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1. Cooldown Reduction Build - Stack Swiftness on everything except for the necklace. By doing so, you'll get high cooldown reduction, better mobility, and improved attack speed. This is the recommended way of allocating your stats for the currently available content (Tiers 1 through 3). 
2. Specialization Build - This stat build focuses on Specialization to maximize the effectiveness of Holy Aura. The most efficient way of running this is to stack 1135 Specialization for +100% Holy Aura efficiency. The rest of the stats should be allocated to Swiftness. This is a more niche stat build that will allow you to maximize your team's DPS during burst windows, however, it's less reliable than the CD reduction one. 

Summons a magic circle of light that deals high amounts of damage, over 2 seconds, to every enemy caught in it. When upgraded with the recommended Tripods, this skill will also serve as a powerful, high AoE, defensive tool that will protect your teammates very reliably over the course of combat. Moreover, its third Tripod turns it into a life-saver with an extremely powerful -70% incoming Damage effect. 

• Stagger: Low 
• Super Armor: Paralysis Immunity 

Level 10

1. [Level I]  Shield - Creates a protective shield with 10% of Max HP (at Rank 1) for all party members within range. The Shield lasts for 5.0 seconds. This Tripod turns Godsent Law into a potent AoE protective skill. 
2. [Level II]  Wide-Angle Attack  - Increases AoE Radius of Godsent Law by +30%. This Tripod works exceptionally well with the Skill's other augments and allows you can protect your teammates more reliably (without it, positioning yourself properly can be very problematic). 
3. [Level III]  Grace - A powerful blessing that reduces all incoming Damage for all Party members within Godsend Law's range by 70% for 1 second. When timed properly, this can save your teammates from otherwise lethal Boss mechanics. 
4. [RUNE] Protection - With this Rune, you'll receive 8% of your Max HP as a Shield while casting Godsent Law. This is quite important, as you're quite vulnerable while using the skill. 

Level 12

1. [Level I]  Inexhaustible Faith - Your Piety Meter increases by +50% on hit while you're in Normal State. This gives a considerable boost to your Holy Aura's uptime which translates directly to the whole party's increased damage output. 
2. [Level II]  Valor  - Grants +15% of your Attack Power to all party members within 24 meters radius for 8 seconds. Overall Attack Power +6%. With this, Heavenly Blessings serve as a solid party-wide DPS buff. 
3. [Level III]  Absolute Blessing - At Rang 5, this increases the Mana Regeneration Rate of all party members within 24 meters radius by 50%. The effect lasts for 8 seconds. While this is not as powerful as Bard's Mana Regen buff, it should be enough for most classes. 
4. [RUNE] Wealth - With this Rune, your Piety Meter gain from using the ability will be increased by another 30%. This is a rather significant buff to your Holy Aura's uptime. 

Level 12

1. [Level I]  Wide Thunderstroke - Increases Wrath of God's AoE Radius by +20%, making it much more reliable as an offensive buff. Picking this up should solve some of Paladin's positioning-related problems. 
2. [Level II]  Faith - At Rank 5, this Tripod increases Wrath of God's Piety Meter generation by +150% on hit while in Normal State. Pick this up to increase your Holy Aura's uptime. 
3. [Level III]  Express Fury - Grants +15% of your Attack Power to all party members within 24 meters radius for 8 seconds. Overall Attack Power +6%. With this, Wrath of God serves as a solid party-wide DPS buff. 
4. [RUNE] Wealth - With this Rune, your Piety Meter gain from using the ability will be increased by another 30%. This is a rather significant buff to your Holy Aura's uptime. 

Paladin grips his sword in both hands and unleashes a shockwave of light that inflicts medium amounts of Damage in a straight line. While this Skill can feel rather underwhelming by itself, one of its Tripods makes it debuff its targets with a devastating +10% Damage Taken effect. The effect lasts for 6 seconds and the ability has an 8-second baseline cooldown, which means that you should be able to re-apply this constantly for a 100% uptime. 

• Super Armor: Paralysis Immunity

Level 11

1. [Level I]  Swift Fingers - With this, Light Shock creates its shockwave much quicker which reduces the chances of missing to a minimum. 
2. [Level II]  Light's Vestige - Makes you inflict Light's Vestige on foes damaged by Light Shock. Light's Vestige is a debuff that increases Damage received from all Party members by 10% for 6 seconds. 
3. [Level III]  Powerful Shock - Creates a shockwave of powerful light. Inflicts +100.0% Damage. It Doubles Light Shock's damage, which is nice considering the ability's low cooldown. 
4. [RUNE] Bleed - This Rune makes Light Shock inflict all enemies hit with a Bleeding effect for 6 seconds. It provides a nice boost to DPS, especially against trash mobs. 

Level 10

1. [Level I]  Quick Pace - At Rank 5, this increases the movement speed of all shielded party members by +24.6% for the duration of the shield. Increasing the whole party's movement speed makes doing Raid mechanics while keeping the DPS up much easier. 
2. [Level II]  Purify  - Removes the latest harmful effect cast on all party members within 24 meters. This is an AoE cleansing effect that comes in handy in multiple Boss encounters. It should be swapped for the Robust Protection Tripod for fights that don't feature threatening debuffs. 
3. [Level III]  Vow of Light - This makes the Shield heal its bearers for 8% (Rank 1) of their Max HP when it's deactivated, but it increases the Cooldown by 10 seconds. Paladin lacks healing, so this is mandatory (especially because the alternative Tripod is an offensive boost that does not increase your support capabilities). 
4. [RUNE] Focus -  This Rune lowers the skill's Mana consumption by quite a lot, making it much more cost-effective. 

Paladin gathers Light Energy into his sword and thrusts it at his foes to inflict medium amounts of damage. Light will also stream out of the sword, inflicting further harm. Thanks to the Outburst of Light Tripod, this skill is a great tool for Counter Attacking bosses from a distance - use it for just that. 

• Stagger: Mig-High 
• Attack type: Front Attack 
• Super Armor: Paralysis Immunity 
• Counter: Yes 

Level 12

1. [Level I]  Positioning - This Tripod decreases Holy Sword's charge-up time (by -18% at Rank 5), which makes aiming with the skill much easier. It works especially well with Outburst of Light. 
2. [Level II]  Outburst of Light  - Emits Divine Light even if the attack fails. Emitted light inflicts slightly lowered Damage (and the same damage at Rank 5). This allows you to Counter Attack bosses from a considerable distance. 
3. [Level III]  Release Light - The repeatedly fired light inflicts +119.6% Damage. Per foe hit, Cooldown -1s up to -8s (at Rank 5). This offers a significant damage boost to the skill and a nice cooldown reduction. 
4. [RUNE] Overwhelm - A rune that makes the Skill deal +30% Stagger Damage. In a stagger-heavy party, this is great. 

A Combo skill that allows the Paladin to rapidly swing upward, inflicting medium amounts of damage and launching foes in the air. The second part of the Combo makes the Paladin gather all his strength and lead out a devastating follow-up blow. When augmented with recommended Tripods, this powerful offensive skill deals a lot of extra damage, exploits the enemy's weak points, and offers some extra mobility. 

• Weak Point: Lv 1 
• Attack Type: Front Attack 
• Super Armor: Paralysis Immunity

Note: This Skill can be replaced with Holy Area for encounters that don't feature too much Destruction and Stagger mechanics. If replaced, use the following Tripods: Quick Preparation, Grace, and Endless Grace. 

Level 12

1. [Level I]  Excellent Mobility - During skill use, attack while moving forward 4 meters. This gives you some extra mobility that can be used offensively or defensively. 
2. [Level II]  Weak Point Enhancement  - Weak Point Lv. +1. With this, you will be able to better exploit the boss's weak points. 
3. [Level III]  Executioner's Strike - Deliver an additional strong downward attack at the ground inflicting 145.0% (Rank 5) of the total Damage. This Tripod greatly boosts the skill's damage. 
4. [RUNE] Overwhelm - A rune that makes the Skill deal +30% Stagger Damage. This will help you help your team with stagger checks. 

Makes the Paladin charge forward and inflict solid damage with a stabbing attack. For the build's purposes, this is mainly used as a mobility skill. The recommended Tripods turn the Charge into a reliable defensive tool that makes you advance 10 meters and protects you with a shield in the process. 

• Attack Type: Back Attack 
• Super Armor: Paralysis Immunity 

Level 7

1. [Level I]  Excellent Mobility - At Rank 5, this makes you move additional 4 meters during Charge. With Excellent Mobility, using Charge should allow you to dodge most mechanics. 
2. [Level II]  Shinning Protection  - When charging, create a shield with 15% (Rank 1) of your Max HP for 3 seconds. The charge is not meant as an offensive skill, so this is an excellent Tripod choice for it. 
3. [RUNE] Quick Recharge - Gives a chance to reduce all Cooldowns on skill use. 

Paladin jumps up and unleashes a holy light that shines towards his target location for an attack that can penetrate through even guardian monsters. This skill inflicts extremely high damage to all enemies who surround the Paladin and creates a powerful defensive barrier (80% of Max HP) for all party members for 10 seconds. You can effectively double your whole party's Health with this skill, which is simply insane as it allows them to simply ignore some raid mechanics. 

Note: As an Awakening skill, Alithanes's Judgment has a very long Cooldown (300 seconds base) and its usage should be discussed with teammates to avoid disagreements. Wasting this can easily lead to a wipe. 

• Stagger: Mid 

1. Use Godsent Law on Teammates who are in danger of dying to save them. Remember that doing so won't save them from one-shot mechanics. Ideally, you'd want to cast this preemptively (so, you should memorize encounter mechanics). 
2. Use Light Shock on Cooldown to maximize the uptime of its debuff and deal some damage. 
3. Use Holy Protection on Cooldown to Heal up, Shield, and speed up your teammates. 
4. Maximize the uptime of Heavenly Blessings and Wrath of God buffs. These two don't stack, so you should rotate between them! Remember to position yourself in a way that will allow you to buff up everyone in your party (24 meters range). 
5. If using Holy Area: Put down Holy Area in between the boss and your Teammates to maximize its effectiveness (if you do it properly, you'll generate the identity gauge and protect teammates from damage at the same time). 
6. Use Executor's Sword and Holy Sword to Counter Attack the boss when it glows blue. Remember to position yourself in its front. 
7. Use Auto Attack when there's nothing better to do. 

1. Blessed Aura (Class Engraving) - Improves Healing and Damage Reduction of Paladin's Holy Aura. Every Paladin runs it and so should you (it's crazy good for a support build). You should have this on Level 3 - Core Engraving.

2. Awakening - Reduces the Cooldown of your Awakening Skill. This is another must-have as Awakening Skills fill up Piety Meter (which equals to higher Holy Aura uptime) and allow you to turn tides of any battle. You should have this on Level 3 - Core Engraving.

3. Expert - This improves your Holy Aura and Holy Protection by increasing their heals and enhancing their shields. It has an increased effect on allies below 50% Health. 

4. Judgment - Makes your Punishment Skills generate more Piety Meter. This will increase your Holy Aura uptime. In a Support Build, Level 1 of this Engraving is generally enough. 

5. Heavy Armor - Improves Survivability by increasing your Defense. The armor gained from this Engraving is not affected by armor shedding debuffs, which helps when you get caught off-guard by certain mechanics. 

6. Drops of Ether - Generates Drops that can be picked up by your Teammates. These Drops grant Mana Regen, Attack Damage, Critical Strike, Movement Speed, or Attack Speed buffs. While solid, this Engraving can be extremely infuriating if your teammates decide to ignore the Drops. 

7. Vital Point Hit - Increases your Stagger Damage Done. This one is quite situational, but it can help during encounters with difficult Stagger checks. 

• Gear Sets - As a Support Class, you're not interested in offensive Set bonuses. this means that you should go for the 2/2/2 Set Bonus approach to maximize your movement speed. In other words, use 3 different gear Sets, two parts from each, to get their Attack and Movement Speed Bonuses.
  • The above-mentioned approach will work for Tiers 1 and 2. In Tier 3, you won't have another option, but to go for the full Abyssal Dungeon Set. 

• Gems - You should use Cooldown Reduction Gems on every Skill except Executor's Sword and Holy Sword, as you won't use these two on Cooldown anyway. 

• Cards - You should try to increase your Max HP with these, as your Heals' healing amount is calculated as a portion of your Max HP. There are two Card Sets that will increase your Max HP: 
  • Field Boss II Set - Increases your Max HP by +4% (this is 2, 4, and 6 Set Bonus). 
  • Farewell, Weapon Set - Increases your Max HP by +4% (this is 2, 4, and 6 Set Bonus). 
    • You can mix and match these two to get +12% Max HP in total. 

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This is the initial version of our Lost Ark Raid Support Paladin Build, where we tried to include all of the important information on how to set up this character while keeping the guide as compact as possible. If we've missed something of importance, please let us know! 

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