The Best Paladin Build In Last Epoch (2024)

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Published Feb 18, 2024

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Last Epoch

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Caster Sentinel Passives

Paladin Skill Specializations

The Paladin character is one of the Sentinel builds in Last Epoch. Paladins are a form of Mastery and can learn everything from the subclass. However, you still have the option of taking half the abilities from the other two options: Force Guard and Void Knight.

One of the strongest Paladins is one that doesn’t enter melee range if they can avoid it. Instead, they rely on ranged attacks like Javelin and Smite to damage from afar. This allows them a mix of physical and fire damage for different situations.

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Caster Sentinel Passives

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The core of the Paladin revolves around its Passive selections. You must always use the initial 20 points in the Sentinel base class in Last Epoch. From there, concentrate on full Paladin Mastery. After getting key Skills, dip for a short time into Force Guard for more physical damage and protection.

Many of the Passive bonuses are only in effect when wielding a shield. You may need to farm areas and dungeons like in Diablo 4. Make it your highest priority to always use a powerful shield. This might even include neglecting other equipment slots like body armor and helmets.

Sentinel Passives

Passive	Allocation	Benefit
Juggernaut	8	Increased strength, fire resistance, and lightning resistance.
Fearless	3	Increased vitality and health regen.
Armor Clad	4	Extra armor and reduced damage from close enemies.
Valiant Charge	5	Shorter cooldowns from movement skills, and extra health.

Paladin Passives

Passive	Allocation	Benefit
Conviction	8	Increased damage and penetration for physical, fire, and lightning attacks.
Defiance	1	Bonus attunement and elemental resistance.
Honor	1	Blocking is more effective and stun avoidance.
Heavenfire	10	Increases spell damage when equipped with a shield.
Dedication	7	Bonuse Attunement and mana recovers faster.
Sanctuary Guardian	8	Extra spell damage and armor when using a shield.
Holy Precision	10	Increased critical chance.
Reverence of Duality	12	Increased damage, health, mana, and healing.
Light of Rahyeh	12	Increased fire and lightning damage. Also improves movement.

Force Guard Passives

Passive	Allocation	Benefit
Weapons Master	10	Increased strength, thrown, and melee damage.
Peltast	10	Increased throwing damage and stun chance.
Siege Captain	4	Improved blocking and throw damage with a shield.

There are Void Knight Passives that can also be appealing to a Paladin in Last Epoch. Devouring Blade is a nice option as it increases damage for four seconds after making a kill. Simply spending 5 points to gain the Volatile Reversal skill can be useful. It is best to redistribute those needed points from Force Guard.

Paladin Skill Specializations

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While you can utilize any learned skill, specializing brings in more power and versatility. You can have up to five specializations at a time. Holy Aura and Sigils of Hope will be the primary Paladin-specific spells. These are team buffs that are great when working with a Necromancer friend.

You will be mainly using two important Sentinel core skills: Javelin for damage, and Lunge as a means of escape. You will also pick up Smite by spending 20 points on Sentinel Passives.

Javelin Points

Skill Progression	Allocation	Benefit
Mighty Delivery	5	Javelin does more damage and at faster speeds.
Serrated Javelin	2	Javelin can shred armor.
Excellent Balance	1	Javelin costs less mana.
Burning Strength	1	Javelin has a chance to proc Ignition.
Spear to the Thigh	5	Javelin does extra damage over time.
Holy Trail	1	Javelin deals fire and lightning damage, and also heals allies.
Pilgrimage	4	Deal more elemental damage. Can also Ignite or Electrify targets.
Path of Judgment	1	Holy Trail deals more damage based on healing effectiveness.

Smite Points

Skill Progression	Allocation	Benefit
Holy Fire	2	Smite can cause Ignition.
Conflagration	2	Smite deals more damage to targets with Ignition.
Righteous Overload	3	Enemies killed by Smite may explode.
Immolation	1	Smite may spread flames around.
Fissure	1	Smite creates fissures near the impact area.
Epicenter	3	Fissures area of effect increases.
Pillars of Light	3	You might cast Smite twice with no additional mana cost.
Blinding Flash	5	Smite can blind enemies and deals more damage to the blind.

Lunge Points

Skill Progression	Allocation	Benefit
Dawn Charge	2	Recover health when using Lunge.
Blade Stream	1	Lunge hits all enemies in the way.
Broadside	1	Lunge hits in a wider area.
Slipstream	3	Allies in the way of Lunge gain Haste.
To Your Aid	1	You can use Lunge to reach allies.
Visceral Path	2	Lunge deals more damage to enemies along its path.
Rough Cuts	2	Lunge has a chance to cause Bleed.
Torchbearer	1	Lunge deals fire damage and can cause Ignition.
Juggernaut Dash	4	Gain 100% block rate while using Lunge.
Unstoppable	1	You are fully invincible when using Lunge.
Disarming Blow	2	Lunge causes Frailty on hit.

Holy Aura Points

Skill Progression	Allocation	Benefit
Rahyeh’s Devotion	1	Holy Aura has a chance to cause Ignition.
Burning Blows	5	Holy Aura increases fire damage.
Call to Arms	2	Holy Aura increases physical damage.
Strength from Afar	2	Increases throw damage and chance to stun.
Fanaticism	3	Improves attack and spell speed.
True Strike	4	Increases critical hit rate.
Extreme Zeal	3	Improved critical damage when scoring a critical hit.

Sigils of Hope Points

Skill Progression	Allocation	Benefit
Iron Sigils	2	Sigils grant extra endurance.
Enduring Hope	5	Sigils have a longer duration.
Tetragram	1	Gain an additional maximum sigil.
Empowering Sigils	5	Each sigil increases damage dealt.
Word of Alacrity	2	Each sigil increases casting speed. Casting also heals you.
Decree of Flame	3	Each sigil increases fire damage.
Burning Sign	2	Sigils have a chance to Ignite enemies.

While this is the final level 100 skill set, you will need to fill in gaps during the leveling process. Basic moves like Hammer Throw, Shield Rush, and Shield Throw can be used in the meantime. Unlike the class-changing NPC of Baldur’s Gate 3, you can freely respec'd at any time from Last Epoch’s menu.

This strong Paladin build truly shines in the end-game challenges of Last Epoch. Later difficulties can rival Nightmare mode in Diablo 4. Various attacks are learned even at a low level, but won’t fully come online until around level 80 or more. Make small adjustments along the way and prioritize the point allocations that feel most comfortable.

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Platform(s): PC
Released: February 21, 2024
Developer(s): Eleventh Hour Games
Publisher(s): Eleventh Hour Games
Genre(s): Action RPG
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