Paladin (FFXI)  

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Job Description Spells and Abilities Job Abilities Job Traits Two-Hour Abilities Spells Weaponskills Magic Skills Sub-job Combinations Merits Artifact and Relic sets Other Info

Job Description

Paladins are the most pure tanks in all of Vana'diel. Paladins are capable of inflicting decent damage with a sword or greatsword. However, the paladin's true strength emerges when blocking an enemy's blows with a shield. Paladins are powered by strong defensive abilities designed to protect their parties from harm. Other job classes are capable of tanking for their parties, but none excels in as many situations as the paladin.

The Paladin job class is unlocked upon completing the quest A Knight's Test.

Spells and Abilities

Job Abilities

Job Abilities are activated abilities unique to a specific job that enhance job performance in some way. This can include, but is not limited to, increasing armor or damage for a short time, initiating a special attack or triggering a party buff.

Level	Name	Recast	Duration	Effect
5	Holy Circle	00:10:00	00:03:00	Increases the group's defense against undead.
15	Shield Bash	00:05:00	N/A	Delivers an attack that can stun the target. Shield required.
30	Sentinel	00:05:00	00:00:30	Reduces physical damage taken and increases enmity.
35	Cover	00:10:00	00:00:15	Divert attacks to a party member to yourself.
62	Rampart	00:05:00	00:00:30	Grants a Magic Shield effect and enhances defense for party members within area of effect.
75 Merit	Chivalry	00:20:00	N/A	Converts TP to MP.
75 Merit	Fealty	00:20:00	N/A	Grants a powerful resistance to enfeebling magic.

Job Traits

Job Traits are passive abilities that are always active for your job. Job Traits often boost stats, increase mp regeneration, or add resistances to status effects.

Level	Name	Description
5	Undead Killer	Occasionally causes intimidation in Undead type mobs.
10	Defense Bonus I	Increases physical defense.
20	Resist Sleep I	Increases resistance to sleep spells.
25	Shield Mastery I	Grants bonus TP when blocking an attack with a shield. Also prevents spell interruption.
30	Defense Bonus II	Increases physical defense.
35	Auto Refresh	Grants a 1MP/ tick refresh effect.
40	Resist Sleep II	Increases resistance to sleep spells.
50	Defense Bonus III	Increases physical defense.
50	Shield Mastery II	Grants bonus TP when blocking an attack with a shield. Also prevents spell interruption.
60	Resist Sleep III	Increases resistance to sleep spells.
70	Defense Bonus IV	Increases physical defense.
75	Shield Mastery III	Grants bonus TP when blocking an attack with a shield. Also prevents spell interruption.
75 Merit	Guardian	Reduces enmity loss while using Sentinel.
75 Merit	Iron Will	Adds a spell interruption down effect to Rampart.

Two-Hour Abilities

Two-Hour Abilities are job-specific active abilities with a cool down timer of two hours. These are often incredibly powerful abilities, but often have adverse effects as well such as depleting an MP pool or dealing physical damage to the player.

Level	Name	Recast	Duration	Effect
1	Invincible	02:00:00	00:00:30	Physical damage (melee or ranged) inflicted on the user will be reduced to zero. Invincible also incurs a large enmity increase.

Spells

Spells are magical effects cast by the player at the cost of MP or reagents with a multitude of results. Beneficial spells can be cast on party members to boost stats or restore health and damage dealing spells can be cast on mobs with devastating results.

Level	Name	Recast	Cast Time	Effect
5	Cure I	00:00:05	00:00:02	Heals a small amount of HP of the target.
7	Banish I	00:00:20	00:00:04	Deals light elemental damage to an enemy.
10	Protect I	00:00:05	00:00:01	Enhances target's defense by 10.
17	Cure II	00:00:05	00:00:02	Restores a moderate amount of target's HP.
20	Shell	00:00:05	00:00:01	Small increase to target's magic defense.
30	Protect II	00:00:05	00:00:01	Increases the physical defense of the target.
30	Cure III	00:00:05.5	00:00:02.5	Heals a large amount of the target's HP.
34	Banish II	00:00:21	00:00:04	Deals light elemental damage to an enemy.
37	Flash	00:00:40	Instant	Temporarily blinds an enemy, greatly lowering its accuracy.
40	Shell II	00:00:05	00:00:01	Medium increase to target's magic defense.
50	Protect III	00:00:05.5	00:00:01.5	Greatly increases the physical defense of the target.
50	Raise I	00:00:60	00:00:15	Raises the target from dead and restores 25% of lost experience.
55	Cure IV	00:00:06	00:00:03	Heals a giant amount of the target's HP.
55	Holy	00:00:60	Instant	Inflicts holy damage upon the target.
60	Shell III	00:00:05	00:00:01	Large Increase to target's magic defense.
61	Reprisal	00:03:00	00:00:00.5	Increases chance of blocking with shield, and reflects portion of blocked damage back to attacker.
70	Protect IV	00:00:05.5	00:00:01.5	Significantly Increases the physical defense of the target.

Weaponskills

Weapon skills are abilities that become available when a player has gained 100+ TP while damaging a mob with their weapon. All weapons, with the exception of Thrown and Instruments have their own set of weaponskills. Weaponskill availability is dependent on a player's skill level with the weapon as well as the weapon itself.

Combat Skill	Skill Rating	Level 37	Level 60	Level 75
Sword	A+	114	203	276
Club	A-	114	203	269
Staff	A-	114	203	269
Great Sword	B	109	196	250
Dagger	C-	105	190	220
Polearm	E	94	171	200

Magic Skills

Combat Skill	Skill Rating	Level 37	Level 60	Level 75
Divine	B+	109	196	256
Healing	C	105	190	225
Enhancing	D	101	183	210

Sub-job Combinations

Warrior By far, the most popular of all Paladin sub jobs. Abilities such as Provoke, Defender, Double Attack, and Warcry are essential tools for Paladins in most tanking situations while also giving them enough versatility to perform damage with the right setup.

Ninja Arguably the second most popular sub for Paladin. From a tank's perspective, /NIN is popular simply because of the spell "Utsusemi", which generates shadows that negates damage. While you no longer have access to Provoke, with a good strategy and proper gear, you can still hold your own and maintain your opponent's attention. This is combination is common while soloing and good at endgame boss fights. Dual Wield also makes this a good sub for any paladin who wishes to take a damage dealer role.

Red Mage Considered to be feared in Ballista and amazing for soloing, RDM would be the next popular sub for Paladin. With Paladins having a natural enhancing skill, it makes use of some of the defensive spells that Red Mages learn all the way up to Phalanx. They may also use some offensive spells such as En-spells and Spikes. This is a combination that, while not as popular as /WAR or /NIN, is still a force to be reckoned with.

Merits

When you reach level 75 in any job you can begin to "Merit" that job along with attributes that will carry over to all your other jobs making it possible to make yourself even more versatile through new spells abilities and upgrades on other attributes, abilities, and spells

Group 1

Name	Description
Shield Bash Recast	Each upgrade to this skill reduces the recast timer by 10 seconds.
Sentinel Recast	Each upgrade to this skill reduces the recast timer by 10 seconds.
Holy Circle Recast	Each upgrade to this skill reduces the recast timer by 20 seconds.
Rampart Recast	Each upgrade to this skill reduces the recast timer by 10 seconds.
Cover Effect	Each upgrade to this skill increases duration of this ability by 4 seconds.

Group 2

Name	Description
Chivalry	Converts current TP into MP. Each additional upgrade to this ability will reduce the recast timer by 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
Fealty	Grants a considerable resistance to most schools of Enfeebling Magic. Each additional upgrade to this ability will reduce the recast timer by 2 minutes and 30 seconds.
Guardian	Reduces the amount of emnity lost when using Sentinel. Each additional upgrade to this skill will increase its effectiveness by 19%.
Iron Will	While Rampart is active, Iron Will grants a spell interruption down effect. Each additional upgrade to this skill will increase its effectiveness by 19%.

Artifact and Relic sets

Artifact	Artifact +1	Relic	Relic +1
Gallant Coronet	Gallant Coronet +1	Valor Coronet	Valor Coronet +1
Gallant Surcoat	Gallant Surcoat +1	Valor Surcoat	Valor Surcoat +1
Gallant Gauntlets	Gallant Gauntlets +1	Valor Gauntlets	Valor Gauntlets +1
Gallant Breeches	Gallant Breeches +1	Valor Breeches	Valor Breeches +1
Gallant Leggings	Gallant Leggings +1	Valor Leggings	Valor Leggings +1
Honor Sword		Valor Cape

Other Info

• PLD/RDM compilation info guide to Soloing, Exp and PvP
• Extensive PLD Gear and Food Guide
• Paladin Guides and Information
• Comprehensive Paladin Guide