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 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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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

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

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

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

56. Spring Attack 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

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

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