In perperation for 1.21

[Zumi]

Quick question for 1.21.

I want to play a Paladin since I already have Gladiator to 50. Now I see Paladins can only use abilities from Marauder and Conjurer.

Currently my Marauder is 14 and my Conjurer is 14. I will get Conjurer to 15 before the patch for sure since its required. But are there any key abilities that would be useful for me to get if i got those 2 classes higher ?

[Estellios]

18 Conjurer for Raise at the bare minimum, it's going to be immensely useful. If you don't mind taking it further, Sacred Prism at 34 is also very nice as it lets you Cure the whole party for a large chunk of hate, although we'll see how useful this is with Paladin since it has its on heal and that ability that grants an AOE regen when it's healed.

You shouldn't need to get any higher in MRD unless they change how parrying works (currently you can't Parry if you have a shield, and the devs seem like this is intentional, so you probably won't need the Parry abilities/reactions).

[Mister-Wonderful]

For marauder, there really isn't anything worthwhile after level 14. Conjurer, on the other hand, I would recommend getting to level 34. Level 18 you get Raise, level 26 is Stoneskin, and level 34 is Sacred Prism.