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The Complete Paladin Justicar Tank Build – Neverwinter Mod 27 Spelljammer

Welcome to our Paladin Justicar Guide, updated for Mod 27: Spelljammer.

If you’re looking for Neverwinter Paladin tanking tips and strategies, look no further! In this guide, we’ll walk you through everything you need to know in order to master the role of Paladin tank in Neverwinter.

We’ll discuss important concepts like threat management, survivability, and DPS, as well as give you some helpful pointers on how to optimize your character build and playstyle. So whether you’re a new player or just looking to brush up on the basics, read on for the best tips and strategies for playing Paladin tank in Neverwinter!

The Paladin is a holy warrior, introduced in mod 6: Elemental Evil. They can either be Healers through the Oathkeeper paragon path or Tanks through Justicar.

Consider using one loadout for an Oathkeeper build so that you can fill both roles.

The purpose of our class guides is not just to show you a build that you can copy and use on your character, but to show you a base build and teach you the mechanics and stats of the game, so you can understand and play your class to its fullest capabilities.

Try different gear, feats, and powers, and learn to tailor your own build for your playstyle. See our guide to making your own build for more info.

  1. Basic Justicar Info
    1. Best Justicar Races
    2. Ability Score Priority
    3. Stat / Rating Priority
  2. Paragon Path Feats, Powers & Rotation
    1. Combat Powers
    2. Feats
    3. Rotation
  3. Boons
  4. Weapons & Gear
  5. Artifacts
  6. Enchantments
  7. Consumables & Buffs
  8. Companions
  9. Mounts

Basic Paladin Justicar Info

Below is all the basic information for the Justicar, from race choices to stats.

Other Paladin Builds

Best Justicar Races

What race you play doesn’t play a huge role, but will give you a small boost. Generally, I would advise you to play a race that you enjoy.

Neverwinter Race
  1. Aasimar – 2% Power, Outcoming & Icoming Healing, Defense and Max Hit Points – +2 to any two stats – 2% max hit points to party members
  2. Menzoberanzan Renegade – Reduce Defense and Damage of mobs by 3% – +2 Dex and Cha or Wis – 5% Deflect Severity
  3. Human1% Bonus to all stats – +3 To any Ability Score
  4. Dwarf – 20% Resistance to Knock and Push – +2 Con and Str or Wis – 5% Defense bonus
  5. Drow – Darkfire – +2 Dex and +2 Cha or Wis – 5% Deflect Severity
  6. Metallic Ancestry Dragonborn Recieve 5% more healing – +2 to Any two Ability Score – 3% Critical Strike – 3% Power
  7. Dragonborn Recieve 5% more healing – +2 to Any Ability Score – 3% Critical Strike – 3% Power
  8. Tiefling5% + Damage to targets below 50% health – +2 Cha and +2 Con or Int – 10% to reduce damage of target for 5 sec by 2.5%
  9. Halfling – 5% Deflect – +2 Dex and +2 Cha or Con – 10% Bonus to Control Resistance

Justicar Ability Score Priority

Put all your available Ability Scores into Constitution or Dexterity and Charisma.

Justicar Stat / Rating Priority

The Combat Rework introduced major changes to how stats and item level work, for more info see the official post.

Your cap for each stat is based on your item level. To cap a stat, the numbers of the stat need to be equal to or higher than your item level.

If your stat number is higher than your item level, you are wasting stats and should try to allocate stats differently.

For every 1000 points, a stat is lower than your item level you lose 1% in that stat.

You won’t be able to cap all stats, but capping your power is quite easy.

As a tank your main focus should be on Defensive stats.

Offensive Stats

  1. Power (90%)
  2. Critical Strike (90%)
  3. Critical Severity (90%)
  4. Combat Advantage (90%)
  5. Accuracy (90%)

Defensive Stats

  1. Defense (90%)
  2. Deflection (90%)
  3. Critical Avoidance (90%)
  4. Awareness (90%)
  5. Health (90%)

Paladin Justicar Paragon Path Feats, Powers & Rotation

This part is all about optimizing the Justicar with the best feats, powers, and boons.

paladin justicar tank build

Paladin Justicar Combat Powers

At-Will Powers:

  • Oath Strike
  • Radiant Slam / Shielding Strike

Encounter Powers:

  • Absolution – Burning Light (AoE)
  • Binding Oath (ST) – Templar’s Wrath (AoE)
  • Smite (ST) – Vow of Enmity (AoE)

Daily Powers:

  • Divine Protector
  • Divine Judgement (ST) – Radiant Charge (AoE)

Class Features:

  • Aura of Wrath
  • Divine Challenger

Paladin Justicar Feats

  • Sacred Shield
  • Burning Vengeance
  • Divine Pursuit
  • Shield of the Gods
  • Intimidating Presence

Paladin Justicar Rotation

Paladin Justicar Boons

You should always choose boons based on what stats you currently need. Therefore a selection of several viable boons is available to you for each tier.

Tier 1 Boons

  • Recruit’s Training – 0.2% Power Per Rank
  • Critical Strike – 0.2% Critical Strike Per Rank
  • Critical Avoidance – 0.2% Critical Avoidance Per Rank
  • Cultist Bulwark – 0.2% HP Per Rank
  • Cultist Power – 1% Increased damage and damage resistance vs. Cultists.

Tier 2 Boons

  • Squire’s Training – 0.2% Power Per Rank
  • Armor Penetration – 0.2% Critical Severity Per Rank
  • Defense – 0.2% Defense Per Rank
  • Demonic Bulwark – 0.2% HP Per Rank
  • Demonic Mastery – 1% Increased damage and damage resistance vs. demons.

Tier 3 Boons

  • Knight’s Training – 0.2% Power Per Rank
  • Combat Advantage – 0.2% Combat Advantage Per Rank
  • Awareness – 0.2% Awareness Per Rank
  • Dino Bulwark – 0.2 HP Per Rank
  • Dino Power – 1% Increased damage and damage resistance vs. dinos.

Tier 4 Boons

  • Disenchanting Aura – 0.2% Control Resistance
  • Captain’s Training – 0.2% Power Per Rank
  • Accuracy – 0.2% Accuracy Per Rank
  • Deflect – 0.2% Deflect Per Rank
  • Necrotic Bulwark – 0.2% HP Per Rank
  • Necrotic Mastery – 1% Increased damage and damage resistance vs. undead.

Advanced Boons

  • Welcome Blessing – 1% Incoming Healing Per Rank
  • Quick Turnaround – 1% Recovery Speed per rank.
  • Second Wind – 1% Stamina Regen
  • Call of Power – 1% Action Point gain per rank
  • Masterclass – 1% Forte per rank

Master Boons

  • Blessed Resilience 3/3
  • Enhanced Application 3/3
  • Blessed Advantage 3/3
  • Focused Retaliation 3/3

Guild Boons

  • Offense – Power or Critical Strike Bonus
  • Defense – Defence or Hit Point Bonus or Incoming Healing

Paladin Justicar Weapons & Gear

If you are new to Neverwinter and need to know how to get better gear and increase your item level, check out our Gearing Up Guide.

Note that the best in slot for your build might vary depending on what stats you have.

The best way to gear up in Neverwinter is by making a lot of Astral Diamonds, check out our Astral Diamond Guide to learn all the secrets of AD farming.

  • Rugged Sallet of the Dragon Hunter
  • Mane of the Manticore
  • The Dark Maiden’s Ward Helm
  • Turban of Shifting Sands

Armor

  • Abyss Conqueror’s Provoker Cuirass
  • Rugged Mail of the Dragon Hunter
  • Blessed Bone Devil’s Ribcage (Avernus Hunts)
  • Forest Guardian’s Ward/Raid Scalemail (Vault of Stars)

Arms

  • Abyss Conqueror’s Provoker Gloves
  • Mighty Vambraces of the Dragon Hunter
  • Midnight’s Grips
  • Crag Scaler’s Gauntlets

Feet

  • Rugged Sabatons of the Dragon Hunter
  • Blessed Wisps of the Shadow Demon
  • Slips of the Rain

Weapons

  • Duergar Set
  • Masterwork Set
  • Dark Matter / Solarium & Starcore Set

Main Hand Modification:

  • Oath Strike

Offhand Modifications:

  • Recharge Speed
  • Incoming Healing or any stat you might need

Rings

  • Malachite Abyssal Loop
  • Stalwartneedle Ring of Celerity
  • Stalwartneedle Ring of Bulwark
  • Darklake Ward Ring +1
  • The Living Silver Fern
  • Waywatchers Ring of Precision
  • Ring of the Overwhelmed +5
  • Ring of the Condemned +5

Neck & Waist

  • Tiamat’s Prized Possesions: Tiamat’s Golden Necklace, Tiamat’s Golden Sash, Tiamat’s Arcane Globe
  • Valhalla’s Rebuke: Cloak of Valhalla, Belt of Valhalla

Shirt

  • Dazzling Flarefiber Shirt
  • Lolth’s Embrace
  • Rugged Dwarven Body Pattern
  • Shirt of the Dragon Cult
  • Vale Tunic
  • Upper Pact Brands (Avernus Hunts)

Pants

  • Covert Branche Scout Breeches
  • Rugged Dwarven Limb Pattern
  • War-Worn Pants
  • Lower Pact Brands (Avernus Hunts)

Paladin Justicar Artifacts

Primary Artifact

  • Demogorgon’s Reach
  • Mythallar Fragment
  • Wyvern-Venon Coated Knives

Secondary Artifacts

Choose secondary artifacts based on the stats you are lacking.

  • Mythallar Fragment
  • Bloodcrystal Raven Skull
  • Gond’s Anvil of Creation
  • Illusionist’s Mask
  • Sigil of the Bard/Ranger/Warlock
  • Symbol of Water

Paladin Justicar Enchantments

When getting enchantments, always get the ones with the stats you are lacking in with your gear, boons, etc in mind.

If you still need to refine your enchantments, see our Refinement Guide for tips on how to farm refinement.

Offense Enchantments

  • Garnet Enchantment

Defense Enchantments

  • Amethyst Enchantment
  • Jade Enchantment
  • Cobalt Enchantment

Utility Enchantments

  • Garnet Enchantment

Bonus Enchantments

  • Recharge Bonus

Combat Enchantments

  • Fortified Nature or Flash Freeze

Overload Enchantments

  • Unholy Protection
  • Resiliency of the Depths / Bulwark Of Brimstone from Hell Pit
  • Various Marks from Stronghold Vendor
  • Corrupt Black Ice / Lethal / Piercing
  • Black / Red Dragon Glyph

Armor Reinforcement Kits

  • Any stat you might need

Jewelry Reinforcement Kits

  • Combat Awareness Jewel

Paladin Justicar Consumables & Buffs

Consider getting VIP for the Power of VIP HP buff if you aren’t already. Also always stand in campfires to get the +1 ability campfire buff.

Pick one from each of the categories below depending on the stats you are lacking.

  • Invocation Blessing: Grace of Battle / Gift of Awareness / Righteous Boon / Gamber’s Fortune
  • Stronghold Food: Chocolate
  • Event Food: Caprese
  • Elixir: Elixir of Steadfast Devotion
  • Potion: Crafted Potion of Defense
  • Belt: Stone of Health, Dragonfire, Chain of Scales

Paladin Justicar Companions

Summoned Companion

For your summoned companion you have the choice between using Augmented companions which will make it easier to cap stats or an active combat companion which will do damage. At the moment Active/Striker companions are usually better than augment companions.

Augment Companion Choices

This is just a selection of augment companions. Use one that has the stats you need.

  • Cat
  • Bulette Pup
  • Deepcrow Hatchling
  • Owlbear Cub
  • Ioun Stones
  • Quasit

Active Companion Choices

  • Spined Devil
  • Drizzt Do’Urden
  • Portobello Davinchi
  • Tutor
  • Stalwart Golden Lion
  • Black Death Scorpion

Enchantment Power

  • Armor Break
  • Dulled Senses
  • Vulnerability
  • Slowed Reactions
  • Weapon Break
  • Any stat you might need

Companion Powers

Below is a selection of viable companion powers.

Offense Powers

  • Tamed Velociraptor (Raptor’s Instincts) – Part of the Pack (Good in Groups)
  • Golden Deep Crow’s Presence – 7.5% Awareness
  • Rimefire Golem’s Presence – 15000 HP and 3.8% Critical Severity
  • Neverwinter Knight (Neverwinter Knight’s Discipline) – 7.5% Outgoing Damage

Defense Powers

  • Lich (Undying Overload) – Reduce Incoming Damage by 7.5%
  • Duergar – 7.5% Critical Avoidance
  • Duergar – 7.5% Critical Avoidance
  • Bruenor – 4.7% Awareness and Defense
  • Frost Mimic – 3.75% Awareness and Defense
  • War Dog – 3.75% Awareness and Defense
  • Skeleton – 3.75% Critical Avoidance and Defense
  • Faithful Initiate – 3.75% Critical Avoidance and Defense
  • Myconoid – 3.8% Critical Avoidance and Awareness
  • Harper bard – 15000 HP and 3.8% Awareness
  • Red Dragon Ioun Stone – 3.8% Incoming Healing and 15000 HP
  • Moonshea Druid’s Wisdom – 15.000 HP and 3.8% Critical Avoidance
  • Iron Golem’s Presence – 15.000 HP and 3.8% Defense
  • Minstrel – 3.8% Power and 3.8% Awareness
  • Green Slime – 7.5% Defense

Utility Powers

  • Golden Deep Crow – 7.5% Awareness
  • Regis – 4.7% Defect Chance and Severity
  • Watler – 7.5% Deflect
  • Xegyi’s Insight – 30000 Hit Points
  • Energon – 30000 Hit Points

Paladin Justicar Mounts

Bolster

When it comes to mounts, you should focus on getting them all to Mythic quality to increase Bolster.

Bolster Contribution depends on the quality of the mount, with Mythic mounts contributing 10% Bolster, this again increases the values of your Equip Power and Combat Power.

Mount Insignia Bonuses

All classes and specs should consider using Wanderer’s Fortune and or Traveler’s Treasures before you have refined all your gear and enchantments, for extra refinement every day.

Insignia bonuses are mostly down to preference. Some boost damage a bit, and some boost survivability, while others add utility.

As a tank, the self-healing bonuses are the most valued.

DPS

  • Warlord’s Inspiration
  • Artificers Persuasion
  • Assassin’s Covenant
  • Calvary’s Warning
  • Gladiator’s Guile

Self Healing

  • Lionheart’s Perseverance
  • Oppressor’s Reprieve
  • Knight’s Condemnation
  • Barbarian’s Revelry
  • Survivor’s Blessing
  • Survivor’s Gift
  • Knight’s Rebuke

Utility

  • Wanderer’s Fortune
  • Traveler’s Treasures

Insignia Type

  • Fortitude
  • Courage

Mount Collars

  • Sturdy Barbed Collar
  • Wayfaring Regal Collar
  • Unified Regal Collar
  • Suportive Crescent Collar

Paladin Justicar Mount Powers

Mount Equip Power:

  • Pack Tactics
  • Runic Aura
  • Mystic Aura
  • Any defense stat power

Mount Combat Power:

  • Eclipse Armament (Eclipse Lion)
  • Tyrannosaurus Rex’em (Tyrannosaur or King of Spies)
  • Magnificent Inspiration (Pegasus)
  • Hell’s Impact (Balgora)
  • Cauldron (Cauldron)
  • Aureal Armament
  • Swarm (Bat Swarm)

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Neverwinter Paladin Justicar guide, please leave a comment below!

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Thursday 17th of February 2022

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Frumon Silverkin

Wednesday 19th of May 2021

For Mod 20: - Put all your attribute points into CON and CHA for maximum HP and forte - Your most important stats are defense and awareness!!! You are not a DPS! - Get gear with high item levels, especially the Vault of Stars healer breastplate with item level 1500 which gives you 1000 forte and 1500 awareness per group member! - Buy the diamond artifact set from New Sharandar. It lowers incoming damage when standing still for 3 seconds. - The April's Fowl ring is actually a good artifact for tanks as it increases defensive stats - The Avernus rings which give you more threat and resistance when walking are good choices and cheap on the AH - Awareness Jewels and HP armour kit

- Free: oath strike and the one which charges at enemies - At-wills: sacred weapon, wrath of the templar and vow of enmity. Sometimes absolution or burning light can save your ass. Dailies: Sword, Shield,

Companion gear: the grimoires which increase awareness and/or defense. Forget the New Sharandar stuff! Runestones: HP, awareness and/or defense - Recommended passive Companions: war dog, the dog from Old Sharandar, frost mimic, harper bard and owl (defende + awareness. The dog from Old Sharandar is one of the few companions which gives you defenese stats in the attack slot) Recommended active companions: the ioun stone which gives you HP and awareness

- Recommended Mounts: golden warhorse (for crit defense and an alternative to the tunnel view), kettle (for awareness and AoE damage/support) - HP insignias - Insignia powers: everything which heals you + 1 Guile of the Gladiator

Frumon Silverkin

Wednesday 19th of May 2021

@Frumon Silverkin - Enchantments: dark for support slot, otherwise radiant ones for HP and tactical ones for awareness. 1 tenebrous might be interesting as well as an assassin one. - Armour enchantment: Elven battle enchantment - Weapon enchantment: Bronzewood, Holy Avenger

Blazingangel86

Wednesday 30th of September 2020

I'd like to say that whoever wrote this doesn't know how to play a pally. Soon as I saw Con and Charisma I lost hope for this article. A Paladins damage is based off intelligence cause its magic based. My int is 24 with a chrs of 25 with nothing added to it. Con is 29. The multi enchantments are crap for us IMO, due to being to offset the stats with boons, insignias, and companion items. That all being said it all depends on your play style though. You could have best stats, and still be shit.

rich

Monday 29th of November 2021

@Blazingangel86, Radiant damage is physical damage according to descriptors in game which is physical damage and based on strength.

"The paladin draws upon their faith, wielding divine radiant power ( physical power - Strength) to deal damage & healing Magic ( Wisdom ) to heal self and allies"

Int has no impact on damage a Paladin does.

Arrennia Villarra

Monday 19th of October 2020

Keep in mind, this build is for tanking, not for DPS, so you need CON for the extra HP and you need the CHA for the bonus companion influence, as that also gives extra HP and stats. Those are the correct stats to max out for a pally tank, as the pally has hard taunts. If you do not have the stats, the multi-stat enchants are BiS, but if you have the stats, take radiants for the extra power, which has no cap. Why lose hope when it is giving good advice for these things. You may have high damage output, which is great, but you are not able to hold the aggro quite as well. This guide is just that: a GUIDE. that means that you can tailor the build to your own needs, and while it is in need of an update, your mindset is too.

Val

Wednesday 23rd of September 2020

Trample as mount combat power is a big no.

Phil

Monday 31st of August 2020

I am wondering if you are working on an updated build since mod 19 has dropped?

Tessa

Friday 30th of October 2020

ummmmm we r in mod 19........it dropped a while back