Paladin - Greatsword + Wand PvE Build
- High DPS
- Good Self-heal
- Can act as off-healer
- Easy to Play
- Long Cooldowns
- Low Mobility
- Off-meta
Overview
While this is an off-meta build, this Greatsword and Wand PvE build is perfect for both new and veteran players looking for a different approach to Throne and Liberty. It can be the best missing piece for a dungeon group that aims for high DPS and opts to play the dungeon without a healer as this build can offer the small amounts of healing your group might require.
Attributes
Strength
Dexterity
Perception
WisdomFor this build, prioritize Strength and Dexterity as your main attributes. Strength boosts your damage, increases heavy attack chances (and enhances healing), and provides more HP. Additionally, 
Vital Force improves both skill damage and healing based on your Strength. Aim for 60 points in Strength to gain extra health and further enhance your heavy attack chances and survivability. Dexterity is crucial for increasing your critical hit rate, improving your overall damage output. Finally, invest remaining points into Perception to boost your hit rate, while Wisdom isn't as valuable for this build.
Skills
The main skills you should be upgrading as early as possible are: 
Valiant Brawl, 
Death Blow and 
Guillotine Blade. They are your bread and butter skills and pair perfectly with 
Stunning Blow and 
Ascending Slash in various combos allowing you to take out single mobs with ease. Meanwhile, 
Willbreaker can debuff entire groups of mobs, making it much easier for you and your party to take them out.
Don't neglect the support side of the build though as you can provide good healing throughout PVE encounters! 
Fountain of Life is a great AOE heal and can top up your entire group. 
Swift Healing is a great heal to use during a boss fight, using it on yourself to keep your health up while 
Clay's Salvation is another AOE healing option for use with your party during, especially during boss encounters or if one of you is tanking a boss.
For passives, focus on upgrading 
Robust Constitution for extra health and health regeneration. Vital Force synergizes well with this, giving a substantial boost to both your damage and healing. Additionally, 
Noble Revival directly enhances your healing output, while 
Saint's Oath further boosts healing whenever you take damage, even amplifying Amitoi healing effects.
Equipment
These are the first items you should strive for through the leveling period as they are very easy to get and upgrade or trait as needed. However, you shouldn't try to trait these items too much as you won't be spending too much time playing with this setup before you start changing pieces into the Midgame. The green accessories however are very easy to trait as you can craft many of them quickly in order to get the correct traits so you should consider traiting them until you change into purples. The same goes for the blue ring as you keep it for a long time.
This is the gear you should transition to once you're leveled to 50 and start grinding gear. It is comprised of gear you can get either from dungeons or by completing Litographs, they are relatively easy to trait up and you will spend most of the time wearing this set before advancing into the late game so traiting these items is very important and should be your main focus.
This is the current endgame gear you should aim for, and while it isn't easy to acquire, it offers great power without the need of acquiring archboss gear pieces. However, items like 
Tevent's Fangs of Fury or other archboss weapons are superior but difficult to acquire for the majority of players. If you do manage to get the archboss weapons for your build, feel free to use them over the weapons shown here.
Weapon Masteries
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Curse Damage |
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Skill Heal |
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Melee Defense |
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Added Attack Speed |
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Magic Critical Hit Chance |
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Melee Evasion |
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Cooldown Speed |
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Skill Heal |
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Buff Duration |
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Mana Regen |
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Heavy Attack Chance |
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Weaken Chance |
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Mana Cost Efficiency |
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Max Mana |
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Cooldown Speed |
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Curse Duration |
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Weaken Chance |
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Magic Hit Chance |
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Skill Damage Boost |
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Melee Evasion |
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Magic Defense |
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Max Health |
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Cooldown Speed |
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Bind Resistance |
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Buff Duration |
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Skill Damage Resistance |
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Movement Speed | ||
Health Regen |
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Mana Regen |
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Melee Hit Chance |
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Stun Chance |
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Damage |
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Mana Regen |
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Stun Duration |
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Melee Hit Chance |
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Stun Chance |
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Cooldown Speed |
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Damage |
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Bonus Damage |
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Melee Critical Hit Chance |
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Mana Cost Efficiency |
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Added Attack Speed |
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Skill Damage Boost |
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Melee Hit Chance |
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Melee Heavy Attack Chance |
Wand: Allocate 9 points into Weaken to boost your overall damage. Distribute the remaining 6 points equally between Recovery and Damage for a balanced build.
Greatsword: With your main damage coming from Greatsword combos, allocate 9 points into Face Off to increase damage and heavy attack chance. Use the remaining 6 points on Incapacitate to boost your stun chance for better crowd control.
Rotations
- Begin the rotation with
Precision Dash used two times to bind your target but also increase your heavy attack chance thanks to the passive part of Precision Dash. If your bind succeeds, use Ascending Slash to trip (Prone) your target before using Death Blow for some extra damage. Follow up with Stunning Blow and Valiant Brawl coupled with Guillotine Blade to finish off your target.
Invincible Wall: This is a great skill to use when you expect high incoming damage coming up, usually during certain boss mechanics.
Willbreaker: Use this skill when beginning a fight, especially when farming open world dungeons or areas where multiple mobs are stacked together. This will lower their resistances and make it much easier for you and your party to take down.
Blessed Barrier: Another support skill like Invincible Wall, it offers a shield that can help a lot during boss encounters!
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