5 Reasons Why You Should Play Paladin/PLD (Gladiator)

[@Vulmathrax]

I'll never forget carrying the endsinger trial with no healers, only 3 other team members and taking it all the way to the team rez on cutscene. Legendary feeling, Paladin is great.

[@sepsam4556]

Yep we had a paladin do the exact same on his own. It was a lala too, was beyond epic.

[@samifranco5541]

Healer dies by accident when the boss is less than half HP PLD: oh no the healer died!...is time to maximize that clemency boys You guys have no idea how many times clemency saved something than must be considered a lost run ❤

[@reflett]

The first reason that came to my mind was “You get a sword and shield, aka you can equip the Fortemps shield”

[@DrArsene359]

The only shield that matters

[@lynxace1602]

I did not except Elden Ring on Paladin... but man you sold the class for me. take my like, good sir!

[@regnimar]

When spending poetics, totems or whatever currency you are about to cap, always pick pld weapons first, you get 2 items for the same price, and that comes handy when breaking or turning in for seals.

[@dazentron8412]

I want a melee dps like paladin that has access to weapons and magic. Maybe something like enhancing your sword with elements or something similar to kingdom heart's drive forms. I think that'd be pretty awesome

[@BP-dn9nv]

Mystic Knight is a widely suggested one

[@dbull620]

The one thing that's kept me away from pld is the rigidity of its rotation. On the one hand, that rigidity keeps the flow of the class feeling consistent and predictable, and it is certainly less demanding than all of the weaving gnb and drk do, but on the other hand that rigidity also makes any mistakes that break that flow stand out like a sore thumb. This is especially noticeable if you fat finger Goring Blade instead of Royal Authority or vice versa as those skills are used in entirely different phases of your rotation, thus making recovery feel excessively awkward compared to the other tanks in my opinion.

[@Blazingbeard]

Thank you Despi! I'm lvling all tanks now, only GNB left to do. Didn't expect to like PLD but I just do. I like WAR for the unkillability in dungeons. I like DRK for TBN and questline. But I Love PLD for the ranged and melee phases, flexibility, circle snowflake spam and Aoe animation. Would love a more brutal holy spirit animation though (like WHM holy to holy 3).

[@capt.sparrow8898]

Holy circle/spirit animations are really stupid af

[@Blazingbeard]

@@capt.sparrow8898 I agree with you on holy spirit but holy circle I don't mind as much. It gives me the WHM holy spam feels. Holy spirit is a hard hitting attack, but the animation really doesn't match the devastation it does sadly. Big damage tiny snowflake.

[@simon_hawk5758]

Thanks for making this video, been playing Paladin since day 1 of FFXIV. They sure have come along way :)

[@Realmidboss]

It's my first and current job. Since I'm playing via PS4 with a controller I dread playing with stuff that has too many buttons or requires multi target selecting so I did a bit of research and saw that PLD was mostly simple. Also I'm not a fan of big axes, not as much as Sword and Shield.

[@SoulsNThings]

Love all these videos. Got me to choose my first job, Warrior

[@DesperiusFFXIV]

I am glad to hear that, thank you

[@Itachiflameamaterasu]

@@DesperiusFFXIV yo what's the name of that shiny armor you're wearing for PLD?

[@imwithyou38]

i played paladin in wow for like 6 xpacs, ive started playing paladin and im lvl 50 now. its the class/job that just makes the most sense for how i play

[@SheonEver]

I find it funny that paladin is essentially good in every area, like they're the perfect hero.

[@mareczek00713]

I just want more shield jobs - shields are love, shields are life and my raid group friends are angry if I pull up to a raid with ARR one handed wand and shield on my WHM...

[@ThPFreitas]

Hey have you ever heard of a skill called Nascent Flash from Warrior? Nascent Flash Grants Nascent Flash to self and Nascent Glint to target party member. Nascent Flash Effect: Restores HP with each weaponskill successfully delivered Cure Potency: 400 Nascent Glint Effect: Restores HP equaling 100% of that recovered by Nascent Flash while also reducing damage taken by 10% Duration: 8s Additional Effect: Grants Stem the Flow to target, reducing damage taken by 10% Duration: 4s Additional Effect: Grants Stem the Tide to target, nullifying damage equivalent to a heal of 400 potency Duration: 20s Here's your ONLY SELF SUSTAIN OFFERED BY WARRIOR People were literally meming that Warrior was the new healer in EW....the nerve...

[@zirilan3398]

You forgot the heal and shield from Shake it off, not to mention the selfsustain via Bloodwhetting.

[@capt.sparrow8898]

In a dungeon boss where healer dies keeping your 2 dps alive is easier for pld than it is for warr, warr can only support one guy pld can support multiple so really warr is not a healer hes just self healer

[@ThPFreitas]

@@zirilan3398 i didn’t, but he talked about WAR only heading himself

[@ThPFreitas]

@@capt.sparrow8898 WAR heal comes with a shield and a Damage Reduction and has no Cast Time. WAR is no longer a selfish tank, he has Shake it Off on top of Nascent Flash, but Desperius as a WAR hater keeps spreading misinformation

[@TheFrantic5]

Can't go wrong with the classic sword and board.

[@vvatchout1]

woooow. i was just thinking about coming back and i didnt wanna play black mage again and i wanted to try out the paladin and bam i get this. thank you

[@Backinmywhey]

I've one tricked PLD in story....gonna go through end walker with it too. Then I'll level alt jobs haha. Been enjoying it too much.

[@Fmurffx33]

PLD is where I started, PLD is where I stayed, and PLD is what I love.

[@senbujohns4489]

The numbers of runs I have saved because I covered a healer before lb3.

[@nateboogiez9999]

been waiting for you to make this video my pld is at 75 right now. i need reasons to keep going.

[@saltygamers888]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qX6ognd5jql3oLs heres one at 0:55

[@never5930]

One good reason. Endwalker buffs

[@Voltage256]

I don't even do tanking at all but yet here I am watching this still lol

[@bakacdaz]

Honestly Paladin is the job I never thinking about at all maybe because it full classic-ly vibe (Stereotypical knight protecting the princess) But I pretty surprised that SQEN can make them look modern with late game outfits.

[@shimdushimamu5401]

Which Glem do you have at Minute 0:59 on ?

[@penguinvader7057]

love pld, even if it's not the best dps it feels way better to use your magic rotation during melee downtime than a generic weak ranged attack

[@Itachiflameamaterasu]

I mean it's a tank so it doesn't need to have the best dps.

[@penguinvader7057]

@@Itachiflameamaterasu I mean how much damage they do is the most important quality of a tank in terms of viability, and pld/war did a decent chunk less than drk/gnb, but you can clear any content with any of them so whatever (also idk how it is after the 6.2 balance changes)

[@Itachiflameamaterasu]

@@penguinvader7057 idk about the whole damage being the most important quality but the more damage the better of course, however comparing PLD to DRK in terms of tanking abilities DRK has a very mediocre set of skills compared to PLD, GNB and WAR, they already have great damage yet suffer from their not so great survivability, living dead is good now, TBN is alright but it's nothing compared to how broken GNB's HoC or WAR's skill set is for example.

[@penguinvader7057]

​@@Itachiflameamaterasu in dungeons sure but that content is very easy anyway, in raids paladin is actually the worst defensively bc they have fewer personal cooldowns and the longest invuln cooldown so yeah the job is just not in a good place rn

[@LeeSong325]

@@penguinvader7057 it could be better but it was also in the world first for dragonsong

[@reginalsamedy5632]

I hope we get GNB next :D love these videos

[@DesperiusFFXIV]

I am glad to hear that and to announce, that GNB is next indeed 👍

[@hammsuke3981]

I started as pld and still maining pld. Not a good player but i simply like pld.

[@XernuhtZwei]

Also, another downside: PLD has, quite possibly, the single worst job questline of the them all. I could hear my brain cells meeting an agonizing end at the hands of the HW line. I mean, not every job line needs to match the beauty and quality of the DRK line, but they really let that script get in the game? PLD: top-tier job design, garbage-tier lore.

[@DesperiusFFXIV]

You are right, the Job Quest was horrible and very predictable

[@Saltyloudraws]

I remember at the start of EW pld got crap for lowest dps. You don’t need highest dps when you can outlive them just doing your thing 🤣🤣🤣

[@sydmead4590]

what is the name of this hairstyle

[@devak45167]

“Maidenlessssss” 🤣🤣🤣 I almost spit out my drink

[@ampur2]

make Cover so that it doesn't consume resources and it could be used with HG and PLD will become the greatest tank

[@Sam_Aconitum]

am a free trial sprout who choose to become a paladin, was planning to be a dark knight/gunbreaker when I have the money to buy the game but after watching the endwalker cinematic, I'm gonna main the paladin class

[@aclevername7613]

I like paladin for the fact that more then once I helped the team get the win in a boss fight by acting as healer and protector when the healer floor tanked:P

[@changsiah2]

Hi I remember my early days I just found it because I thought you will be a bit of DPS but turns out to be a tank and I suck with it still he's my main as well as my story class

[@kinaitoamanaki5244]

Nin also use "magic spell", Mudra isnt a spell but it does magical/"elemental" damage

[@Itachiflameamaterasu]

Yo what is that armor you wearing? looks badass

[@ghozter1]

4:02 hmm? Ninja's ninjutsus are pretty much magic, watchu mean

[@xavierg9066]

In dungeons you always want to use your caster rotation for mob packs, holy circle is a dps gain on 2 targets. And fof is better dps phase on a boss if optimized dungeon parsing

[@anonj.9440]

"5 reasons to play Paladin..and Elden Ring" feels more appropriate. The Golden Order wouldn't stand a chance against a holy knight who can insta-cast magic. Come get it, Radagon!

[@blockeddefault4360]

the greater will tells me to become a paladin but the frenzied flame tells me to go dark knight

[@DesperiusFFXIV]

A true Elden Lord plays both 👍

[@merlinsenju7250]

FF tactics feelings are exactly why I choose to level up my paladin lol

[@stevenrodriguez8408]

what armor is he wearing? :O

[@bewitchingsingularity]

Paladin is the best tank. I said what I said.

[@itsyaboiherman]

* second worst

[@bewitchingsingularity]

@@itsyaboiherman that's cap.

[@never5930]

PLD really is the King 👑

[@bewitchingsingularity]

@@never5930 exactlyyyyyy

[@kt23chai]

Mind sharing the glamour? Thankss

[@marsbars5941]

Whats a good way to level PLD?

[@zirilan3398]

Like all tanks, roulettes, Kloe, beasttribes, dungeonspam because no que-time

[@never5930]

And fates if you cant do any of those other things

[@JosephAnthonyJosefius]

Paladin was my main, it's now Astrologian.

[@undeadking6955]

I think I might try it out I've always just done darkness (Dark Knight, Reaper, Dragoon, and Black mage) cuz being holy was never my style since I even play a necromancer in d&d lol

[@CalmTempest]

I will NEVER forgive SE for nerfing Clemency into the ground. It was the reason I started playing in HW.

[@SilverforceX]

Warrior has Nascent Flash, can heal ally and self, without wasting GCD of damage like Clemency. Shake it Off helps allies too.

[@never5930]

Sure, but in a real pinch where you need to save multiple people, pld is your best choice.

[@SilverforceX]

@@never5930 Shake it Off, 15% barrier + 400 pot heal to everyone, instantly, off the global. PLD is only better in situation where constant healing is required on multi target, and you're SoL in those situations anyway. Their best "save someone" skill is Cover.

[@never5930]

@@SilverforceX i had a 4 player today where i as a warrior survived a mech with a dragoon who survive with only 2 percent health, and the next mech was a proximity. Nascent was on cooldown (and it didnt matter bc the target was untargetable at the time) and shake it off wasnt enough to save them and they died and so i soloed. Thing is, if i were a pld i would have had so many more options to save them. I could have clem, intervention (bc i always keep the extra 50 gauge for party members, unless in a pinch. something only PLD can do) cover, or even passage combined with divine veil. Warrior doesnt even compare with PLD when it comes to saving power. It's only good for keeping itself alive for the most part, which is absolutely fine. It can just merely *help* with healing, where as Paladin can straight up just become healer if youre far enough into the mission.

[@never5930]

@@SilverforceX unless they recently changed it, shake it off is a 300 pot heal, not 400. D-veil is 400 pot

[@Tailionis]

Let's go maidenless gamers!

[@beauraymond11]

I just want mace weapons

[@jikal9032]

I'm leveling PLD right now and love the class theme but damn does it feel like it's made out of glass so far.

[@rektyrektingson4668]

Damn really? What lvl is yourr PLD rn? I've never felt that way. I recently hit 80 on DRK and leveling that job was def more on the squishy side compared to PLD

[@XernuhtZwei]

Huh. I've run PLD, DRK and GNB in HW content and PLD feels the least squishy by far, followed by GNB and DRK at the bottom. Between the constant uptime of Shelltron, having a true invul button, and Clemency if the healer drops, it feels like I'm borderline immortal. I still prefer the weave-heavy styles of DRK and GNB, but PLD was my first tank, and the only time I felt squishy was my first run of Aurum Vale, since I hadn't grabbed my gear from the Lv.45 job quest.

[@loernius]

Huh conumdrum? Nascent flash?

[@voodoochild5440]

Just finished leveling pld and I'm glad it's over. The actions, the story, it all just felt really bland and boring to be honest.

[@Megaspaceycasey]

#1 is wrong as Nascent Flash is a thing. You can theoretically keep a party alive though amazing Cover/Divine Veil/Intervention use but its not easy. Generally what happens in a dungeon is the healer dies, a PLD could try to keep the DPS alive but its very hard. Warrior can simply use Nacent Flash, and Thrill>Shake is a much bigger shield than Veil. And all of this can be managed with zero DPS loss. Holmgang is also better than Hallowed ground as you can use it almost twice as often. Hallowed is one of the most overrated skills in the game. The fact you lose HP during holmgang means nothing with your insane ability to heal back up. Regardless, in group content none of this really matters, killing the boss without the healer makes you look cool but its not super necessary and hopefully doesn't happen often. Play what class you enjoy, I enjoy both PLD and WAR they are both fun. PLD SnS is really cool, some of the coolest weapons are PLD shields, and the separate Melee/Caster phases make the job dynamic and fun. Some of the EW skills and patch updates really smoothed out PLD and made it feel really good. WAR is fun, its fun to be OP as all hell and pretty much immune to death however the overall theme and rotation are pretty basic and lackluster. But once you play solo content with warrior its really hard to play anything else, its pretty much easy mode.

[@yumeyumi3679]

Hi

[@KainH93]

Does somebody else think Despi is playing too much from soft games?

[@DesperiusFFXIV]

Elden Ring was the only FromSoft game, to be honest

[@Lerrae1908]

TMW someone tells me, as a girl, that I am a maidenless gamer: *CRIES IN GAY*

[@itsyaboiherman]

Long story short....there's no reason to play pld.....play a superior tank.......play WAR💪. play pld if you just want glam

[@ExRazR]

just play the MSQ. It ain't called PLD GNB or DRK of Light ;)

[@never5930]

Imagine being called Warrior but not even being "The Warrior of Light" *kewk*

[@aresanu]

WAR Is better

[@never5930]

In certain aspects it is. And in other aspect PLD is better

[@RB-cs5dw]

Lol warrior survivability laughs at pala

[@pootisspencer4866]

It's worse Pld ez beats fellcleavers