Best possible paladin twink gear from 1 - 30 and 31 - 60

[ancientcloak]

been looking through the forum for leads to twinking out my paladin, and mostly see twink items that are cost effective. thats not what this thread is about. i want to know, without consideration for the cost, what the best possible twink items for a paladin are in every slot. i understand somethings are better for certain situations than others, but try to imagine going through all the major hunting areas, and what gear would be the absolute best to carry a paladin through it. ill check back in a little bit and clarify any questions posters might have

[PDX0621]

What race paladin are you planning on making? Definitely plays a big role in potential gear decisions.

[Ezalor]

paladins are the worst melee class in the game to throw a boatload of money at.

for how much you spent, you will 100% be disappointed

[Ele]

fungi
haste
random weapon
time

[maskedmelon]

fungi
haste
random weapon
time

Mostly this. The wiki is full of items for you to pick from. Beyond the things listed by Ele, the only things that improve Pally solo significantly are: 1. Mana regen, 2. STR, 3. Grey Matter.

[ancientcloak]

What race paladin are you planning on making? Definitely plays a big role in potential gear decisions.

i will be making a dwarf paladin

paladins are the worst melee class in the game to throw a boatload of money at.

for how much you spent, you will 100% be disappointed

that is your opinion sir, i think i will in fact have alot of fun

Mostly this. The wiki is full of items for you to pick from. Beyond the things listed by Ele, the only things that improve Pally solo significantly are: 1. Mana regen, 2. STR, 3. Grey Matter.

i was hoping for specifics, probably from experienced paladins who could list off the best twink items for every slot.

[Sajan]

Head: Crown of King Tranix (MR), Skull-Shaped Barbute (HP/AC/MR)
Face: Enshrouded Veil (HP/Mana)
Ear: Fingerbone Hoop (Stats/MR/See Invis), Black Sapphire Electrum Earring (HP/Mana)
Ear: Earring of Essence (HP/MR), Black Sapphire Electrum Earring (HP/Mana)
Neck: Necklace of Superiority (Stats), Black Sapphire Platinum Necklace (HP/Mana)
Shoulders: Obulus Death Shroud (Stats), Imbued Granite Spaulders (Resists), Tattered Mantle (HP)
Arms: Deepwater Vambraces (AC), Mithril Vambraces (STR/MR), Dusty Rusted Vambraces (HP)
Wrist: Dragon Hero Bracer (Stats)
Wrist: Hardened Clay Bracelet (Stats) / Deepwater Bracer (AC)
Hands: Gauntlets of Fiery Might (Stats), Deepwater Gauntlets (AC)
Finger: Djarn's Amethyst Ring (HP)
Finger: Band of Eternal Flame (HP/Mana/Stats), Gem Encrusted Ring (STR)
Back: Cloak of Flames (36% Haste), Hierophant's Cloak (HP/Mana/Stats)
Chest: Fungus Covered Scale Tunic (Regen) / Red Dragonscale Armor (STR/MR)
Waist: Runebranded Girdle (HP/Mana/Stats/Haste)
Legs: Deepwater Greaves (AC/Stats)
Feet: Iksar Hide Boots (HP/Stats), Deepwater Boots (AC)
Primary: Sword of the Morning / Granite Face Grinder (DPS)
Secondary: Sarnak Battle Shield (HP/Mana/Stats)
Range: Idol of the Thorned (STR/STA)

[Roguejm11]

Head: Crown of King Tranix (MR), Skull-Shaped Barbute (HP/AC/MR)
Face: Enshrouded Veil (HP/Mana)
Ear: Fingerbone Hoop (Stats/MR/See Invis), Black Sapphire Electrum Earring (HP/Mana)
Ear: Earring of Essence (HP/MR), Black Sapphire Electrum Earring (HP/Mana)
Neck: Necklace of Superiority (Stats), Black Sapphire Platinum Necklace (HP/Mana)
Shoulders: Obulus Death Shroud (Stats), Imbued Granite Spaulders (Resists), Tattered Mantle (HP)
Arms: Deepwater Vambraces (AC), Mithril Vambraces (STR/MR), Dusty Rusted Vambraces (HP)
Wrist: Dragon Hero Bracer (Stats)
Wrist: Hardened Clay Bracelet (Stats) / Deepwater Bracer (AC)
Hands: Gauntlets of Fiery Might (Stats), Deepwater Gauntlets (AC)
Finger: Djarn's Amethyst Ring (HP)
Finger: Band of Eternal Flame (HP/Mana/Stats), Gem Encrusted Ring (STR)
Back: Cloak of Flames (36% Haste), Hierophant's Cloak (HP/Mana/Stats)
Chest: Fungus Covered Scale Tunic (Regen) / Red Dragonscale Armor (STR/MR)
Waist: Runebranded Girdle (HP/Mana/Stats/Haste)
Legs: Deepwater Greaves (AC/Stats)
Feet: Iksar Hide Boots (HP/Stats), Deepwater Boots (AC)
Primary: Sword of the Morning / Granite Face Grinder (DPS)
Secondary: Sarnak Battle Shield (HP/Mana/Stats)
Range: Idol of the Thorned (STR/STA)

Wow... If you have about 1 million plat to spend this is the way to go. But, OP did ask for regardless of cost.

[Daldaen]

Yea that's the gear of a raid paladin.

For a leveling paladin:

Head: Skull-Shaped Barbute (HP/AC/MR)
Face: Enshrouded Veil (HP/Mana)
Ear: Black Sapphire Electrum Earring (HP/Mana)
Ear: Earring of Essence (HP/MR)
Neck: Black Sapphire Platinum Necklace (HP/Mana)
Shoulders: Imbued Granite Spaulders (Resists)
Arms: Deepwater Vambraces (AC)
Wrist: Hero Bracer (Stats)
Wrist: Deepwater Bracer (AC)
Hands: Deepwater Gauntlets (AC)
Finger: Platinum Fire Wedding Ring (HP)
Finger: Platinum Fire Wedding Ring (HP)
Back: Cloak of Flames (36% Haste)
Chest: Fungus Covered Scale Tunic (Regen) / Deepwater Breastplate (Clicky Heal)
Waist: Silvery Girdle (Stats)
Legs: Deepwater Greaves (AC/Stats)
Feet: Boots of Ro (HP/AC)
Primary: Sword of the Morning / Granite Face Grinder (DPS)
Secondary: Sarnak Battle Shield (HP/Mana/Stats)
Range: Idol of the Thorned (STR/STA)

This will cost you several 100k less with no gameplay change. Replacing the Deepwater Greaves for Greaves of Ro saves you another 75k.

Fungi+CoF are two high value items I would suggest that change how a paladin can solo. It's greatly helped me level my paladin personally. Everything beyond Fungi, CoF and a decent weapon isn't really all that important. Stack some AC/HP, but it's not worth more than 3-4k per slot for those stats. An RBG when you already have CoF haste for example is a waste leveling a paladin. Offtanking trash on a raid it may be worth it on your main but otherwise, meh.

[evan1612]

Yea that's the gear of a raid paladin.

For a leveling paladin:



This will cost you several 100k less with no gameplay change. Replacing the Deepwater Greaves for Greaves of Ro saves you another 75k.

Fungi+CoF are two high value items I would suggest that change how a paladin can solo. It's greatly helped me level my paladin personally. Everything beyond Fungi, CoF and a decent weapon isn't really all that important. Stack some AC/HP, but it's not worth more than 3-4k per slot for those stats. An RBG when you already have CoF haste for example is a waste leveling a paladin. Offtanking trash on a raid it may be worth it on your main but otherwise, meh.

Pretty great points, OP should definitely read this very carefully. My only question is wouldn't it be worthwhile to reach 180-190 STR or so that with yaulp you reach 200? Maybe not the best thing for grouping but I could see it being useful combined with haste and a good wep if he wanted to solo at later levels.

[Daldaen]

Sajan's list is definitely the one responding the the OPs question, but there's a huge amount of gear listed that doesn't really impact your gameplay leveling a paladin much at all, included in that list. To the tune of several hundred thousand platinum.

STR I wouldn't suggest stacking personally. Atleast not at the cost of HP gear. I don't think the benefits of 200 STR outweigh the several hundred HP lost in making those gear swaps.

[maskedmelon]

Pretty great points, OP should definitely read this very carefully. My only question is wouldn't it be worthwhile to reach 180-190 STR or so that with yaulp you reach 200? Maybe not the best thing for grouping but I could see it being useful combined with haste and a good wep if he wanted to solo at later levels.

Absolutely, the thing for OP to remember is that Paladins are not on the same offense tables as warriors and skill caps at L40 make misses much more frequent than other memes classes. They resume increases 50+, but still lag. The only remedy to that is higher atk rating which comes with increased str.

The purpose of the paladin also ought to be considered. If you are throwing this much money at one, one would presume the reason to be to make it as effective as possible. Stacking AC/HP will make for a great damage sponge in group content, but can be accomplished with very little investment and doesn't do as much for solo if you have a fungi.

If you want to create the most durable tank possible then by all means stack hp/ac. If you want to destroy content, then your two limiters are dps and recovery speed. The fungi covers the latter, haste helps the former, but only if you actually hit the mob. The effect of str on accuracy for a Paladin is profound.

[Tuljin]

If money is no object you'll want a Rod of Faith for your one hander paired with a Sarnak Battle Shield, and for 2h you want Granite Face Grinder. Its very important to train your Bash as you level and Rod of Faith with haste shreds (for a pal anyways)

As mentioned previously, if you expect to throw all this money at a Paladin and do damage like a Monk you'll be horribly disappointed. Its a long road until Paladin really comes into form (mid 50s) but Rod of Faith should bludgeon mobs to your satisfaction till you get there.

[Ezalor]

i didn't say anything about fun factor

i have given a paladin a fungi, cof, and a rod of faith and it's really underwhelming. especially compared to what a game changer the same tier items are for a monk, shaman, war, or even sk/ranger

[Roguejm11]

i didn't say anything about fun factor

i have given a paladin a fungi, cof, and a rod of faith and it's really underwhelming. especially compared to what a game changer the same tier items are for a monk, shaman, war, or even sk/ranger

Welcome to playing a knight class until they remove the exp penalty, and add in the correct bonus to 2 handed weapons. Which I still believe should be done at launch of Velious, not 2 months and 10 months down the road.

[Tuljin]

Even still the Paladin never does a shitload of damage and he was never supposed to. Paladin is (arguably) the superior tank for everything that isn't a raid boss and one of the benefits is the ability to hold agro without relying solely on expensive gear and procs. Along with calms, heals, roots (doing CC for yourself), DA, and stuns you bring a lot to the table.

A Warrior is completely useless without a healer and can hardly defend himself without the help of others. For as much as we bitch about how Verant created the classes and how some are inherently OP, if Paladin was as strong as a Monk or Warrior how can we reasonably expect him to have all those other skills that are beneficial to dungeon content? What would be the point of having the other classes? (Fast forward 15 years and this is how every other MMO works)

TL - DR - aside from a Fungi, haste item, and a decent 1h and 2h, you start to see diminishing returns on plat invested very quickly on a Pal

[Pint]

Full dwarf gear, cof, rod of mourning, standard twink jewelry, fungi, dw Bp, manastone.

[maskedmelon]

Full dwarf gear, cof, rod of mourning, standard twink jewelry, fungi, dw Bp, manastone.

This was a goal of mine until I realized the manastone is class restricted to priests/casters. Are you saying that it is in fact clickable from inventory by Paladins? If so that is freakin' awesome ^^. And it returns to my goal list.

[Pint]

Tbh idk if its class restricted but I'm going to guess no

[Pint]

Actually that's crazy, its definitely not class restrictrd

[Freakish]

You've never killed your monk with a manastone? For shame Pint.

[Ele]

Actually that's crazy, its definitely not class restrictrd

Good for training bind wound ^_^

[Daldaen]

Good for training bind wound ^_^

So is lava. Especially with low Heat resist.

[Ele]

So is lava. Especially with low Heat resist.

[evan1612]

That would be pretty cool if fire resist gave lava resist though

[Pint]

That would be pretty cool if fire resist gave lava resist though

It does

[Sheriff]

Make a high elf spending every single point in Wis sit back and enjoy velious. Pallas own velious. See level 59 pally torpor.