Paladin Mighty Protector Enhancement Build

[Alex3000]

Hello I have a level 6 paladin and the path is the mighty protector. It's a 28-point build. There are a lot of enhancements to choose so i don't know which enhancements are the best to choose. And I'm currently using longsword. Is the longsword the best weapon for a paladin?

[owens.forum]

Hello I have a level 6 paladin and the path is the mighty protector. It's a 28-point build. There are a lot of enhancements to choose so i don't know which enhancements are the best to choose. And I'm currently using longsword. Is the longsword the best weapon for a paladin?

Hello Alex3000! Welcome to the forum and to DDO.

I think the best advice I can give you would be to read Junts' great Paladin Guide ( http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=218542 ) ... I've read it lots of times and still get to learn something each time.

To answer you question regarding longswords, they're okay, but they are not the 'best' weapon for a Paladin due to types of enhancements Paladins get (e.g. Divine Sacrifice, Exalted Smite etc) as they advance in level. You will not notice the difference now, but you will when you reach 10th level and up.

The recommended weapons (as Junts so nicely points out) are high critical range weapons like scimitars, rapiers and khopeshes (if you are a two-weapon spec) or a falchion (if you are a two-handed weapon spec). Hope this helps and good luck!

[Alex3000]

Hello Alex3000! Welcome to the forum and to DDO.

I think the best advice I can give you would be to read Junts' great Paladin Guide ( http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=218542 ) ... I've read it lots of times and still get to learn something each time.

To answer you question regarding longswords, they're okay, but they are not the 'best' weapon for a Paladin due to types of enhancements Paladins get (e.g. Divine Sacrifice, Exalted Smite etc) as they advance in level. You will not notice the difference now, but you will when you reach 10th level and up.

The recommended weapons (as Junts so nicely points out) are high critical range weapons like scimitars, rapiers and khopeshes (if you are a two-weapon spec) or a falchion (if you are a two-handed weapon spec). Hope this helps and good luck!

Thanks for the reply. One more question, my paladin is not customized so can i get a THF feat when i get to level 10?

[owens.forum]

Thanks for the reply. One more question, my paladin is not customized so can i get a THF feat when i get to level 10?

From what I know, feats are granted during levels 3/6/9/12/15/18 ... being 6th level, I think you got the Tower Shield Proficiency for your path by default. You'll be able to get another feat at 9th level (Improved Critical: Slashing Weapons for your current path), but to get THF, you will need to 'get off' the Mighty Protector path.

If you do decide to get THF, you'll find yourself not using the Tower Shield Proficiency feat much ... since you cannot use a shield and a two-handed weapon at the same time. However, if you are still getting a feel of the game, THF really is the way to go. Going TWF really needs a more experienced player, plus it needs to be planned and done from level 1.

Good news is that you can swap a feat thru Fred, your friendly neighborhood Feat-swapping Mind Flayer ( http://ddowiki.com/index.php?title=Fred& ). So you actually don't have to wait until 9th level to get your THF feat, if you decide to swap it with something. You can (if you haven't already) get a free feat swapping token from Lockania ( http://ddowiki.com/page/Hall_of_the_Mark ) after finishing the Hall of the Mark quest at the Marketplace.

You can then swap out your Tower Shield feat for Two Handed Fighting feat. However, you might want to consider getting the Power Attack feat instead and just use a two-handed weapon with Power Attack on. +10 to damage in exchange for a -5 to hit ... which is what I did at your level. Hope that helps!

[Alex3000]

From what I know, feats are granted during levels 3/6/9/12/15/18 ... being 6th level, I think you got the Tower Shield Proficiency for your path by default. You'll be able to get another feat at 9th level (Improved Critical: Slashing Weapons for your current path), but to get THF, you will need to 'get off' the Mighty Protector path.

If you do decide to get THF, you'll find yourself not using the Tower Shield Proficiency feat much ... since you cannot use a shield and a two-handed weapon at the same time. However, if you are still getting a feel of the game, THF really is the way to go. Going TWF really needs a more experienced player, plus it needs to be planned and done from level 1.

Good news is that you can swap a feat thru Fred, your friendly neighborhood Feat-swapping Mind Flayer ( http://ddowiki.com/index.php?title=Fred& ). So you actually don't have to wait until 9th level to get your THF feat, if you decide to swap it with something. You can (if you haven't already) get a free feat swapping token from Lockania ( http://ddowiki.com/page/Hall_of_the_Mark ) after finishing the Hall of the Mark quest at the Marketplace.

You can then swap out your Tower Shield feat for Two Handed Fighting feat. However, you might want to consider getting the Power Attack feat instead and just use a two-handed weapon with Power Attack on. +10 to damage in exchange for a -5 to hit ... which is what I did at your level. Hope that helps!

Thank you very much. I hope it works well xD.