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Paladin: Why Are They Often Considered Highly Powerful?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 7272606" data-attributes="member: 58197"><p>Paladins combine the steady damage output of the martial classes with the nova capacity of a spellcaster. In addition, paladins choose to smite <em>after</em> seeing the result of the attack roll; so any time a paladin crits, she can throw a maximum-level slot into smiting and get double value out of it. Vengeance paladins can exploit this to the hilt in boss fights by swearing a Vow of Enmity. Advantage on every attack, with Extra Attack, means you get 20 attack rolls in a 5-round combat, and odds are that at least one of them will crit.</p><p></p><p>Add to that a formidable array of defensive abilities. Paladins can buff the saving throws of the whole party. They have limited but potent healing. They have access to an assortment of defensive and combat utility spells like <em>protection from evil</em>, and <em>misty step</em> for two out of three Oaths.</p><p></p><p>Paladins are just all-around powerhouses. Now, keep in mind that "powerhouse" is relative; the 5E paladin does not come within miles of the kind of brokenness that a 3E spellcaster could achieve. But as 5E classes go, paladins are top tier.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 7272606, member: 58197"] Paladins combine the steady damage output of the martial classes with the nova capacity of a spellcaster. In addition, paladins choose to smite [I]after[/I] seeing the result of the attack roll; so any time a paladin crits, she can throw a maximum-level slot into smiting and get double value out of it. Vengeance paladins can exploit this to the hilt in boss fights by swearing a Vow of Enmity. Advantage on every attack, with Extra Attack, means you get 20 attack rolls in a 5-round combat, and odds are that at least one of them will crit. Add to that a formidable array of defensive abilities. Paladins can buff the saving throws of the whole party. They have limited but potent healing. They have access to an assortment of defensive and combat utility spells like [I]protection from evil[/I], and [I]misty step[/I] for two out of three Oaths. Paladins are just all-around powerhouses. Now, keep in mind that "powerhouse" is relative; the 5E paladin does not come within miles of the kind of brokenness that a 3E spellcaster could achieve. But as 5E classes go, paladins are top tier. [/QUOTE]
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