Druid vs Paladin

[Kehldael]

Hello there !

Here is my team :

Ranger
Fighter
Chanter
Wizzard
Priest

I'd like a sixth member to be a druid, or a paladin, I don't know which one would be better. I know druids have a lot of helpful spells and can also go melee (with a spear for instance) that could be useful.
What do you guys recommend ?

[Gregorovitch]

That's a very difficult decision. I replaced the paladin, Pallengina with the Druid Hervalis in my party when I found him and I was very impressed with the druid spells and abilities - druids are very poweful and flexible. However later in the game I put palengina back in the party to finish her story quests and I reaslised I actually preferred it with her in the team and dropped Hirvalis.

The reason is balance - the paladin makes an excellent off tank, doing better and better damage as the game progresses and her passive auras that work across the whole party are very powerfull, especially the accuracy one. It turns a lot of misses into grazes, grazes into hits and hits the into crits which adds up to an aweful lot of additional damage output although you really don't notice it like you notice the effects of Hirvalis's spells. I think a lot of peplpe miss this fact about paladins becasue there's nothing in the combat stats window that tells you how much additinal damage this aura is responsible for during battle.

The other reason is that I had recruited Grieving Mother (the Cipher) and I found that a mage, a druid, a priest and a cipher was overkill as far as spells are concened - I had so many casting options available I couldn't possibly use them all in combat. I found it better, easier to manage the battlefield, with some additional straight forward sword play skills on the front line.

[Kehldael]

Thanks for the insight :D

[FatFuzzy]

yes, very good question...i would use the druid for all your basic stuff, ya, they are really really strong...and only swap out to the paladin if I had too, boss fights, stuff out of your level, i love them both, but i gotta say, i think the druid is more funner....they can just ♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ up!!

[Silverquick]

Druids are shockingly good nukers in this game, the AoE of their spells is impressive. Though for the most part thier good spells are limited to Ice and Lightning.

Paladins are very strong. One of their auras gives the front line fighters extra damage resistence which is huge when someone is getting beat on. The closer to the Paladin... the less healing spells you'll need to keep the party alive. Plus later in the game they can resurect characters who lose all their endurance.

[Kehldael]

Isn't resurecting a character dangerous ? I mean, if he's close to 0 HP, maybe you better not res him ?