Tachi's Guide to Paladin (post 1.22b)

[Dzian]

Can I ask why the Morbid Mogblade isn't in your list of weapons. It should be quite high up that list.

30 accracy makes a pretty big difference to your accuracy / combos and there isn't much thats more of a pain in the ass than having misses breaking procs on your Spirits Within etc.

That 30 accuracy comes at a cost of 0.09 dps over an Infrits Blade.
However the boost to your accuracy more than compensates the marginal lack in dps.
A Paladins damage isnt great but it is a crucial chunk of our emnity and thus a miss can cost you a lot of hate.
The Morbid Mogblade should most certainly be up there.

[Tango]

Can I ask why the Morbid Mogblade isn't in your list of weapons. It should be quite high up that list.

30 accracy makes a pretty big difference to your accuracy / combos and there isn't much thats more of a pain in the ass than having misses breaking procs on your Spirits Within etc.

That 30 accuracy comes at a cost of 0.09 dps over an Infrits Blade.
However the boost to your accuracy more than compensates the marginal lack in dps.
A Paladins damage isnt great but it is a crucial chunk of our emnity and thus a miss can cost you a lot of hate.
The Morbid Mogblade should most certainly be up there.

You are correct mogblade was on oversite, thanks. updated accordingly.

[carraway]

I agree, Mogblade should be much more useful than Ifrit's.

[Decconi]

Thanks for the guide, I know talking to a few people ingame that really need more assistance when they hit level 50. I know I did, I hope they can sticky these things. It helps the community lots.

[Deatheye]

Introduction:
Enmity > STR (till 350) > MND (till 310) > Cure potency > HP.

I guess the numbers mean the cap? I shtere any Information on how high you should go on dex and vit? Something like at what point the investment to gain something goes up or there isn't any use at all for more?
Also I can't seem to find War Drums in your list. Why is that?

[SwordCoheir]

I guess the numbers mean the cap? I shtere any Information on how high you should go on dex and vit? Something like at what point the investment to gain something goes up or there isn't any use at all for more?
Also I can't seem to find War Drums in your list. Why is that?

It's generally accepted that the bonus damage you receive from bonus stats stop at the 350 (for primary) and 310 (for secondary).

As for VIT it seems there's no cap perse (at least not one that's feesably obtainable), and although it's necessary to be an effective tank it does scale poorly and like with defense I would imagine there is a point we receive diminishing returns.

Wardrums kind of iffy for some people, very low negligible damage, requires a block and 500 tp to perform for a underwhelming hate boost make's it unattractive for some players. I myself don't use it unless I'm trying to get a boost of hate on multiple mobs when Flash/Rampart is down, otherwise I can easily make due without when I can save the TP for WS's or better hate generating moves.

[Molly_Millions]

I guess the numbers mean the cap? I shtere any Information on how high you should go on dex and vit? Something like at what point the investment to gain something goes up or there isn't any use at all for more?
Also I can't seem to find War Drums in your list. Why is that?

IMO, you can safely ignore DEX and VIT (except on your pants where the best materia for PLD includes VIT). They aren't primary stats for PLD, and as such you won't gain as much from them as you would with STR and MND.

[GreyJorildyn]

I guess the numbers mean the cap? I shtere any Information on how high you should go on dex and vit? Something like at what point the investment to gain something goes up or there isn't any use at all for more?
Also I can't seem to find War Drums in your list. Why is that?

Yes they do. I spec a bit differently on PLD, prioritizing Enmity > Accuracy > HP > STR > MND (never really gets past HP though). Cure potency hardly factors into anything with the limited gear choices we have right now.

[Molly_Millions]

Yes they do. I spec a bit differently on PLD, prioritizing Enmity > Accuracy > HP > STR > MND (never really gets past HP though). Cure potency hardly factors into anything with the limited gear choices we have right now.

Personally, I don't really have issues missing on PLD, I use a single electrum ring +1 for accuracy leaving the other slots for more useful stats. My priorities are like this:

Enmity > STR > MND > HP

[zzapp]

So, essentially, am I correct in that my point allotment should be all str and mnd? Thanks.