HELP..! Need a good team with a paladin!

[cptsmilley]

First, sorry for my english, i am surely going to make some mistake!

But.. GUYS... I need help :( its my first time asking for help in making a team in this kind of RPG..

I had a hard time on DOS1 but its kinda worst in this one lol....


Im lost in how making a good team with the paladin id like to play..
What is crystal clear, is that i want my main to be a paladin, that feels like a paladin...
Evrywhere i go i see the frost paladin build, who seems nice, but id like to make it as i like.. With buffs/healing/paladish skill.Theres seem to be a lot of skill in the aero magic school who seems cool like radiant light or something like that.
No int, full melee that hit hard. So no spells that scale with int

I dont really want a paladin that can only do icy tricks.. Dont feel paladin to me... Or i see a lot of build using necromancy.. Necromancy on a paladin !! No freakin way lol !!

But i havent find any paladin build with hydro and aero.. Is it that bad?!?!?! Is aero still goosld even without using int spells?!

And i keep reading that 1h/shield is BAD for warrior.. Despite the shield throw that seems to be OP.. I remember my paladin in DOS1 did seems pretty weak beside my 2h melee... I do not want to make the same mistake. I dont mind doing a 2h paladin, but in my head, a 1h/shield look a lot more paladish :)

And god.. The new armor mecanics make my head spins..
Full physical team or full magical team or 2/2 .... Whaaaat?!?!?! I dont like that.. In the first game u could make any party you'd like... Like 2 warrior 1 ranger and one mage..
But now, having 3 physical and 1 magical seems... Real bad... Its a shame that we lost some liberties in the team setup...

But anyway.. I cant stop thinking how i could make a good team with a 1h paladin...
Id like a summoner too, but then again..
Having a 1h paladin tells me my physical will lack power. And having a mage support summoner tells me my magical will lack power too..

Im going crazy lol

Id like a 2 phys/2 magical with a 1h paladin who can use paladish skill and still hit hard while having a mage that can summon and buffs and still hit hard. And heal if possible..

Is that even doable?! If so, what kind of team should i use ?! :/

But I could do with a 2h paladin, i guess..

Help me guys :(

( i will play on classic, so i dont need to be ' optimal ' )

[Syrris]

The first question I'd ask is: what do you mean by "paladin"? The fantasy genre has grown to apply that label to a lot of character archetypes.

If you're mainly thinking "warrior with some healing powers and a do-gooder attitude" then you pretty much follow the warrior or knight type of build and ensure that you have 1-2 points of Air, Earth, and Water magic for the non-stat-dependent buffs and heals, while choosing appropriate dialogue options (and probably the Soldier and Scholar tags). In this case they'll play pretty much like any other melee heavy when it comes to combat tactics, which leaves the rest of the party build wide open.

[cptsmilley]

Well, exacly!!!! Thats my pal :)

But i still dont know what kind of team is good with that kind of melee.
If i use 1h, do i need another melee?! Another healer?!

Ahalala.. Guess ill try anyrhing 2day lol.. Spent like 5hrs yesterday just wondering what to use..

[cptsmilley]

Finally chose lol.. Ill try this out, see if it works well

My paladin, physical
Juggernaught, physical/magical
Ranger summoner, physical/magical
Elementalist, magical ( and physical if i can put some necro )

Used a '' team guide '' to help me, but the guy used a ' magick archer ' in place of the elementalist. It should not cause that of a problem, i hope so.. Ill tell you how it goes..

If you have sone ideas to make it better dont hesitate to tell me!!!!

[ducky]

my advise, if you want to RP some kind of party without deviating too far or not willing to cheese the game and get the most out of all available things around, is that you play on classic or lower and don't touch tactician.
take your time and quicksave a lot.

imo Paladin means a character that wields either 1H+shields or a 2H melee weapon, and uses warfare + hydro + geo (+ maybe huntsman for the first aid ability depending if you need more healing)

a fitting party focuses on physical damage, since the paladin does minor dmg being the support/tank of the group but can still CC with warfare skills once armor is gone ( hence the physical focus )

try necromancy+geo focusing on INT stat, and using necro to do dmg and geo for oil and armor buffs.
add a ranger and add pyro to it for ranged dmg and pyro stat buffs ( haste and clear mind)
last spot; why not a polymorph character? every single thing in poly scales with strength as far as i know and it's easy to add in warfare and hydro to also get the combined heals on this one.

get a summoner if you think you need a 5th character because that's basically what a summoner does for you.

once you leave the first island you can freely change your party to whatever you want but you will still need to buy the new skills then so no need to just restart all over again

[incest]

Paladin is alot of fun. Ducky already gave some good advice so I'd like to add some tips:
-Since you'll most likely be healing yourself alot, get the living armorer talent (35% of healing recived replenishes magic armor)
-Make cleanse wounds (this spell was practically designed for paladins. You need 1 in hydro and 1 in warfare for it. Combine a hydro book with a warfare book and it'll make this skill.)
-One handed weapons are realtivley weak in this game, so I'd advise two handed. But if you really want to one handed DPS you'll have to dump alot in strength and make a crit build. Crit builds work great with humans, as they have a 5% extra crit chance and 10% extra crit damage. I'd advise picking up clear minded on your mage to buff your paladin and increase their crit chance.