FINAL FANTASY XIV Job Guide: Paladin

All descriptions are based on action attributes and bonuses attained by level 80.
For further details on changes to actions, please refer to the patch notes.

Actions & Traits

Job Actions

Action Name	Acquired	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Fast Blade	Lv. 1	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 200.


Fight or Flight	Lv. 2	Ability	Instant	60s	-	0y 0y	Increases physical damage dealt by 25%. Duration: 25s


Riot Blade	Lv. 4	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Fast Blade Combo Potency: 300 Combo Bonus: Restores MP


Total Eclipse	Lv. 6	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	0y 5y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 120 to all nearby enemies.


Shield Bash	Lv. 10	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 110. Additional Effect: Stun Duration: 6s


Iron Will	Lv. 10	Ability	Instant	10s	-	0y 0y	Significantly increases enmity generation. Effect ends upon reuse.


Shield Lob Class Quest	Lv. 15	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	15y 0y	Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 120. Additional Effect: Increased enmity


Rage of Halone	Lv. 26	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Riot Blade Combo Potency: 350


Spirits Within Job Quest	Lv. 30	Ability	Instant	30s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Potency increases up to 370 as own HP nears maximum. Additional Effect: Restores MP


Sheltron Job Quest	Lv. 35	Ability	Instant	5s	-	0y 0y	Block incoming attacks. Duration: 6s Oath Gauge Cost: 50


Sentinel	Lv. 38	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 0y	Reduces damage taken by 30%. Duration: 15s


Prominence Job Quest	Lv. 40	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	0y 5y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100 to all nearby enemies. Combo Action: Total Eclipse Combo Potency: 220 Combo Bonus: Restores MP


Cover Job Quest	Lv. 45	Ability	Instant	120s	-	10y 0y	Take all damage intended for another party member. Duration: 12s Oath Gauge Cost: 50 Can only be executed when member is closer than 10 yalms. Does not activate with certain attacks.


Circle of Scorn	Lv. 50	Ability	Instant	25s	-	0y 5y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 120 to all nearby enemies. Additional Effect: Damage over time Potency: 35 Duration: 15s


Hallowed Ground Job Quest	Lv. 50	Ability	Instant	420s	-	0y 0y	Renders you impervious to most attacks. Duration: 10s


Goring Blade Job Quest	Lv. 54	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Riot Blade Combo Potency: 390 Combo Bonus: Damage over time Potency: 85 Duration: 21s


Divine Veil Job Quest	Lv. 56	Ability	Instant	90s	-	0y 0y	Upon HP recovery via healing magic cast by self or a party member, a protective barrier is cast on all party members within a radius of 15 yalms. Duration: 30s Barrier Effect: Prevents damage up to 10% of your maximum HP Duration: 30s Effect ends upon additional HP recovery via healing magic.


Clemency Job Quest	Lv. 58	Spell	1.5s	2.5s	2000 MP	30y 0y	Restores target's HP. Cure Potency: 1,200 Additional Effect: Restores to self 50% of HP restored to target if target is a party member


Royal Authority Job Quest	Lv. 60	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Riot Blade Combo Potency: 550 Combo Bonus: Grants 3 stacks of Sword Oath Duration: 15s


Intervention	Lv. 62	Ability	Instant	10s	-	30y 0y	Reduces target party member's damage taken by 10%. Duration: 6s Additional Effect: Increases damage reduction by another 50% of the effect of Rampart or Sentinel if either are active Oath Gauge Cost: 50


Holy Spirit	Lv. 64	Spell	1.5s	2.5s	2000 MP	25y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 350.


Requiescat	Lv. 68	Ability	Instant	60s	-	3y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 150. Potency increases up to 550 as MP nears maximum. Additional Effect: Increases attack magic and healing magic potency by 50% if current MP is at 80% or higher, and allows spells to be cast immediately Duration: 12s


Passage of Arms Job Quest	Lv. 70	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 8y	Increases block rate to 100% and creates a designated area in a cone behind you in which party members will only suffer 85% of all damage inflicted. Duration: 18s Effect ends upon using another action or moving (including facing a different direction). Cancels auto-attack upon execution.


Holy Circle	Lv. 72	Spell	1.5s	2.5s	2000 MP	0y 5y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 250 to all nearby enemies.


Intervene	Lv. 74	Ability	Instant	30s	-	15y 0y	Rushes target and delivers an attack with a potency of 200. Maximum Charges: 2 Cannot be executed while bound.


Atonement	Lv. 76	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 550. Additional Effect: Restores MP Can only be executed while under the effect of Sword Oath.


Confiteor	Lv. 80	Spell	Instant	2.5s	2000 MP	25y 5y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 800 to target and all enemies nearby it. Can only be executed while under the effect of Requiescat. Effect fades upon execution.

Role Actions

Role actions are abilities common to classes and jobs with the same role.

Action Name	Acquired	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Rampart	Lv. 8	Ability	Instant	90s	-	0y 0y	Reduces damage taken by 20%. Duration: 20s


Low Blow	Lv. 12	Ability	Instant	25s	-	3y 0y	Stuns target. Duration: 5s


Provoke	Lv. 15	Ability	Instant	30s	-	25y 0y	Gesture threateningly, placing yourself at the top of a target's enmity list while gaining additional enmity.


Interject	Lv. 18	Ability	Instant	30s	-	3y 0y	Interrupts the use of a target's action.


Reprisal	Lv. 22	Ability	Instant	60s	-	0y 5y	Reduces damage dealt by nearby enemies by 10%. Duration: 10s


Arm's Length	Lv. 32	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 0y	Creates a barrier nullifying most knockback and draw-in effects. Duration: 6s Additional Effect: Slow +20% when barrier is struck Duration: 15s


Shirk	Lv. 48	Ability	Instant	120s	-	25y 0y	Diverts 25% of enmity to target party member.

Trait

Traits	Acquired	Effect


Tank Mastery	Lv. 1	Reduces damage taken by 20%. Furthermore, grants a bonus to maximum HP based on your vitality attribute, and a bonus to damage dealt based on your strength attribute.


Oath Mastery Job Quest	Lv. 35	Increases Oath Gauge by 5 each time an auto-attack lands.


Chivalry	Lv. 58	Restores MP when using Riot Blade or Spirits Within.


Rage of Halone Mastery Job Quest	Lv. 60	Upgrades Rage of Halone to Royal Authority.


Divine Magic Mastery	Lv. 64	Halves MP cost for all spells while preventing casting interruptions via damage taken.


Enhanced Prominence	Lv. 66	Restores MP when using Prominence.


Enhanced Sheltron	Lv. 74	Extends the duration of Sheltron to 6 seconds.


Sword Oath	Lv. 76	Grants three stacks of Sword Oath after successfully completing a combo with Royal Authority.


Enhanced Requiescat	Lv. 78	Spells require no cast time while under the effect of Requiescat.

Combos

Performing actions in a certain order increases potency and applies combo bonuses.

Combo Sequence

Effect

Fast Blade

Riot Blade

Royal Authority
(Rage of Halone)

Deals high damage and recovers MP. Upon reaching level 60, the action Rage of Halone is upgraded to Royal Authority, further increasing the combo's damage. Upon reaching level 76, and learning the trait Sword Oath, Royal Authority also grants three stacks of Sword Oath.

Goring Blade

Recovers MP and applies a damage over time effect to target.

Total Eclipse

Prominence

Hits multiple enemies while also recovering MP.

Job Gauge

Oath Gauge

Upon learning the action Iron Will, a symbol will appear on the screen indicating when it is in effect. Iron Will increases enmity gained from using other actions.

Upon learning the trait Oath Mastery, the symbol which indicates the use of Iron Will will change to also display the Oath Gauge.

Your oath grows stronger each time an auto-attack lands, and can be used to execute several actions such as Sheltron (acquired at level 35), Cover (acquired at level 45), and Intervention (acquired at level 62).

Simple Mode

Iron Will (Active)

The gauge cannot be displayed in simple mode until learning the trait Oath Mastery at level 35.

All descriptions are based on action attributes and bonuses attained by level 80.
For further details on changes to actions, please refer to the patch notes.

Job Actions

Role Actions

Trait

Combos

Job Gauge

Job Actions

Common Actions

Additional PvP Actions

Adrenaline Rush

Job Gauge

Tank

Actions & Traits

Job Actions

Role Actions

Trait

Combos

Combo Sequence

Effect

Job Gauge

Oath Gauge

Simple Mode

Actions

Job Actions

Common Actions

Additional PvP Actions

Adrenaline Rush

Job Gauge

Oath Gauge

Simple Mode

Action Name	Type	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Full Swing	Ability	Instant	30s	-	5y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 1,200. Additional Effect: 15-yalm knockback


Weapon Throw	Ability	Instant	30s	-	15y 0y	Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 400. Additional Effect: 10-yalm draw-in


Reprisal	Ability	Instant	45s	-	0y 5y	Reduces damage dealt by nearby enemies by 10%. Duration: 10s


Rampart	Ability	Instant	45s	-	0y 0y	Reduces damage taken by 20%. Duration: 10s


Retaliation	Ability	Instant	60s	-	0y 0y	Counters all incoming attacks. Counter Potency: 800 Duration: 10s

Action Name	Cast	Recast	MP Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Aegis Boon	Instant	-	-	0y 30y	Reduces damage taken by self and nearby party members by 25%. Duration: 10s Can only be executed while the Adrenaline Gauge is full.