Guide to Paladin Feats

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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 href="http://ddo.tentonhammer.com/index.php?meid=5#Pal_Builds">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:

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Acrobatic Alertness Athletic Bullheaded Cleave Combast Casting
Combat Expertise Discipline Dodge Empowered Healing
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 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 Lightning Reflexes Luck of the Heroes Many Shot Mental Toughness Mobile Spellcasting Mobility Negotiator Nimble Fingers Point Blank Shot Power Attack Precise Shot Precision Quick Draw Quicken Spell Rapid Reload Rapid Shot Resilience Resist Poison Sap Self Sufficient Shot on the Run Shield Mastery Skill Focus Slicing Blow Snake Blood Spring Attack Stealthy Stunning Blow Toughness Tower Shield Proficiency
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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
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(219, 201, 125);"> style="font-weight: bold;">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
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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
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(219, 201, 125);"> style="font-weight: bold;">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
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(219, 201, 125);"> style="font-weight: bold;">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
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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. style="font-weight: bold;">



Rating: 5