Paladin

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The Paladin is a character class in the Dragon Quest Series.

Description

The Paladin has strong Strength, Speed and Wisdom. To open this class, a character must have mastered a number of skills from both the Priest and Fighter skill sets. In Dragon Quest VII, the paladin has a low chance of killing the enemy instantly, regardless of remaining HP. This chance rises when the higher rank the paladin is.

Dragon Quest VI

A character needs skills from both the Martial Artist and Priest sets to become a Paladin.

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	260
Strength	+15%
Agility	+15%
Wisdom	+15%
Trait	Chance to instantly kill enemies with melee attacks
Mastery Bonus	+20 Max HP

Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Bronze Arm	Defend	1	One Ally	Shields another party member
2	Iron Arm	Vacuum Blade	25	???	Attacks multiple enemies
3	Steel Arm	Berserk	50	Self	Increases offense at cost of defense
4	Silver Arm	Kaswoosh	80	One group	Whirlwind damages a group of enemies	8
5	Gold Arm	Magic Barrier	115	Party	Protects against magic	3
6	Crystal Arm	Protect	155	Party	Shields all party members
7	Kings Arm	Kerplunk	200	Party	Sacrifices self to restore other party members	All
8	Holy Arm	Grand Cross	260	???	Attacks multiple enemies	20

Dragon Quest VII

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	240
Strength	+10 Percent
Agility	+15 Percent
Guard	Null
Intelligence	+15 Percent
Appearance	Null
Max HP	Null
Max MP	Null
Mastery Bonus	+20 Bonus to HP

Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Page	Scapegoat	1	Self	User will intercept all attacks directed to one ally for one turn	0
2	Squire	Vacuum	20	All Enemies	Causes wind damage to all enemies. Its power grows as the user gains levels	0
3	Knight	Berserker	40	One Enemy	Instantly does a critical hit but lowers the user's defense to zero for the remainder of the turn	0
4	Zealot	Infermost	80	One Group	Causes ~150HP in wind damage to one group of enemies	8
5	Crusader	Magic Wall	120	All Allies	Reduces magic damage to all allies	3
6	Templar	Guardian	150	Self	Intercepts all attacks to all allies for one turn	0
7	Holy Knight	Farewell	180	Self	All allies are healed but the caster is killed	All
8	Martyr	Multicut	240	One Group	Causes ~200HP in wind damage to one group of enemies, does extra damage to undead monsters	20

Usefulness

The Paladin's innate ability to instantly kill one enemy is unreliable. It comes very randomly and doesn't work on bosses. As for the skills, Farewell isn't a useful skill except as a last resort. Guardian and Scapegoat are sometimes useful except when it comes to attacks that hit the entire party. For example, if a party member uses Guardian and a monster cast Explodet, the party member that used Guardian will be hit four times by the spell, most likely killing them on the spot. Vacuum is a very useful skill as, like Wind Beast, it grows stronger with higher levels. Multicut is also useful but due to the fact that it only hits one group and it cost 20 MP to cast, you are better off using Vacuum.

In regards to evolution, the Paladin can combine the mastered Dragoon class to become a Godhand and have access to some of the best skills in the game.

Dragon Quest IX

The Paladin vocation is late in the game after completing Quest 114. Paladins have the unique skillset "Virtue", and can also use skill points to learn Hammer, Spear, Wand, and Shield skills. Their Coup-de-Grace is "Knight's Watch," which prevents all damage and enrages all enemies.

Virtue

Required points	Name	Effects
4	Pincusion	Defends and adds recoil damage to attacker
10	Natural Resilience +10	Permanently adds 10 to resilience
16	H-Pathy	Transfers HP to party member
22	Natural Magical Mending +30	Permanently adds 30 to magical mending
32	M-Pathy	Transfers MP to party member
42	Natural Resilience +30	Permanently adds 30 to resilience
55	Selflessness	Shields any party member in critical condition
68	Natural Resilience +60	Permanently adds 60 to resilience
82	Forbearance	Shields all party members
100	Natural Max HP +80	Permanently adds 80 to max HP

Spells

Name	Level	MP	Description
Buff	2	3	Raises the defence of a single party member.
Heal	7	2	Restores at least 30 HP to a single ally.
Spell Checker	10	3
Midheal	20	4	Restores at least 75 HP to a single ally.
Kabuff	26	6	Raises the defence of all party members.
Magic Barrier	28	6	Protects the whole party from attack spells.
Kamikazee	33	1
Kerplunk	46	All	Caster dies, but all other party members return to life or full health.

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