Whats The Difference Between Knight And Paladin?

[The Shadow Rose]

Just wondering because i cant see a change besides 1 or 2 points of extra stats for the knight which feels negated with the paladins willpower skill. As far as i can tell paladins cant use evilish items but those are rare to say the least so i cant find a single reason why anyone would choose the knight. Can anyone tell me if there is actually something the knight has that the paladin doesnt that balances the scales?

[jtchou]

Paladin is fearless.

[The Shadow Rose]

Originally posted by jtchou:

Paladin is fearless.

That just makes it more in favor of the paladin. Is there anything that makes the knight better then him?

[jtchou]

combat stats are a bit higher for knights, and knights can use more weapon. However knights have less willpower than paladin.

[The Shadow Rose]

Originally posted by jtchou:

combat stats are a bit higher for knights, and knights can use more weapon. However knights have less willpower than paladin.

The combat stats are negated due to the willpower of the paladin giving him more defense and attack. He also gets 3 more willpower for being a paladin which negates and even puts his stats above the knights. All the knight has is the ability to use evilish items and ive only seen 2 of those in the game and im almost done with it.

[jtchou]

Stats are lower so they tend to get wounded more easily -- because that is based on base stat, not stat plus willpower.

[Muut]

The knight has very-slightly-better stats, and gets a shield-nearby-units skill which the paladin doesn't. He also gets access to more weapons, although both get 2-handers as part of the upgrade. Overall seemed to me to be more designed for tactical flexibility than the paladin.

Not sure how much of a difference the knight's extras make in practice though - mine spends most of his time sitting on a horse skewering people - but I'm only playing on regular difficulty.

The paladin gets the Fearless (resist) and God's Warrior (willpower) skills, and also gets to use some of the the holy gear that's otherwise only accessible to monks, balanced by not being able to don the trappings of evil.

God's Warrior is a nice skill - amulet slots full of willpower buffs means good stats + effective heals, the tradeoff being the need to find the right gear to make best use of it. Fearless am not sure on - perhaps plays a greater part further into the game than I am at the moment.

[jtchou]

well, it may be a difference in play style. I tend to use paladins with vampiric ring(black agate) and /or black neckless. The reason being that I tend to use least number of units to level up the characters faster, hence a way to regain HP during a fight is in premium.

[JurgenJuggernaut]

Well also I believe a great difference is that paladin is relate to christian religion, so in other words he cant gear pagan items, and he can gear items as the warrior monks, while the knight can gear pagan items. Also to my belief both paladin and warrior monks are more suited to fight ghost and that kind of things.