Diablo 4 – Paladin Skills Guide (Season 11)

The Paladin class in Diablo 4 has access to 24 different skills in six categories. Additionally, most skills have an enhancement and two upgrades that improve them in a variety of ways.

The following section provides an overview of all Paladin skills, enhancements, and upgrades. For a detailed list of Paladin passives, refer to our Paladin Passive Talents page.

Paladin Passive Talents

For more general information about the class, refer to our Paladin Guide.

Paladin Overview

Basic Skills

Basic Skills are spammable skills whose primary purpose is to regenerate Faith in order to be able to use more powerful skills from other categories.

Brandish

Faith Generation	14
Oath Type	Disciple
Lucky Hit Chance	21%
Damage Type	Holy
Description	Brandish the Light, unleashing an arc that deals X damage.
Enhanced Brandish	Brandish now pierces.
Returning Light	Brandish’s light returns to you, dealing X% damage on its return
Sword of Mastery	While Healthy, Brandish deals X% damage and travels 100% faster.
Cross Strike	Brandish unleashes 2 additional arcs that deal X% damage and apply Vulnerable.

Holy Bolt

Faith Generation	16
Oath Type	Judicator
Lucky Hit Chance	47%
Damage Type	Holy
Description	Throw a Holy hammer, dealing X% damage.
Enhanced Holy Bolt	Holy Bolt now applies Judgement.
Ricocheting Bolt	Holy Bolt deals X% damage and ricochets 3 times.
Divine Bolt	Holy Bolt becomes a Disciple Skill. Holy Bolt pierces, deals X% damage, and applies Vulnerable.
Storm Bolt	Holy Bolt becomes a Justice Skill with a 7 second Cooldown. Holy Bolt is hurled and smashes the ground, dealing X% damage and Stunning enemies in an area for 2 seconds.

Clash

Faith Generation	20
Oath Type	Juggernaut
Lucky Hit Chance	54%
Damage Type	Physical
Description	Strike an enemy with your weapon and shield, dealing X% damage.
Enhanced Clash	Whenever you cast Clash, gain Crusader’s March for 6 seconds. Crusader’s March grants you X% Block Chance and 2 stacks of Resolve.
Punishment	You are emboldened during Crusader’s March, granting: 30% Retribution Chance, 3 Thorns, x20% Thorns Damage
Skirmish	Clash becomes a Zealot Skill and cleaves in an area for X% damage. Crusaders March no longer grants Block Chance or Resolve, instead granting 10% Critical Strike Chance up to 30%.
Seize Them	Your Resolve empowers Clash, dealing 8% increased damage per stack of Resolve. Every 3rd strike, enemies are Pulled in.

Advance

Faith Generation	18
Oath Type	Zealot
Lucky Hit Chance	15%
Damage Type	Physical
Description	Advance forward with your weapon, dealing X% damage.
Enhanced Advance	Casting Advance grants you Unhindered for 2 seconds.
Vanguard’s Rush	Advance rushes into enemies, granting 1 Fervor on each strike and deals an additional x25% damage per stack of Fervor you have.
Wave Dash	Advance becomes a Juggernaut Skill. Advance’s impact waves out, dealing 136% damage and gains 1 Resolve for every 1 meter you dash.
Flash of the Blade	Advance becomes a Disciple Skill and has a 10 second cooldown. Advance becomes a dash that cuts through enemies, applying Vulnerable and dealing X% damage.

Core Skills

These are some of the most used Paladin skills in any build. However, while Core Skills have no cooldown, their biggest drawback is their Faith cost.

Zeal

Faith Cost	20
Oath Type	Zealot
Lucky Hit Chance	3%
Damage Type	Physical
Description	Strike enemies with blinding speed, dealing X damage followed immediately by 3 additional strikes dealing X damage each.
Enhanced Zeal	Zeal gains 2 additional strikes.
Zealot’s Legacy	Zeal extends its assault, randomly seeking surrounding enemies and striking 4 additional times.
Death or Glory	Zeal costs x10% Maximum Life instead of Faith and strikes around you in a circle. Whenever you lose Life, Zeal’s damage increases by 40% and Critical Strike Chance by 40% for 6 seconds.
Cull the Wicked	Zeal’s cleave is larger, gains 2 additional strikes, and deals x25% increased damage to Weakened enemies.

Blessed Shield

Faith Cost	28
Oath Type	Judicator
Lucky Hit Chance	32%
Damage Type	Holy
Description	Bless and hurl your shield with Holy energy, dealing X damage that ricochets up to 3 times.
Enhanced Blessed Shield	Blessed Shield deals 1% additional damage for each Armor on your shield.
Shield of Retribution	Blessed Shield becomes a Juggernaut Skill. Blessed Shield travels straight without returning, pulsing your Thorns damage each second for 3 seconds before bursting for X% damage.
Shield of the Revenant	Blessed Shield now boomerangs and pierces instead of ricocheting, dealing X% damage. When Blessed Shield hits a Crowd Controlled enemy, gain 5 Faith.
Shield of Justice	Blessed Shield detonates Judgement and ricochets 5 additional times. Whenever Blessed Shield detonates Judgement, it empowers your next throw to deal x40% increased damage, up to a maximum of 5 times.

Blessed Hammer

Faith Cost	10
Oath Type	Judicator
Lucky Hit Chance	26%
Damage Type	Holy
Description	Throw a Blessed Hammer that spirals out, dealing X damage.
Enhanced Blessed Hammer	Blessed Hammer now hits enemies multiple times.
Mortar Combat	Blessed Hammer mortars 3 hammers to the ground, dealing X% damage in an area.
Disciple’s Halo	Blessed Hammer becomes a Disciple Skill. Blessed Hammer follows and orbits around you, dealing X% damage and attacking 20% faster.
Shattering Blow	Blessed Hammer deals X% and shatters into 3 small explosions on impact, dealing X% damage each.

Divine Lance

Faith Cost	25
Oath Type	Disciple
Lucky Hit Chance	6%
Damage Type	Holy
Description	Impale enemies with a heavenly lance, stabbing X times for X damage each.
Enhanced Divine Lance	Divine Lance’s damage is increased by 30% of your Movement Speed bonus.
Tip of the Spear	Divine Lance flurries, stabbing 2 additional times and deals X% damage each. Killing Vulnerable enemies with Divine Lance increases its Attack Speed by 5% for 10 seconds, up to 30%.
Zealous Joust	Divine Lance becomes a Zealot Skill. Divine Lance now stabs with 2 additional spears in a wider area, dealing X% damage each and has a 10% increased Critical Strike Chance.
Divine Javelin	Throw Divine Lance, dealing X% damage to the first enemy hit and bursting for an additional X%. The first time an enemy is hit by a Divine Lance, they are impaled and dragged with it.

Shield Bash

Faith Cost	32
Oath Type	Juggernaut
Lucky Hit Chance	17%
Damage Type	Physical
Description	Charge at an enemy and bash in front of you, dealing X damage.
Enhanced Shield Bash	Hits with Shield Bash counts as Blocks. This effect can trigger once per Cast.
Breach	Hits with Shield Bash grant you 10% Retribution Chance for 5 seconds, stacking up to 5 times.
Smite	Shield Bash smites the first enemy it hits, dealing X% damage, Stunning for 1 second, and knocking back enemies behind for X% damage.
Lay Siege	Whenever you have Resolve, Shield Bash increases impact size by X% and deals X% damage. Gain 1 Resolve per enemy hit.

Aura Skills

Aura Skills help to boost the defensive capabilities of the Paladin, as well as providing powerful offensive options.

Fanaticism Aura

Cooldown	9.15 seconds
Faith Cost	10
Oath Type	Zealot
Description	Passive: Spending Faith emanates power from you, granting you and your allies X% Attack Speed and X% Critical Strike Chance for X seconds up to a maximum of X times. Active: Weaken all Nearby enemies for X seconds.
Enhanced Fanaticism	Fanaticism Aura’s passive also grants you and your allies 10% Maximum Resource.
Rite of Vengeance	Fanaticism Aura Passive increases Critical Strike Damage by X% for you and your allies. Critical Strikes trigger Fanaticism’s Passive.
Rite of Humility	Fanaticism Aura’s active instead makes Nearby enemies Vulnerable for 4 seconds. Damaging Vulnerable enemies will also trigger Fanaticism’s Passive.
Rite of Redemption	Weakened enemies who die within Fanaticism Aura’s radius Heal you for 0.5% and Fortify for 1% of your Maximum Life.

Defiance Aura

Cooldown	12.2 seconds
Faith Cost	25
Oath Type	Juggernaut
Description	Passive: Your presence reinforces you and your allies, granting X Armor and X bonus on All Resistances. Active: You become Unstoppable for X seconds.
Enhanced Defiance	Defiance Aura’s passive also grants you and your allies 10% Maximum Life.
Rite of Might	Defiance Aura increases your damage by X% for 4 seconds whenever you gain Resolve.
Rite of Prayer	Defiance Aura’s passive also Heals you and your allies for 2% of your Maximum Life per second. Healing allies grants 2 stacks of Resolve every 2 seconds.
Rite of Thorns	Defiance Aura’s passive also grants 3 Thorns and increases all Thorns damage by X% for you and your allies. Defiance Aura’s active instead releases a nova dealing X% of your Thorns damage.

Holy Light Aura

Cooldown	15.25 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance	26.75%
Oath Type	Judicator
Description	Passive: You and your allies emanate the Light, dealing X damage every X seconds to X random Nearby enemies. Active: Unleash X pure bolts of light, dealing X Holy damage to the closest enemy and chaining up to 3 additional enemies before returning to you. When your first bolt of light returns, Heal for X% of your Maximum Life.”
Enhanced Holy Light	Holy Light’s passive now targets 2 additional enemies.
Rite of Submission	Holy Light’s active now Stuns enemies for 3 seconds and deals X% damage.
Rite of Mercy	Holy Light’s active chains 2 more times and Fortifies you and your allies for 4% of their Maximum Life.
Rite of Judgement	Holy Light’s active instead Judges enemies and its Cooldown is reduced per rank.

Valor Skills

The Valor Skill category includes all Paladin skills that are used for Mobility, Faith Regeneration, and Defensive boost

Shield Charge

Cooldown	6.1 seconds
Oath Type	Juggernaut
Lucky Hit Chance	37%
Damage Type	Physical
Description	Charge with your shield and push enemies Back, granting X% Damage Reduction and dealing X% damage while Channeling.
Enhanced Shield Charge	Shield Charge grants 1 Resolve whenever it hits an enemy.
Phalanx Charge	Shield Charge surges forward in a wave of energy and Knocks enemies Back, dealing X% damage.
Virtuous Charge	Shield Charge becomes a Judicator Skill and consumes Judgement on impact, increasing its damage by X% for each Judgement consumed up to 100%. When Shield Charge ends you release a Holy nova, dealing X% damage and Stunning enemies for 3 seconds.
Relentless Charge	Shield Charge becomes a Core Skill that: Costs 20 Faith to Cast and additional 1 Faith per second; Hits count as Blocking; Deals 157% damage; Grants 10.0% Retribution Chance per second up to 50%.

Aegis

Cooldown	12.2 seconds
Oath Type	Juggernaut
Description	Surround yourself with shields of the Light, Taunting Close enemies and gaining 100% Block Chance for 4 seconds.
Enhanced Aegis	Casting Aegis grants Unstoppable for 4 seconds.
Impunity	While Aegis is active, you gain 40% Thorns and Retribution Chance.
Faith Is My Shield	Aegis now applies Judgement instead of Taunting enemies. Blocking while Aegis is active applies Judgement to the attacker.
Stay Resolute	Passive: Gaining or spending Resolve has a 4% chance to trigger a free Aegis. Casting Aegis grants maximum stacks of Resolve.

Falling Star

Cooldown	7.32 seconds
Oath Type	Disciple
Lucky Hit Chance	26%
Damage Type	Holy
Description	Soar into the air with angelic wings and dive onto the battlefield, dealing X% damage on takeoff and X% damage on landing.
Enhanced Falling Star	Killing a Vulnerable enemy reduces the cooldown of Falling Star by 1 second.
Freefall	Falling Star has 1 additional Charge.
Fanatic Descent	Falling Star becomes a Zealot skill, now dealing X% damage on landing and Weakening enemies hit for 4 seconds.
Faster Than Light	Falling Star cuts through the battlefield, creating a fissure that deals X% damage to enemies before erupting for X% damage.

Rally

Cooldown	9.76 seconds
Charges	3
Oath Type	Zealot
Description	Rally forth, gaining 20% Movement Speed for 8 seconds and generate 22 Faith.
Enhanced Rally	Rally’s increases your Movement Speed by an additional X% and generates 5 additional Faith.
Words of Sacrifice	Rally now costs 15% of your Maximum Life and can stack.
Words of Inspiration	Rally spends all available Charges, reducing all active Justice Skill Cooldowns by 3 seconds per Charge.
Words of Rejuvenation	Rally generates 20 more Faith and gains 1 additional Charge.

Justice Skills

With these skills, Paladins can control the battlefield with a variety of Crowd Control, Damaging, and Healing effects

Purify

Cooldown	7.32 seconds
Oath Type	Judicator
Description	Enshroud your enemies in the Light, Dazing them for 2 seconds
Enhanced Purify	Purify generates 10 Faith for each enemy affected by Purify.
Sentence	Purify also Judges enemies and its cooldown is reduced by 4 seconds.
Surrender	Instead of Dazing enemies, Purify now Stuns for 4 seconds.
Absolution	Purify now can be cast on enemies instead of Dazing them, dealing X% damage and Weakening them for 4 seconds.

Consecration

Cooldown	10.98 seconds
Oath Type	Judicator
Lucky Hit Chance	13%
Damage Type	Holy
Description	Bathe in the Light for 6 seconds, Healing you and your allies for 4% Maximum Life per second and damaging enemies for X damage per second.
Enhanced Consecration	While inside Consecration, you and your allies deal X% additional damage and consume X% less resource.
Hallowed Ground	Consecration’s size is increased and lasts an additional 4 seconds. Enemies within Consecration are now Weakened.
Bastion	Consecration Immobilizes enemies and can be cast anywhere.
Sanctify	Consecration lasts 3 seconds, increasing its damage and Healing by 20% each second. Consecration detonates when it expires, dealing 39% damage to all enemies and Healing you and your allies for 15% of their Maximum Life.

Condemn

Cooldown	9.15 seconds
Oath Type	Disciple
Lucky Hit Chance	28%
Damage Type	Holy
Description	Harness the Light and Pull enemies in after 1.5 seconds, briefly Stunning them and dealing X% damage.
Enhanced Condemn	While Casting Condemn, become Unhindered for 1.5 seconds.
Gather the Guilty	Condemn now has 1 additional Charge and applies Vulnerable for 4 seconds.
Atonement	Condemn Casts significantly faster instead of Pulling enemies in, dealing X% damage.
Shepherd the Flock	Condemn’s build up marks all enemies and drags them to your location after it Casts.

Spear of the Heavens

Cooldown	8.54 seconds
Oath Type	Judicator
Lucky Hit Chance	35.31%
Damage Type	Holy
Description	Rain down 4 heavenly spears from the sky, dealing X% damage and Knocking Down enemies for 1.5 seconds. After 1.5 seconds, the spears burst, dealing X damage.
Enhanced Spear of the Heavens	Consuming Judgement reduces Spear of the Heavens active cooldown by 0.5 seconds.
Pronouncement of Heaven	Spear of the Heaven’s first spear gains a permanent Judgement mark and remains on the battlefield, dealing X% damage per second for 8 seconds.
Part the Heavens	Spear of the Heavens now drops 8 spears along the path toward your target.
Fist of the Heavens	Spear of the Heavens becomes a Core Skill and is now a pure Holy energy that crashes down from the sky. On impact, it deals X% damage and breaks into 5 projectiles, dealing X% additional damage to enemies in their path.

Ultimate Skills

Ultimate Skills are powerful skills that have a long cooldown. Ultimate Skills must be built around in order to be effective, and only one can be chosen at a time.

Heaven’s Fury

Cooldown	18.3 seconds
Oath Type	Judicator
Lucky Hit Chance	3%
Damage Type	Holy
Description	Grasp the Light, dealing X% damage around you per second before releasing it to seek Nearby enemies and dealing X% damage per hit for 7 seconds.
Enhanced Heaven’s Fury	Heaven’s Fury light Judges enemies.
Final Justice	Heaven’s Fury can Cast anywhere, concentrating the Light as it grows and Pulls enemies in while dealing X% damage per second before erupting for X% damage. Heaven’s Fury’s Cooldown is increased by 10 seconds.
Walk With The Light	Heaven’s Fury splits into 5 orbiting beams, dealing X% damage each hit for 7 seconds.
Triplicate	Heaven’s Fury splits into 3 beams, dealing X% damage each hit for 7 seconds.

Fortress

Cooldown	36.6 seconds
Oath Type	Juggernaut
Damage Type	Physical
Description	Make your stand, becoming Immune for 3.0 seconds and create a defensive area around you for 8.0 seconds. Standing in your Fortress grants you and your allies 2 Resolve stacks every 0.5 seconds.
Enhanced Fortress	While inside of your Fortress your Skills are free to Cast and you gain X% damage per stack of Resolve.
Entrench	While inside of Fortress your Life cannot be reduced below 1.
Barricade	Killing enemies inside of your Fortress extends its duration by 0.5 seconds up to 20 seconds. You may recast Fortress to move it to your current location.
Rampart of Thorns	Enemies inside Fortress are Slowed by 50% and take 500% of your Thorns damage per second.

Zenith

Cooldown	15.25 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance	29.96%
Damage Type	Physical
Description	Summon a divine sword that cleaves the battlefield for X% damage. Casting Zenith again cuts through the battlefield for X% damage and Knocks Down enemies for 2.0 seconds.
Enhanced Zenith	While Zenith is active, you are Unstoppable.
Empyrean Edge	Zenith is now also a Mobility Skill that: Dashes to enemies, Weakens enemies, Gain X% Critical Strike Chance Killing Weakened enemies with either of Zenith’s strikes will reduce its cooldown by 2 seconds.
Sermon of Steel	Zenith unleashes your wrath, dealing X% damage and can be cast indefinitely for 4 seconds before starting its Cooldown. Instead of Knocking down enemies, Zenith 2nd strike extends this duration by 1 second.
Sunder	Zenith sunders a rift in the ground with a single strike, Knocking Down enemies and dealing X% damage. After 1 second, the rift detonates for X% damage.

Arbiter of Justice

Cooldown	73.2 seconds
Lucky Hit Chance	17%
Damage Type	Holy
Description	Ascend to the heavens and crash upon the battlefield as an Arbiter for 20 seconds, dealing X% damage upon landing.
Divine Intervention	Arbiter of Justice ascends for an additional 2 seconds and rains Blessed Spears on the battlefield. Upon landing, Arbiter of Justice bombards the battlefield with 10 additional Blessed Spears, making enemies Vulnerable for 4 seconds.
Reach of the Law	Arbiter’s Wing Strikes now apply Judgement to enemies.
Sermon of Steel	Zenith unleashes your wrath, dealing X% damage and can be cast indefinitely for 4 seconds before starting its Cooldown. Instead of Knocking down enemies, Zenith 2nd strike extends this duration by 1 second.
Seraph’s Wings	Arbiter form gains the following benefits: 100% Movement Speed Wing Strikes deal X% increased damage Makes Nearby enemies Vulnerable.

Dismount Skill

While mounted, the Paladin class has access to a unique Dismount Skill which causes them to jump off the mount, soaring through the air at a location where they land and do damage. Players that are struck by an enemy are automatically dismounted and are unable to use their Dismount Skill.