Guide to Paladin Feats

Feats 11-20

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 DDO Build for paladins.







To help you navigate the many Feats, just click on the range of Feats below to move to that spot in the guide:

Paladin Feats 1-10 Acrobatic Alertness Athletic Bullheaded Cleave Combast Casting Combat Expertise Discipline Dodge Empowered Healing

Paladin Feats 11-20 Eschew Materials Exotic Weapon Proficiency Extend Spell Extra Turning Great Cleave Great Fortitude Greater Two Handed Fighting Greater Two Weapon Fighting Greater Weapon Focus Improved Critical

Paladin Feats 21-30 Improved Feint Improved Mental Toughness Improved Precise Shot Improved Shield Bash Improved Shield Mastery Improved Sunder Improved Trip Improved Two Handed Fighting Improved Two Weapon Fighting Iron Will

Paladin Feats 31-40 Lightning Reflexes Luck of the Heroes Many Shot Mental Toughness Mobile Spellcasting Mobility Negotiator Nimble Fingers Point Blank Shot Power Attack

Paladin Feats 41-50 Precise Shot Precision Quick Draw Quicken Spell Rapid Reload Rapid Shot Resilience Resist Poison Sap Self Sufficient Shot on the Run

Paladin Feats 51-60 Shield Mastery Skill Focus Slicing Blow Snake Blood Spring Attack Stealthy Stunning Blow Toughness Tower Shield Proficiency Two Handed Fighting

Paladin Feats 61-67 Two Weapon Blocking Two Weapon Block Two Weapon Defense Two Weapon Fighting Weapon Finesse Weapon Focus Whirlwind Attack

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11. Eschew Materials Official Text: “While this metamagic feat is active, spells are more damaging, but they consume additional spell points.” Prerequisite: Able to cast spells Comments: Paladin components are cheap, and their spells are trivial enough not to have to worry about it if you run out mid-adventure. This is a waste of a Feat. Rating: 1

12. Exotic Weapon Proficiency Official Text: "You do not suffer a -4 attack penalty for using one or more of the exotic weapons." Prerequisite: Base Attack Bonus +1, STR 13 for Dwarven Waraxe or Bastard Sword Comments: This one will largely come down to personal choice. If you are going to be a Slashing Weapon focused paladin, it might be a great choice. Having a d10 damage on a single handed weapon is pretty significant, but powerful Bastard Swords and Dwarven Axes (although more common recently) are still fairly rare. Some people will be content swinging Longswords and Battleaxes. If you desperately want that upgraded damage die, consider a Dwarf paladin who gets Dwarven Axes for free. Rating: 3

13. Extend Spell Official Text: “While this metamagic feat is active, spells with durations last longer, but they consume additional spell points.   Prerequisite: Able to cast spells Comments: With a paladin's limited spell casting ability, this Feat is rather worthless. Rating: 1

14. Extra Turning Official Text: “Allows you to turn undead four more times per rest period.” Prerequisite: Turn Undead Comments: Sadly, Turning is highly ineffective in DDO. It doesn’t work well even for clerics, and a paladin's Turning abilities are even more reduced. I’d avoid this one completely. Rating: 1

15. Great Cleave Official Text: "Activate this ability to attack one or more enemies in a wider arc than Cleave." Prerequisite: Cleave, Base Attack Bonus +4 Comments: Leave it to the fighters. Enough said. Rating: 1

16. Great Fortitude Official Text: "Grants you a +2 bonus on your Fortitude saves." Comments: Paladins certainly aren’t lacking in the Saving Throws area, so there isn’t much reason to fortify them with Feats. Rating: 1

17. Greater Two Handed Fighting Official Text: “Allows you to make additional glancing blow attacks when wielding a two-handed weapon and moving, and late in your chain of attacks. Prerequisite: Strength 17, Base Attack Bonus +11, Improved Two Handed Fighting, Comments: I suppose if any class were going to specialize in Two Handers, paladins would be a good choice. With high Armor Class from their Aura of Good ability and high Saving Throws, paladins are veritable defensive machines. It wouldn’t be a far stretch to sacrifice some of that for a little extra punch on the damage side. Rating: 3

18. Greater Two Weapon Fighting Official Text: “Increases the number of attacks when fighting with two weapons.” Prerequisite: Two Weapon Fighting, Improved Two Weapon Fighting, Base Attack Bonus +11, Dex 17, Received by Ranger 11 Comments: With needs for high Charisma, Wisdom, and Strength, the likelihood of meeting the Dexterity requirement for Two Weapon Fighting feats isn’t so great. A paladin would be better served focusing his talents elsewhere. If you have a build that will meet the requirements, this could be the key to making one serious DPS [Damage Per Second] paladin. Rating: 2

19. Greater Weapon Focus Official Text: "Provides a +1 bonus to attack rolls when using [weapons of the specified type]. This bonus stacks with the Weapon Focus feat. " Prerequisite: Fighter Level 8, Base Attack Bonus +8, Weapon Focus of the type to be chosen Comments: I wish they hadn’t made Fighter levels a prerequisite for this. If it weren’t for that deviation from pencil and paper (PnP) this would make a great if not necessary choice. If your paladin build will include 8 levels of fighter, this is a good option. Rating: 3

20. Improved Critical Official Text: "Doubles your critical hit range when using the selected weapon. Applies to a single weapon type. May be taken multiple times, each time applying to a different weapon type." Prerequisite: Base Attack Bonus +8 Comments: I consider this a must-have. You will see a significant increase in Critical Hit output with this. It’s well worth it. Rating: 5