Azeroth Survivors Paladin Build

Paladin talent recommendations, in three layers

Every class grows one talent tree between runs — roughly 39–40 talents, 51 points total, a new row every 5 points, a milestone at 10 and 20 points and one capstone slot at 30 (one capstone per run; respecs are free). Tree points below follow the Wiki's v0.139.2 Paladin page (the newest dedicated source).

• Capstone · 30 ptsDivine Storm Pairs with an Exorcism start — every Exorcism adds 20% damage to enemies within 5 yards. The damage-oriented capstone.
  • Alt — Hammer of the Righteous: the tank capstone — +15% max HP, spells deal 1% of your max HP, and breaking shields detonates holy light.
  • Alt — Light's Grace: an automatic Holy Wrath every 14 seconds.
• Milestones · 10 / 20 ptsArdent Defender (Prot 20) The shield bastion keystone: a Hammer of Justice start, Consecration stacks an 8%-per-rank shield up to 30%, and holding a shield adds +20% damage.
  • Holy line: Divine Favor (10 — Holy Shock start, jumps to 2 targets) → Daybreak (20)
  • Protection line: Hallowed Ground (10) → Ardent Defender (20)
  • Retribution line: Seal of Command (10) → The Art of War (20 — crits cast a free Exorcism 15% of the time)
• Key support talentsDivine Intervention · Fortitude · Mark of the Wild Divine Intervention is the signature: once per 90 seconds, a killing blow doesn't kill you. Fortitude and Mark of the Wild pad the health and armor your playstyle lives on.
  • Community reference trees: ~31 Prot / 13 Holy (Consecration tank, from a 10–25 video guide) and 31 Ret / 20 Holy (Exorcism crit, asbuilds.app/b/QTs3GIMlF3) — both linked from the Wiki's Paladin page.

Core skills & pick priority

Every level-up offers three loot-colored cards. Spend them roughly in this order:

• Consecration first — your damage lives on the ground you stand on; rank it up early and often.
• Holy Shock next — the flexible hit-and-heal; Exorcism follows as your boss-facing damage.
• Holy Wrath once waves split — it scales with how many enemies surround you.
• A survival card every few levels — the .net build direction: Consecration first, slot a defensive card in between.
• Sixth slot: Divine Shield — the classic finisher for the sixth spell slot (per the older .org draft order).
• Wiki tip — fill your spell slots first, then banish (skip) spells you don't use so level-up cards keep feeding your two or three main spells.

Core spells you will see: Consecration · Hammer of Justice · Holy Shock · Exorcism · Judgement · Holy Wrath · Divine Shield (per azerothsurvivorsgame.com's spell list; the Wiki pool adds Hammer of Wrath). Gear that loves this build: Quick Strike Ring, Ring of Spell Power, Hand of Justice, Horn of the Warchief, Malice Stone Pendant, Medallion of Steadfast Might — Lightforge through Redemption sets, up to Ashbringer.

Zones and the Paladin's fit

Zones unlock per class: win a zone with one class and the next zone opens for that class only. The 13-zone path every Paladin walks:

1 Elwynn Forest2 Duskwood3 Warsong Gulch4 Un'Goro Crater5 Arathi Basin6 Feralas7 Gurubashi Arena8 Scarlet Monastery9 Alterac Valley10 Blackrock Mountain11 Scholomance12 Gates of Ahn'Qiraj13 Naxxramas

• Corridors are your friend — linear zone layouts like Scarlet Monastery's halls and Scholomance keep enemies walking through your Consecration (editor's note).
• Open maps need discipline — don't let a spread-out pack pull you off your holy ground; re-plant and let them come.

Full zone order with final bosses and arrival times: the 13 zones table →

Races & mobility for Paladin

• Dwarf — Stoneform shield and gun specialization; the tankier pick.
• Human — Perception burst plus bonus experience and gold; the faster-growing pick.
• Only these two — Paladin is locked to Human and Dwarf (per both guide sites).
• Mobility — Paladin's movement skill is Blessing of Freedom (from level 5, on F, steers with your mouse).

Paladin build video

Retribution Exorcism at Heroic 5 — the Divine Storm capstone turning the map into a splash zone. The embed lands in our next media pass; the video lives on YouTube.

Azeroth Survivors Paladin FAQ