Branduil
Hero
From what I can tell, in the builds sections, the PHB often gives bad advice on what ability scores you should raise, particularly as it concerns your secondary abilities.
For instance, they recommend that an archery ranger take Str as their second highest score, but to me this is far from optimal. I would go with Dex first, Wis second, Con 3rd, followed by the others in whatever order you wanted.
Similarly, they recommend each Paladin build take either Str or Cha as their secondary ability scores, but I don't think a Protecting Paladin needs to worry about Str at all. In fact you'd probably be fine with Cha first, Wis second, and Con third.
For instance, they recommend that an archery ranger take Str as their second highest score, but to me this is far from optimal. I would go with Dex first, Wis second, Con 3rd, followed by the others in whatever order you wanted.
Similarly, they recommend each Paladin build take either Str or Cha as their secondary ability scores, but I don't think a Protecting Paladin needs to worry about Str at all. In fact you'd probably be fine with Cha first, Wis second, and Con third.