Paladin

Paladin
Game	Dragon Quest VI - Dragon Quest VII Dragon Quest IX -

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

Stat Changes

Statistics	Change
Battles to Master	259
Strength	+15%
Agility	+15%
Wisdom	+15%

Abilities

Level	Title	Learns	Battles Needed	Target	Info	MP
1	Bronze Arm	Selflessness	1	One Ally	Defends an ally from any attack	0
2	Iron Arm	Thin air	24	???	Attacks multiple enemies	0
3	Steel Arm	Double Up	25	Self	Increases offense at cost of defense	0
4	Silver Arm	Kaswoosh	30	One group	Whirlwind damages a group of enemies	8
5	Gold Arm	Magic Barrier	35	Party	Protects against magic	3
6	Crystal Arm	Forbearance	40	Party	Shields all party members	0
7	Kings Arm	Kerplunk	45	Party	Sacrifices self to restore other party members	All
8	Holy Arm	Pearly Gates	60	???	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 106- Taking soul control:

Quest #106 - "Taking Soul Control"
Location	Gleeba, on the roof of the palace
Available at	Upon arrival in Gleeba
Requested by	Brunhild
Response to	Brunhild
Requirement	Take 10 hits meant for party members using the Warrior skill Whipping Boy.
Reward	Paladin class becomes available
Detail	Brunhild at the Mirage Mahal wants to see if you've got what it takes to be a paladin. You need to use the Whipping Boy ability to protect your companions ten times in battle in the Djust Desert.
Hint for solution	Find monsters that hit several times or a group of monsters.

They have good attack and defense but low speed. It can be considered a more battle-ready version of the priest class as it learns many healing and buff spells. 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 Watch," which prevents all damage and status effects, while enraging all enemies to the user.

Their Virtue skillset is worth investing skill points in, regardless of vocation. If you can invest the full 100 points, that character will have 100 extra Resilience and 80 extra HP, drastically increasing the ability to survive tougher battles. Mages would benefit enormously from these bonuses, due to their abysmal HP and Resilience.

Virtue

Required points	Name	Effects
4	Pincushion	Defends and adds recoil damage to attacker
10	Natural Resilience +10	Permanently adds 10 to resilience
16	H-Pathy	Transfers HP to party member at the cost of MP
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	Raises magical resistance of a single ally
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	Kills user and destroys enemies (bosses not affected).
Kerplunk	46	All	Kills user and heals all party members, while resurecting all dead members.

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