MickeyMouse Paladin Guide

This is a concise and straight-to-the-point Paladin guide~

Pros:
- Elemental Damage
- Fairly hard to kill
- Decent bossing from Blast (single target spam skill) - and pins bosses
- Can grind at skeles early due to stun from Charged Blow and Holy/Diving Charge
- Heaven's Hammer
Cons:
- Relatively low damage output compared to Heroes and DK
- Short arms, can't reach must walk up to monsters and risk getting hit
- Low mobility
- Offensive power peaks earlier on and sort of stays the same after that... unless you get better gear

Weapons of Choice:
1Handed: Faster weapon speed, can equip shield (scroll attack shields for higher damage)
2Handed: Slightly higher weapon base damage (not by much though), slower weapon speed
Recommendation: 1H with shield (Except StoneTooth Sword - Fast attack speed 2H sword)
Sword: Faster attack speed but more expensive
BW: Slightly slower attack speed but dirt cheap in most cases
Recommendation: Sword because it is better in the long-run, even if you are unfunded (earning money is easy in MapleSaga!)

Stats:
Goal: hit bosses 100% of the time
200 Accuracy ~ Hsalf
180 Accuracy ~ BGB
Ideally, you want all your stats in STR and get all your Accuracy from equips. (eg. DEX equips)
For unfunded people:
1. Add 70 DEX and no more.
2. Slowly move DEX over to STR as you get better gear that gives you Accuracy. (using AP Reset from @tia)

HP washing not needed, but may be helpful, check out the HP Washing Guide!

Skills:
First Job

Spoiler

Level 10: 1 Improving HP Recovery
Level 11: 3 Improving HP Recovery (4)
Level 12: 1 Improving Hp Recovery (5) , 2 Improving Max HP Increase
Level 13: 3 Improving Max HP Increase (5)
Level 14: 3 Improving Max HP Increase (8)
Level 15: 2 Improving Max HP Increase (MAX), 1 Power Strike
Level 16: 3 Slash Blast
Level 17: 3 Slash Blast (6)
Level 18: 3 Slash Blast (9)
Level 19: 3 Slash Blast (12)
Level 20: 3 Slash Blast (15)
Level 21: 3 Slash Blast (18)
Level 22: 2 Slash Blast (Max), 1 Power Strike (2)
Level 23: 3 Power Strike (5)
Level 24: 3 Power Strike (8)
Level 25: 3 Power Strike (11)
Level 26: 3 Power Strike (14)
Level 27: 3 Power Strike (17)
Level 28: 3 Power Strike (Max)
Level 29: Anything
Level 30: Anything

Second Job:

Spoiler

Level 30: 1 Mastery
Level 31: 3 Mastery (4)
Level 32: 3 Mastery (7)
Level 33: 3 Mastery (10)
Level 34: 3 Mastery (13)
Level 35: 3 Mastery (16)
Level 36: 3 Mastery (19)
Level 37: 3 Booster
Level 38: 3 Booster (6)
Level 39: 3 Threaten
Level 40: 3 Power Guard
Level 41: 3 Power Guard (6)
Level 42: 3 Power Guard (9)
Level 43: 3 Power Guard (12)
Level 44: 3 Power Guard (15)
Level 45: 3 Power Guard (18)
Level 46: 3 Power Guard (21)
Level 47: 3 Power Guard (24)
Level 48: 3 Power Guard (27)
Level 49: 3 Power Guard (Max)
Level 50: 3 Booster (9)
Level 51: 3 Booster (12)
Level 52: 3 Booster (15)
Level 53: 3 Booster (18)
Level 54: 2 Booster (Max), 1 Mastery (Max)
Level 55-70: 48 Anything (Excluding Final Attack)

Third Job:

Spoiler

Level 70-79: Lightning Charge
Level 80: 2 Lightning Charge (Max), 1 Fire Charge
Level 81-89: Fire Charge
Level 90: 2 Fire Charge (Max), Ice Charge
Level 91-99: Ice Charge
Level 100: 2 Ice Charge (Max), 1 Charged Blow
Level 101: 3 Charged Blow (4)
Level 102: 3 Charged Blow (7)
Level 103: 3 Charged Blow (10)
Level 104: 3 Charged Blow (13)
Level 105: 3 Charged Blow (16)
Level 106: 3 Charged Blow (19)
Level 107: 3 Charged Blow (22)
Level 108: 3 Charged Blow (25)
Level 109: 3 Charged Blow (28)
Level 110: 2 Charged Blow (Max) 1 Anything)
Level 111-120: 3 Anything

Explanation: Vikerolas are weak to Lightning - you will be killing those for awhile

Fourth Job:

Spoiler

Level 120: 1 Rush, 2 Advanced Charged Blow (ACB)
Level 121: 3 ACB (5)
Level 122: 3 ACB (8)
Level 123: 2 ACB (Max), 1 Holy/Divine Charge
Level 124: 3 Holy Charge (4)
Level 125: 3 Holy Charge (7)
Level 126: 3 Holy Charge (10)
Level 127: 3 Holy Charge (13)
Level 128: 3 Holy Charge (16)
Level 129: 3 Holy Charge (19)
Level 130: 1 Holy Charge (Max), 2 Stance (2)
Level 131: 3 Stance (5)
Level 132: 3 Stance (8)
Level 133: 3 Stance (11)
Level 134: 3 Stance (14)
Level 135: 3 Stance (17)
Level 136: 3 Stance (20)
Level 137: 3 Blast (3)
Level 138: 3 Blast (6)
Level 139: 3 Blast (9)
Level 140: 3 Blast (12)
Level 141: 3 Blast (15)
Level 142: 3 Blast (18)
Level 143: 3 Blast (21)
Level 144: 3 Blast (24)
Level 145: 3 Blast (27)
Level 146: 3 Blast (Max)
Level 147: 3 Maple Warrior
Level 148: 3 Maple Warrior (6)
Level 149: 3 Maple Warrior (9)
Level 150: 3 Maple Warrior (12)
Level 151: 3 Maple Warrior (15)
Level 152: 3 Maple Warrior (18)
Level 153: 3 Maple Warrior (20)
Level 154: 3 Stance (23)
Level 155: 3 Stance (26)
Level 156: 3 Stance (29)
Level 157: 1 Stance (Max), 2 Hero's Will (2)
Level 158: 3 Heaven’s Hammer
Level 159: 3 HH (6)
Level 160: 3 HH (9)
Level 161: 3 HH (12)
Level 162: 3 HH (15)
Level 163: 3 HH (18)
Level 164: 3 HH (21)
Level 165: 3 HH (24)
Level 166: 3 HH (27)
Level 167: 3 HH (Max)
Level 168: 3 Achilles
Level 169: 3 Achilles (6)
Level 170: 3 Achilles (9)
Level 171: 3 Achilles (12)
Level 172: 3 Achilles (15)
Level 173: 3 Achilles (18)
Level 174: 3 Achilles (21)
Level 175: 3 Achilles (24)
Level 176: 3 Achilles (27)
Level 177: 3 Achilles (Max)
Level 178: 3 Guardian
Level 179: 3 Guardian (6)
Level 180: 3 Guardian (9)
Level 181: 3 Guardian (12)
Level 182: 3 Guardian (15)
Level 183: 3 Guardian (18)
Level 184: 3 Guardian (21)
Level 185: 3 Guardian (24)
Level 186: 3 Guardian (27)
Level 187: 3 Guardian (Max)
Level 188: 3 Rush (5)
Level 189: 3 Rush (8)
Level 190: 3 Rush (11)
Level 191: 3 Rush (14)
Level 192: 3 Rush (17)
Level 193: 3 Rush (20)
Level 194: 3 Rush (23)
Level 195: 3 Rush (26)
Level 196: 3 Rush (29)
Level 197: 1 Rush (Max), 2 Hero's will (4)
Level 198~200: 9 Anything

Explanation: Skillbooks for Heaven's Hammer 30 and Blast 30 may be harder to come by, feel free to move on to other skills in the meantime!

Training:
Level 1 - 30: BPQ Easy
Level 31-35: Teddies in Ludibrium
Level 35-60: BPQ Normal
Level 55-70: BPQ Hard
Level 70-80: Ghost Ship
Level 80-100: Vikerolas (Using Lightning Charge)
Level 80-110: BPQ Hell
Level 90-120: Himes with partner preferrably, I was alone so I just stuck to Vikerolas
Level 120+: Skeles in Leafre - Nest of a Dead Dragon
Level 140+: Zakum Bigfoot and Anego goes in here somewhere I think f12
Level 150+: Boss Raids/PQs:

• Crimsonwood Keep PQ
• Neo City PQ
• The Boss
  
• Castellan
• Horntail
• More to come...

Yes, grinding alone will be way too slow at this point, you will need to join parties and go bossing!

Feel free to add suggestions in the comments, I will follow-up and update this guide! f14

Source:
150 Accuracy thing from http://forums.maplesaga.com/index.php?threads/complete-warrior-guide.113/
Skill build 1st, 2nd and 4th job from https://mapleroyals.com/forum/threads/sires-complete-mapleroyals-warrior-guide.8474/

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Awesome, Philos.

 

i love guide

 

Great guide! But, why is the goal 150 accuracy and not 200 for example (didn't do the math, just a wild guess)? I believe that bosses like Hsalf and BGB require more than 150 accuracy.

 

Noted f13 and updated

 

First

But I think that BPQ is for levels 35-50.
After that, Are paladins good at leveling at later levels? because I heard that heroes are way better at bossing than paladins.

Also, Why you leave final attack at zero?

 

I apologize for the late reply, but Final Attack is a terrible skill. While it slightly improves your single target DPS, it severely nerfs your multi-target damage, which is what you use to train with. Not only that, but Final Attack is useless unless it's maxed, and again, only for Power Strike. The other main issue is that Final Attack goes off whenever it feels like it, making you lose control of your character, leaving you more open to attack. Honestly, those SP are better spent maxing the other mastery (which ends up being pointless since 3rd/4th job forces you to pick between swords or maces) or even going towards 1st job skills, as limited as their use would be by that point.

 

This is the one and only Paladin guide.. Thanks Philos!

 

Does heaven hammer have cooldown?

 

20 seconds cool down when the skill is maxed.