Would Solo Paladin be feasible/competetive?

[[EPTF] Dexorf]

I love the kind of Crusader fantasy of smacking things with a fat hammer and blasting them with holy magic. But I also don't like how in most games this archetype ends up as at least semi-support.

I do hear that the game is clearable with any mastery, but would I be shooting myself in the foot by picking a Paladin but going full solo, and trying to make a full-offense build?

[Katitoff]

Why wouldn't it be?

D3 crusader has nothing on LE Paladin and its options and we're getting another awesome one for 1.0. The only thing Paladin can not be is a summoner.

Paladin is extremely fun and tank, while packing a serious punch.

Remember this is ARPG, ALL options are DPS, it just happens so that paladin actually brings so much more though heals and aura buffs.

[Astasia]

Nothing in the game is balanced around group play, it's an ARPG and that sort of stuff is more an afterthought. Paladin is fully viable solo and I've seen a fairly powerful build people are using with Judgement one-shotting everything.

[Tictactucrac]

No support role in traditional arpg it's all damage. I mean there are self healing and group healing options but you're in no way forced to use them.

No problem at all with solo DPS paladin mastery.

Not sure what you mean by competitive though. If you mean meta build then nobody knows. If you mean top of the leaderboard then nobody knows and it largely depends on how much of your life you're willing to give up for it. If you mean relative power compared to other classes then it should be fine.

[[EPTF] Dexorf]

Originally posted by Katitoff:

Why wouldn't it be?

D3 crusader has nothing on LE Paladin and its option. The only thing Paladin can not be is a summoner.

As someone who hasn't played the game - I don't know, that's why I'm asking. And I'm not talking strictly in comparison to D3, it's just that this is the archetype that is most typical to be stuck as some sort of aura bot, with the rest of it's capabilties suffering on account of how powerful the buffs are.

[[EPTF] Dexorf]

Gotcha, balanced around solo play, good to hear!