I like to play Paladin as a healing tank, but that is because I have the variety of gear to let me do so.

In your situation, you can play him just like Fighter or Samurai. Multistrike will still work fine once you invest some into it, as will Powerstrike.



I will say that Paladin makes an excellent Tank being in the front row if you have the armor to do so (Enhanced Effect armors) and he also can heal the group if you have some heal charms and stat some Intelligence.




Usually you only need a couple points into Powerstrike, maybe 2-4. I recommend one early just so you have it (I usually get it at level 5) then add a few more before you hit 55 to prepare for harder mobs.

Getting Multistrike to ~70% is good enough, after that I would almost pick a 3rd ability, perhaps Knockdown or Retribution or Twohitback, some other melee skill would fit nice with your build, even if it's only a few points.

This post was edited by jlhromeo on Aug 3 2011 12:05pm

How much % in the different abilities?

I used to stat until 72% (multi) and the rest into powerstrike.