Guide to Paladin Feats

Feats 51-60

By Nuitaran




A rating of 1 or 2 means the Feat is pretty much useless to a
paladin
and one that you probably want to avoid.  A rating of 3 indicates
that
the Feat can be used with some careful planning, or with certain class
combinations. We reserve a rating of 4 only for those Feats that are
almost necessary picks for certain types of builds, or class
combinations. A rating of 5 designates the best of the paladin Feats
and ones players should seriously consider for any href="http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/index.php?meid=5#Pal_Builds">DDO
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1. Acrobatic
2. Alertness
3. Athletic
4. Bullheaded
5. Cleave
6. Combast Casting
   
7. Combat Expertise
8. Discipline
9. Dodge
10. Empowered Healing
    

11. Eschew Materials
12. Exotic Weapon Proficiency
13. Extend Spell
14. Extra Turning
15. Great Cleave
16. Great Fortitude
17. Greater Two Handed Fighting
18. Greater Two Weapon Fighting
    
19. Greater Weapon Focus
20. Improved Critical

21. Improved Feint
22. Improved Mental Toughness
    
23. Improved Precise Shot
24. Improved Shield Bash
25. Improved Shield Mastery
26. Improved Sunder
27. Improved Trip
28. Improved Two Handed Fighting
29. Improved Two Weapon Fighting
30. Iron Will

31. Lightning Reflexes
32. Luck of the Heroes
33. Many Shot
34. Mental Toughness
35. Mobile Spellcasting
36. Mobility
37. Negotiator
38. Nimble Fingers
39. Point Blank Shot
40. Power Attack

41. Precise Shot
42. Precision
43. Quick Draw
44. Quicken Spell
45. Rapid Reload
46. Rapid Shot
47. Resilience
48. Resist Poison
49. Sap
50. Self Sufficient
51. Shot on the Run

51. Shield Mastery
52. Skill Focus
53. Slicing Blow
54. Snake Blood
55. Spring Attack
56. Stealthy
57. Stunning Blow
58. Toughness
59. Tower Shield Proficiency
    
60. Two Handed Fighting

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61. Two Weapon Blocking
62. Two Weapon Block
63. Two Weapon Defense
64. Two Weapon Fighting
65. Weapon Finesse
66. Weapon Focus
67. Whirlwind Attack

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51.
Shield Mastery

Official Text: "Increases the amount of damage you can absorb when
defending with a shield."



Prerequisite: Shield Proficiency: General



Comments: Nothing wrong with a great tank being an even better tank!
This one is worth a look for sure.



Rating:
4
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(219, 201, 125);"> style="font-weight: bold;">52. Shot on the Run

Official Text: "You suffer no penalty to your attack roll when moving
and shooting."



Prerequisite: Dexterity 13, Base Attack Bonus +4, Point Blank Shot,
Mobility (Dodge)



Comments: This really isn’t worth looking at for a paladin at all; even
an Archery Paladin would have to spend too many valuable Feats to get
here.



Rating: 1
53.
Skill Focus

Official Text: "Grants a +3 bonus to all skill checks for a specific
skill."



Comments: Paladins don’t have any skills essential enough to their role
for this to be worth it.



Rating:
1
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(219, 201, 125);"> style="font-weight: bold;">54. Slicing Blow

Official Text: "Using this attack, your attack may deal its initial
damage plus some additional damage as the target bleeds. Some creatures
may be immune to the bleeding effect."



Comments: The damage this does isn’t worth a Feat spot for a class with
so few.



Rating: 1
style="font-weight: bold;">55. Snake Blood

Official Text: "The taint of the serpent-like yuan-ti runs in your
veins. You receive a +2 bonus on poison saves and a +1 bonus on all
Reflex saves."



Comments: Your fortitude will protect you from poison and a +1 in
reflex is not much, especially for paladin. Besides, poison is nothing
at higher levels.



Rating:
1
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Official Text: "You suffer no penalty to your attack roll when moving
and attacking."



Prerequisite: Base Attack Bonus +4, Mobility



Comments: This is one of the best ways to avoid damage since you can
move to avoid a monster’s attack while still swinging away. This Feat
is awesome for getting in flanking position. It also allows a player
some mobility to run around the field spreading out damage and getting
aggro from stray monsters. This is a great Feat to have on any melee
type and makes you extremely formidable with some player skill.



Rating: 4
57.
Stealthy

Official Text: "You are particularly good at avoiding notice. You
receive a +2 bonus on Hide checks and Move Silently checks."



Comments: Leave it to the rogues.



Rating:
1
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(219, 201, 125);"> style="font-weight: bold;">58. Stunning Blow

Official Text: "Using this attack, you may stun the target for a few
seconds. Some creatures may be immune to the stun effect."



Comments: This is a great Feat, but it might not fit into a paladin’s
build. Plan ahead and see if you have room for it.



Rating: 4
59.
Toughness

Official Text: "Increases your hit points by +3 at first level, and 1
additional hit point for each additional level."



Comments: Paladins can do a pretty capable job of healing themselves
when the cleric isn’t around. Not having to depend on a cleric so much
makes having a higher max HP less important. Besides, 15 HP is nothing
in DDO.



Rating:
1
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(219, 201, 125);"> style="font-weight: bold;">60. Tower Shield Proficiency

Official Text: “You are proficient with tower shields.”



Prerequisite: Shield Proficiency: General



Comments: Personally I’m not a big fan of Tower Shields. I know that
some people swear by them, and if you are one, maybe you can find a way
to squeeze this one in. I don’t think the attack penalty is worth it.



Rating: 3