
AoE rotations
- During mob pulls, you should always spam your AoE combos as they do more damage with 3 or more enemies.
- Total Eclipse - Prominence (Lv. 40) is your basic physical AoE combo for use with Fight or Flight. If you don't have Prominence, just spam Total Eclipse.
- Spam Holy Circle (Lv. 72) under Requiescat (Lv. 68). If you have Requiescat but not Holy Circle, use Requiescat but return to spamming your physical AoE.
Offensive
- Always Be Casting (ABC) - minimize downtime and keep triggering GCD abilities without pause. Use oGCD abilities between GCD abilities without having their animation delay your GCDs ("clipping").
- Learn your rotations as above. They're built on the basic premise that you want Goring Blade to keep ticking and maximize Fight or Flight (FoF) on it.
- The PLD rotation is not situational and quite strict, which also means it's easy once you've mastered it.
- Never trigger Requiescat and FoF together.
- Use your oGCDs Spirits Within and Circle of Scorn as much as possible. Time Spirits Within to trigger during your FoF buff.
- Intervene is your oGCD gap closer and free damage whenever you don't need gap closers.
Defensive
- Keep Iron Will on to generate enmity unless you are not the main tank.
- Because of your shield, you are naturally slightly more bulky than other tanks, as you are the only tank smart enough to enter the field of battle with a tool to defend yourself.
- Your unique life-saving cooldown, Hallowed Ground, is great for cancelling large amounts of damage from boss mechanics and large mob pulls.
- Your large defensive cooldown is Sentinel. Use it frequently to reduce damage taken.
- Don't forget to keep using Sheltron, which effectively reduces physical damage by around 20%. It's great for tankbusters and mob pulls.
- Self-healing with Clemency can severely disrupt your rotation. Use it only if absolutely necessary (/slap a healer).
- You have a lot of situational party savers:
- Cover (Lv. 45) can save a party member, but only if they're really close.
- Divine Veil (Lv. 56) turns into an AoE shield once you're healed, so it has to be used ahead of time (as you don't want to heal yourself).
- Intervention (Lv. 62) can help the main tank against a tankbuster.
- Passage of Arms (Lv. 70) protects your entire party behind you if you stay still, so it is mainly useful when the boss is away launching a big attack.