D2R Best FOH Paladin Build 2023 - Diablo 2 Resurrected Ladder 3 Paladin Build Guide

D2R Best FOH Paladin Build 2023 - Diablo 2 Resurrected Ladder 3 Paladin Build Guide

1/15/2023 5:37:36 PM

Fist of Heavens Paladin just absolutely slapping down the Chaos Sanctuary in Diablo 2 Resurrected 2023. Now a lot of people are going to use this D2R FOH build for the ladder reset. If you haven't tried it yet, we would definitely suggest you use this Paladin build for D2R ladder season 3. If you started off with a Hammerdin and you want to switch to something it's a little bit different, stick around our D2R Ladder 3 start build guide 2023 to see exactly what this Paladin can do.

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Best D2R Ladder 3 Fist of Heavens Paladin Build - Diablo 2 Resurrected Paladin Build 2023

This D2R Ladder 3 Paladin build works pretty well in the Chaos Sanctuary. However, there are some places where it doesn't work quite as well because all of the damage from these holy bolts deal damage to demons and the undead. So there are a few places where there are monsters that are technical quote unquote beasts. But in the Chaos Sanctuary, it absolutely slaps them down because everything's demon or undead. You can go with the Act 5 mercenary just to switch it up. Next, we are showing you the stats, skills, weapons, and mercenaries for this Diablo 2 Ladder 3 reset Fist of Heaven Paladin build 2023.

D2R Ladder Season 3 FOH Paladin Build Stats

Strength - 179

Dexterity - 158

Vitality - 396

Energy - 51

Put the least amount of strength you can into wearing gear. Then put enough points into dexterity to get max block after you have a holy shield on. Then put the rest of the Vitality into energy. With the gear and everything we got set up, the resistances are Okay.

D2R Ladder Season 3 FOH Paladin Build Skills

Combat Skills - 1 Sacrifice, 1 Zeal, 1 Vengeance, 1 Conversion, 20 Holy Bolt, 1 Blessed Hammer, 20 Fist of the Heavens, 1 Smite, 1 Charge, 20 Holy Shield

Offensive Auras - 1 Might, 1 Holy Fire, 1 Holy Freeze, 20 Holy Shock

Defensive Auras - 1 Prayer, 1 Cleansing, 1 Defiance, 1 Vigor, 5 Redemption

Combat Skill

As for the skill trees of this Diablo 2 Resurrected best Paladin build 2023, we'll start off at the combat skills because this is where a lot of the points are going. One point into sacrifice, zeal, vengeance, conversion, etc. Max fist of the heavens, set your main attacking skill and another main attacking skill which is the holy bolt and it is also a synergy here for a fist of the heavens boosting up the holy bolt damage of all the different bolts to come out when you rain that down on a monster. Holy shock is a synergy but it's only 7% and lightning damage which the lightning damage only hits the initial individual monster you target first. It doesn't do lightning damage to all the other monsters that get hit in the radius. That is why we put points into it after got the holy bolt maxed out.

Offensive Aura

In the offensive auras, prerequisites here of might, holy freeze, and holy fire all a 1 skill point base, then maxing out the holy shock. That's all you need to do.

Defensive Aura

In the defensive auras, prerequisites of prayer, defiance, cleansing, and vigor. Going ahead and putting every remaining point into redemption. It increases the amount of life humanity recover and the chance that one of the bodies that are around will recover your life in mana. That's all you got to do for the skill tree with this strictly Diablo 2 Resurrected Fist of Heavens and Holy Bolt Paladin.

D2R Ladder Season 3 FOH Paladin Build Gear

Gear is probably one of the most important things for this D2R Ladder 3 start Fist of the Heavens build.

1. Heart of the Oak

Heart of the Oak

+3 To All Skills
+40% Faster Cast Rate
+75% Damage To Demons
+100 To Attack Rating Against Demons
Adds 3-14 Cold Damage, 3 sec. Duration (Normal)
7% Mana Stolen Per Hit
+10 To Dexterity
Replenish Life +20
Increase Maximum Mana 15%
All Resistances +30-40 (varies)
Level 4 Oak Sage (25 Charges)
Level 14 Raven (60 Charges)

2. Harlequin Crest

Harlequin Crest

Defense: 98-141 (varies)
Required Level: 62
Required Strength: 50
Durability: 12
+2 To All Skills
+ (1.5 Per Character Level) 1-148 To Life (Based On Character Level)
+ (1.5 Per Character Level) 1-148 To Mana (Based On Character Level)
Damage Reduced By 10%
50% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
+2 To All Attributes
(Only Spawns In Patch 1.09 or later)

3. Storm Torc

4. Enigma

5. Spirit

Spirit

Weapons
+2 To All Skills
+25-35% Faster Cast Rate (varies)
Sale [+27-34% Faster Cast Rate (varies)
]
+55% Faster Hit Recovery
Adds 1-50 Lightning Damage
Adds 3-14 Cold Damage 3 Second Duration (Normal)
+75 Poison Damage Over 5 Seconds
7% Life Stolen Per Hit
+250 Defense Vs. Missile
+22 To Vitality
+89-112 To Mana (varies)
+3-8 Magic Absorb (varies)

Shields
+2 To All Skills
+25-35% Faster Cast Rate (varies)
+55% Faster Hit Recovery
+250 Defense Vs. Missile
+22 To Vitality
+89-112 To Mana (varies)
Cold Resist +35%
Lightning Resist +35%
Poison Resist +35%
+3-8 Magic Absorb (varies)
Attacker Takes Damage of 14

6. Trang-Oul’s Claw

7. Stone of Jordan

Stone of Jordan

Required Level: 29
+1 To All Skills
Increase Maximum Mana 25%*
Adds 1-12 Lightning Damage
+20 To Mana
(Spawns In Any Patch)

8. Arachnid Mesh

Arachnid Mesh

Defense: 119-138 (varies)(Base Defense: 55-62)
Required Level: 80
Required Strength: 50
Durability: 12
16 Boxes
+90-120% Enhanced Defense (varies)
Slows Target By 10%
+1 To All Skills
+20% Faster Cast Rate
Increases Maximum Mana 5%
Level 3 Venom (11 Charges)
(Only Spawns In Patch 1.10 or later)

9. Bul-Kathos’ Wedding Band

10. Demon Graves

We will give some maybe one or two budget D2R class specific items for the heart of the oak. You probably want to use the spirit sword from your playthrough and straight through until you can get your heart of the oak. Because plus skills are kind of the most important. There are a few other uniques and stuff you could throw in there but that's probably the most obvious up here. We got the Shako and we have the Caster amulet with two Paladin skills. If you don't have one of these yet, any rare amulet can do it.

Then we got Enigma, or Viper Magi is another great budget option super early on the playthrough, you can throw on stealth. But anything that gets you skills pretty much enigma got to have that teleport. Next, we got a spirit shield. The only thing you're going to use before this is probably a worse spirit shield and then you just upgrade to the better spirit. We got trang-oul’s claws gloves, SOJ, and a BK at the rings. If you need to make up some fcr if you want to anyways fcr rings or anything along those lines if you can get plus skills once again here that is a great option.

Now viper magi plus skills and fcr are pretty nasty. Fcr are break points getting to the max isn't as important on this build as the Hammerdin, but if you can get it, get it. If you don't have an arachnid mesh, you probably got to put some fcr rings. In order to get to the breaking point to teleport around more smoothly, here we have some rare boots that you can obviously throw on things like war travelers or any of the standard boots that you would throw on different types of builds.

D2R Ladder Season 3 FOH Paladin Build Merc

1. Griff

2. Lawbringer

3. Arreat’s Face

4. Treachery

Now the mercenary's D2R unidentified item is probably pretty interesting because a lot of people don't use this act 5 mercenary. But you don't really need insight since you have redemption active all the time. You don't need a conviction from infinity, you don't need insight, so you can kind of get away with using something different. We got grief and we've got a lawbringer. There are a ton of different options on the swords. If you want to throw on super expensive like a hand at justice or if you wanted something more budget such as the unbending. Having grief on here having him, putting out some more damage, and then having the knockback from the sanctuary aura on this lawbringer help out a ton.

That knockback will actually save him from getting slaughtered after the sales group along with yourself because it knocks them back and stuns all undead. Not to mention, it does also have to certify on it. It does technically have a life leech as well. Lawbringer is a crazy good weapon to throw over here on the act 5 mercenary because it's a barbarian, throw on that arreat’s face. Treachery was a very good option obviously the increased attack speed on this is nice.