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AoE Judgement and Holy Aura Paladin Support Build Guide

Posted By MinMaxRPG on January 17, 2024
Last updated on January 18, 2024

Overview

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This build deals big damage while buffing or supporting your allies. It is an offensively minded support build which increases allies SuffixElemental Resistance while increasing their PrefixFire Damage. The gameplay is incredibly easy and passive. It is recommended you watch the video before you respec or build the character to understand the passive gameplay (pets, summons, auras etc.). It can easily be altered to increase PrefixCritical Strike Chance, PrefixCritical Strike Multiplier, PrefixBlock Chance, PrefixMelee Physical Damage, PrefixMelee Attack Speed and other various areas depending on your preferences if you don't wish to use fire. It relies on a 1-2 combo of Judgement and Volatile Reversal.

Judgement will use specialization points to create an aura around you after use, you will then travel with this aura to deal large fire damage to anything in the vicinity. At later stages points will be spent to increase the mana cost (up to 100% of your mana) to further the damage dealt. This is where Volatile Reversal comes in.

Volatile Reversal will be cast after using Judgement to instantly refill your mana pool. Allowing you to continue using it for other purposes. The specializations for Volatile Reversal mainly increase damage dealt and lower the cooldown allowing for more use of the 1-2 combo.

Lunge can be used as a gap closer or to immediately re-engage after casting Volatile Reversal. With a short cooldown this is your best mobility tool to bring the deadly aura of Judgement to enemies. Currently the skill is bugged and the specialization points that would allow you to use this on an ally don't work correctly. If and when they do, it's recommended you take those.

Javelin is a DPS burst cooldown. It will not be needed for clearing through trash enemies but on bosses the damage increase is favorable. At max level it's recommened to respec the passive skill tree to include Hammer and Anvil from the Forge Guard tree. Prior the passive tree in this guide will serve you.

Aside from these skills you manually avoid incoming damage or look to take it instead of your allies. This is an incredibly tanky character offering lots of boosts to party members. Simply being in the vicinity of them is often enough to help them clear higher and faster than before. Remember you can alter the Holy Aura tree to better accomadate yourself and allies depending on the collective builds.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Massive Support Benefits

Very Tanky

Unique compared to other classes/masteries

Cons

Passive gameplay not enjoyed by all

Boss clear speed (slow but they die)

Difficult to find useful idols

Gameplay / Mechanics

Incredibly simplistic gameplay. Use Judgement, cast Volatile Reversal, Lunge to an enemy. Drop Javelin on bosses and activate Holy Aura for additional support.

Skills

Passives

Stat Priorities

Equipment

Very easy gearing for this build. Stacking stats like PrefixAttunement, SuffixHealth, SuffixArmour, SuffixBlock Chance and Effectiveness will provide solid boosts. Your skill trees provide large amounts of SuffixAll Resistances and you have lots of wiggle room to forge or find gear upgrades.

It's recommended to build with the plan to survive first and deal damge through PrefixFire Damage or PrefixDamage Over Time second.

Idols

There are very limited idol choices. Use them to cap resistances and/or buff damage. After that you can increase Health or mana.

Blessings

Timeline
Blessings
The Black Sun

Any

Ending the Storm

Any

Reign of Dragons

Any

The Age of Winter

Any

Spirits of Fire

Any

Fall of the Outcasts

Any

The Stolen Lance

Any

Blood, Frost, and Death

Any

Fall of the Empire

Any

The Last Ruin

Any

Build Variants

Leveling

You can easily level with this build using Hammer Throw or Rive until Judgement is available.

Endgame

Respec to Hammer and Anvil from the Forge Guard tree using 25 points.

FAQ

Video

Changelog

  • lf link
  • loot filter
  • Build guide was published

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