Paladin Lost Ark Class Guide

Our Paladin Lost Ark class guide is important if you want to make the most of this Warrior type subclass in both PvE and PvP content. Lost Ark’s classes give you a lot of options for building them, through skills, engravings, gear, and more. Each one has its strengths and weaknesses, along with a place in the meta, so check out out Paladin Lost Ark class guide for a breakdown of all you need to know.

Paladin Class Guide Overview

The Paladin in Lost Ark is a Warrior type that wields a One Handed Sword and a Holy Tome of Scriptures. His musical instrument is a Warhorn. The Paladin has 2 types of attacks: Primal Light Skills (Yellow) or Fencing Skills (Blue). Generally, Primal Light skills have a supportive element, whereas Fencing skills are strictly attack based.

Their Identity Gauge, the Scales of Fate, fills up upon successful hits with skills to enemies. Once the Identity Gauge is full, the player has the ability to choose between 2 unique skills:

Judgment (Blue skill) – increase the radius and damage of their own attacks
- or
Blessed Aura (Yellow skill) – increase the damage of allies within a certain radius around the Paladin

Judgment is generally only used for solo types of content or when there is another support in the party. Blessed Aura is the preferred identity skill to use while in a party as it far provides more benefits than if the Paladin were to only buff themselves. This is further emphasized when the Class Engraving: Blessed Aura is attained. With this engraving enabled, it also provides healing and damage reduction when the identity skill Blessed Aura is used.

Role of a Paladin

In both PvE and PvP, Paladins provide many useful synergies to the party. This is achieved with damage mitigation, providing an attack power buff, and applying a debuff on the target that increases it’s damage taken. While they can do damage and fair well on their own, their biggest attraction is to group content with their shields and buffs and some minor healing.

The Paladin is better off aiding their allies than being a sole damage dealer. The Identity Skill: Blessed Aura is always the preferred skill to use as it will provide a damage mitigation buff and heals when used.

While you are totally welcome to play as a DPS and advance in content that way, in higher tier content many groups would rather take a pure DPS class over a DPS Paladin. Know that they would not pass on a Support Paladin if they didn’t already have a Bard support.

Strengths

Provides Shields to self and party members
Provides Aura Buff to increase attack power
Provides Aura Buff to reduce damage taken
Provides Debuff on target that increases damage taken
Provides Heals to self and party members
Slightly higher damage than Bard

Weaknesses

Lower overall damage compared to some DPS classes
Slightly lower healing and mana regen compared to Bard

Skills

The following table is a list of all Lost Ark Paladin Skills that you will unlock and at which level you will do so.

Regular Skills (Click to Collapse/Expand)

Level	Skill Name	Cooldown (seconds)	Type	Description
10	Spin Slash	6	Normal	Quickly spin twice while slashing, inflicting 105 and 105 Damage for each slash.
10	Flash Thrust	8	Normal	Swiftly stab with your sword 4 times in position to inflict 189.1 total Damage, then stab one final time to inflict 55 Damage.
10	Light Shock	8	Normal	Hold the sword in reverse and gather both hands to unleash a light shockwave that inflicts 153 Damage.
10	Light of Judgment	15	Normal	Spread powerful rays of light that inflict 348.8 total Damage.
10	Charge	12	Normal	Charge forward 6 meters and stab foes with your sword to inflict 266 Damage.
10	Sword of Justice	15	Point	Drop a sword made of light at the target location to inflict 336 Damage to your foe and thrust the sword into the ground.
12	Flash Slash	15	Holding	Slowly move forward and slash your foe 7 times, inflicting 55, 60, 60, 60, 60, 60, and 69 Damage with each slash.
14	Godsent Law	20	Point	Summon a magick circle of light through holy scriptures. Texts made of infinite light swirl within the magic circle, inflicting 541.4 total Damage to foes for 2s.
16	Punishment	15	Normal	Slash your foe with your sword in a cross shape using one hand to inflict 58 and 58 Damage with each slash. Then grab the sword with both hands and slash as you swing to inflict 271 Damage.
18	Wrath of God	27	Normal	Call forth the energy of sacred thunder into your weapon and inflict 542 Damage to nearby foes.
20	Holy Land	18	Point	Generate a holy area at the target location for 6s and inflict 237.9 total Damage over time.
20	Dash Slash	18	Holding	Reposition yourself and sprint forward. When you finish sprinting, swing your sword to inflict 403 Damage to your foe and launch them into the air.
24	Executor’s Sword	18	Combo	Hold the sword in both hands and rapidly swing upwards to inflict 175 Damage and launch foes into the air. Use the skill again to gather your strength into your sword, then swing around as you slash and inflict 263 Damage before thrusting your sword into the ground.
28	Holy Protection	30	Normal	Use the power of divine light to create a barrier for 11.0% of Max HP for all party members within 24 meters for 6s.
32	Execution of Justice	24	Normal	Hold the sword with one hand and quickly spin in position to inflict 429.0 Damage to your foe, then perform a crushing blow that inflicts 181 Damage.
36	Holy Explosion	30	Casting	Gather divine strength for 2s before having it explode at the target location, inflicting 969 Damage.
40	Holy Sword	27	Normal	Gather the Light Energy into your sword and thrust your weapon at your foe to inflict 62 Damage. Light will stream out of the sword and inflict an additional 556 Damage.
50	Heavenly Blessings	36	Normal	Summon the Solar Guardian and inflict 520 Damage to nearby foes. The guardian blesses all party members within a 24 meter radius. Damage received -11% for 8s.

Awakening Skills (Click to Collapse/Expand)

Level	Icon	Skill Name	Cooldown	Type	Description
50		Alithanes’s Judgment	5 minutes	Point	Jump up and unleash a holy light that shines toward your target location for an attack that even penetrates through guardian monsters. Inflict 111 Damage on surrounding foes upon landing and create a barrier for 80% of your Max HP for all party members for 10s.
50		Alithanes’s Light	5 minutes	Normal	Embue holy energy into your sword and unleash it forward. On hit, inflicts111 Damage. The energy then explodes and inflicts an additional111 Damage.

Paladin Leveling Guide

We recommend you to just try out all the skills and play for whatever is the most fun for you. However, if you just want to speed up the process (maybe thats the most fun for you) or you’re tying to power through with levelling an alt, follow this level by level breakdown of what skills to use and level up and which tripods to activate.

You can swap between saved skill tree slots whenever for free (even in combat as long as no skills are on cooldown). It’s recommended to use both your skillbook slots, choose abilities based on this: one for AoE and one for Single Target (Boss/Elites).

For solo content only use the Identity Skill Judgment; for group content only use Blessed Aura. (Blessed Aura only benefits other party members)

Skill Progression

Below is a chart that shows progression of placement of skill points and their Tripods. Early on, focusing on Blue skills to take down small packs and high mobility when moving between mobs. Then later using Yellow skills to AoE larger groups with ease.

Levelling Progression Chart (Click to Expand)

Combat

Early Game Enemies: Spin Slash > Flash Thrust

Early Bosses: Back attack with Spin Slash or Flash Thrust. Front attack with Punishment or Executor’s Sword. Then whatever is off cooldown.

Late Game Enemies: Wrath of God and Holy Explosion. Group up enemies and AoE them, then finish them off with Flash Thrust.

Late Game Bosses: Back attack with Flash Thrust then use Punishment and Executors Sword. Followed by a well timed Holy Sword.

Finally, for movement where you can’t mount use Charge and Dash Slash and then use Spacebar near the end of each skills animation to cancel it and move just slightly faster.

Gear

Just equip the highest Item Lv. item you find. Focus on Swiftness for increased movement speed, reduced casting time, and faster skill cooldowns. Secondly, your next best stat is Crit.

Level 50

At level 50 the final skill and first awakening will be available. In order to unlock them you need to complete the Main Story Questline in Vern City where Beatrice will tell you to visit her in Trixion. Here she will reward you with the Awakening Skill: Alithanes’s Judgmentand the level 50 skill End of the World.

Paladin PvE Guide

Below are our detailed articles on the different styles of play the Paladin can have in Lost Ark. For PvE, a character who has just reached level 50 combat level can now access their Final Skill and the Awakening Skills. For optimal play, players should make use of the 2 Skill Presets that they have access to for free. Generally speaking, they should be set up for:

Multiple Targets: AoE Skills utilized in Chaos Dungeons, The Cube, etc.
Bosses: Single Target Skills utilized in Guardian Raids and Abyss Dungeons

The Class Engravings can also change the way you choose your skills. Once the effects of your chosen one have been applied to your gear, you may need to change your skills accordingly. Generally, for paladin only the Blessed Aura engraving is utilized. However, the Judgment engraving can be used in addition at Lv. 1.

Paladin Chaos Dungeon and Cube Build

Check out our detailed guide for the best Paladin builds for Chaos Dungeons and Cube instances. In this article we break down the best skills to choose for clearing this content with relative ease.

Included in this guide is a skill variation for a fresh level 50 player. There are also 2 more builds for when you have collected more skill points. If you are in need of more skill points for these builds, check out our guide showing you where to get all of the available skill points in Lost Ark.

Paladin Build for Chaos Dungeon and Cube Lost Ark

Paladin Raid Build

Check out our detailed guide for the best Paladin builds for Guardian Raids and Abyss Dungeons. In this article we break down the support playstyle focusing on the Blessed Aura class engraving. The best skills, tripods, runes, stats, and engravings to use for each of them are explained in detail here.

Included in this guide is a skill variation for a fresh level 50 player. There are also 2 more builds for when you have collected more skill points. If you are in need of more skill points for these builds, check out our guide showing you where to get all of the available skill points in Lost Ark.

Paladin Builds for Raids – Lost Ark

Paladin PvP Guide

In Player versus Player Arenas, Paladins are a valuable asset to the team. They are fairly strong at holding out in 1v1, provide great utility for buffing teammates, and are decent at poking and peeling targets.

PvP Stats

1000 Agility
249 Endurance
1 Crit

Paladin PvP Skills Build

Feel free to change whatever skills you like depending on your playstyle and how you see fit, below is a general build that is a great foundation to build upon.

Here’s Youtuber Pum with some extraordinary gameplay of 1v1 PVP. Take note that for 1vs1 you should change your abilities to focus on self buffs and damage and not on party synergies.

Engravings

Mandatory

The Awakening engraving allows for more usages in Raids and more frequent usage. Using the awakening skill also fills up the Identity Gauge very quickly so that you can use the Blessed Aura more often. Blessed Aura is also a no brainer as you will now heal when using the Identity Skill. Finally, Specialist will come in handy for party members who are below 50% HP. It provides increased healing and efficiency of shields when using Holy Protection and Holy Aura.

Optional

Spirit Absorption is a great option to reduce cooldowns on skills. Judgment (Lv. 1. only) will help fill the Identity Gauge faster when you use Fencing Skills. Heavy Armor Equipment is nice if strictly playing support. Otherwise, if you’d prefer to be a DPS, take Grudge instead of Heavy Armor Equipment.

Gear Sets

Below is a list of all the gear sets and their bonuses that available to Tier 1 Paladins. You can mix and match 2-Set bonuses using 2 or 3 different ones. Depending on your playstyle and what’s available to you, you may want to take two 2-set bonuses instead of a full 5-set Bonus. You can also have one set for Chaos Dungeons and other Solo Content, and another for Guardian Raids and other Group Content.

Item Level	Rarity	Set Bonus Name	Effects	Source
385	Relic	Dark Night	2-Set: When attacking a foe, 30% chance for +8% Atk and Move Speed for 6s. (Cooldown: 3s) 5-Set: Increases Crit Rate by 40%, but decreases Crit Damage by 40%.	Chaos Dungeon Rohendel (Welcome 3) Chaos Dungeon Rohendel (Nightmare 1-4)
385	Relic	Phantom Memory	2-Set: Attack Speed and Move Speed +5% 5-Set: Increases Damage with an Awakening Skill to Seed or lesser monsters by 60%. Increases Damage to Challenge or lesser monsters by 60% when hitting them with an Awakening Skill for 10s. (Cooldown: 60s)	Chaos Dungeon Rohendel (Welcome 3) Chaos Dungeon Rohendel (Nightmare 1-4)
385	Relic	Void Afterimage	2-Set: Decreases damage taken by 30% when HP is below 30%. +15% Atk. Speed and Move Speed, +10% Skill Cooldown. 5-Set: When hitting a foe with a normal attack, +15% Additional Damage for 3s (Cooldown: 1s)	Chaos Dungeon Rohendel (Welcome 3) Chaos Dungeon Rohendel (Nightmare 1-4)
340	Legendary	Awakened Hatred	2-Set: Combat Resource Recovery Speed: +30% 5-Set: Crit Damage +25	Abyss Dungeon (Corridor of the Twisted Lord) Abyss Dungeon (Hildebrigne, Dream Palace)
340	Legendary	Boisterous Elemental	2-Set: Increases Attack Speed and Move Speed by 4% for 6s, up to 8% when attacking monsters Boss rank or above. (Cooldown: 3s) 5-Set: Increases damage to monsters Boss ranked or above by 12%.	Abyss Dungeon (Corridor of the Twisted Lord) Abyss Dungeon (Hildebrigne, Dream Palace)
340	Legendary	Dense Confusion	2-Set: Attack Speed and Move Speed +4% 5-Set: Crit Rate +15%	Abyss Dungeon (Corridor of the Twisted Lord) Abyss Dungeon (Hildebrigne, Dream Palace)
340	Legendary	Enraged Nature	2-Set: Move Speed +8% 5-Set: Atk. Power +4% for 8s, up to 12% when attacking a monster Boss ranked or above. (Cooldown: 3s)	Abyss Dungeon (Corridor of the Twisted Lord) Abyss Dungeon (Hildebrigne, Dream Palace)
340	Legendary	Mist	2-Set: Decreases damage taken from Normal ranked monsters by 20%. 5-Set: Increases damage dealt to monsters Challenge rank or below by 15%.	Abyss Dungeon (Corridor of the Twisted Lord) Abyss Dungeon (Hildebrigne, Dream Palace)
302	Epic	Ancient	2-Set: When hit while HP is below 20%, restores 3% of Max HP for 15s each time you hit a Normal monster. (Cooldown: 60s) 5-Set: Increases damage by 17% when hitting 3 or more foes.	Abyss Dungeon (Valley of Beasts) Abyss Dungeon (Spirit of the Necromancer)
302	Epic	Rugged Valley	2-Set: Move Speed +8% 5-Set: Atk. Power +4% for 8s, up to 12% when attacking a monster Boss ranked or above. (Cooldown: 3s)	Abyss Dungeon (Valley of Beasts) Abyss Dungeon (Spirit of the Necromancer)
302	Epic	Seraphic Oath	2-Set: Attack Speed +8% 5-Set: Additional Damage +10%	Abyss Dungeon (Valley of Beasts) Abyss Dungeon (Spirit of the Necromancer)
302	Epic	Stalwart Years	2-Set: Attack Speed +8% 5-Set: Additional Damage +10%	Abyss Dungeon (Valley of Beasts) Abyss Dungeon (Spirit of the Necromancer)

Also make sure to check out our Lost Ark Berserker builds, for a breakdown of the best skills and engravings to pick for this tanky class.

Icon	Engraving	Description	Source
	Awakening	Lv. 1: Awakening Skill Cooldown -10%. +1 maximum use. Lv. 2: … -25% … +2 Lv. 3: … -50% … +3	Chaos Dungeons Cube
	Blessed Aura	Lv. 1: With Holy Aura, Damage received -10% and 2% of Max HP restored every 2.5s for all party members. Lv. 2: … -15% … 2s Lv. 3: … -20% … 1.5s	Guardian Raid Abyss Dungeon
	Specialist*	Lv. 1: Shield and HP recovery effects used on yourself and party members are increased by 6%, and when the target’s HP is below 50%, this effect is increased by an additional 3% Lv. 2: … 14% … 7% Lv. 3: … 24% … 12%	Chaos Dungeons Cube