FINAL FANTASY XIV Job Guide: Paladin

All descriptions are based on action attributes and bonuses attained by level 80.
"Revisions" show the changes made from Patch 4.5x to 5.0x.

Actions & Traits

Job Actions

Action Name	Acquired	Type	Cast	Recast	Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Fast Blade	Lv. 1	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 200. Revisions Potency has been increased from 160 to 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 Revisions Now acquired at level 4 (previously level 10). Combo potency has been increased from 240 to 300. The combo bonus "Restores MP" now requires a trait learned at level 58.


Total Eclipse	Lv. 6	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	0y 5y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 120 to all nearby enemies. Revisions Now acquired by the gladiator class. Now acquired at level 6 (previously level 46). Potency has been increased from 110 to 120.


Shield Bash	Lv. 10	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 110. Additional Effect: Stun Duration: 6s Revisions Now acquired at level 10 (previously level 18).


Iron Will	Lv. 10	Ability	Instant	10s	-	0y 0y	Significantly increases enmity generation. Effect ends upon reuse. Revisions The name of this action has been changed. Now acquired by the gladiator class. Now categorized as an ability. Now acquired at level 10 (previously level 30). The effects of this action have been completely revamped.


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 Revisions Combo action has been changed from Savage Blade to Riot Blade. Combo potency has been increased from 270 to 350. The additional effect "Increased enmity" has been removed.


Spirits Within Job Quest	Lv. 30	Ability	Instant	30s	-	3y 0y	Delivers an attack with a potency of 370. Potency decreases as own HP decreases. Additional Effect: Restores MP Revisions Now acquired at level 30 (previously level 45). Potency has been increased from 300 to 370. The additional effect "Restores MP" has been added.


Sheltron Job Quest	Lv. 35	Ability	Instant	5s	Oath: 50	0y 0y	Block incoming attacks. Duration: 6s Oath Gauge Cost: 50 Revisions Now acquired at level 35 (previously level 52). The effect "Blocks the next attack" has been changed to "Block incoming attacks." The additional effect "Partial MP restored upon block" has been removed. Effect duration has been reduced from 10 to 6 seconds.


Sentinel	Lv. 38	Ability	Instant	120s	-	0y 0y	Reduces damage taken by 30%. Duration: 10s Revisions Damage reduction has been changed from 40% to 30%. Recast time has been reduced from 180 to 120 seconds.


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	Oath: 50	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. Revisions Now acquired at level 45 (previously level 40). No longer reduces damage taken in place of another party member. Oath Gauge cost of 50 has been added.


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 Revisions Potency has been increased from 100 to 120. The additional effect "Increased enmity" has been removed. Damage over time potency has been increased from 30 to 35.


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 Revisions Combo potency has been increased from 250 to 390. Damage over time potency has been increased from 60 to 85.


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. Revisions Recast time has been reduced from 120 to 90 seconds.


Clemency Job Quest	Lv. 58	Spell	1.5s	2.5s	2000 MP	30y 0y	Restores target's HP. Cure Potency: 1200 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 Revisions Combo potency has been increased from 360 to 550. The combo bonus "Grants 3 stacks of Sword Oath" has been added.


Intervention	Lv. 62	Ability	Instant	10s	Oath: 50	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. Revisions Potency has been reduced from 380 to 350. The Shield Oath bonus "Increases Oath Gauge by 20" has been removed.


Requiescat	Lv. 68	Ability	Instant	60s	-	3y 0y	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 550. Potency decreases as own MP decreases. 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 Revisions Damage type has been changed from physical to unaspected. Potency has been increased from 350 to 550. Increase to attack magic and healing magic potency has been changed from 20% to 50%. The additional effect "allows spells to be cast immediately" has been added.


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.

* The following actions were removed with the release of patch 5.0: Savage Blade, Flash, Shield Swipe, Sword Oath, Tempered Will, and Bulwark.

Role Actions

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

Action Name	Acquired	Type	Cast	Recast	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. Revisions Now acquired at level 15 (previously level 16). Recast time has been reduced from 40 to 30 seconds. Now grants additional enmity.


Interject	Lv. 18	Ability	Instant	30s	-	3y 0y	Interrupts the use of a target's action. Revisions Now acquired at level 18 (previously level 40). The effects of this action have been completely revamped.


Reprisal	Lv. 22	Ability	Instant	60s	-	3y 0y	Lowers target's damage dealt by 10%. Duration: 5s Revisions Now acquired at level 22 (previously level 32).


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 Revisions Now acquired at level 32 (previously level 12). Recast time has been increased from 60 to 120 seconds. Now available as both a tank role and ranged physical DPS role action. Effect duration has been increased from 5 to 6 seconds.


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

* The following actions were removed with the release of patch 5.0: Convalescence, Anticipation, Awareness, and Ultimatum.

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. Revisions Now acquired at level 35 (previously level 52). No longer requires Sword Oath or Shield Oath. No longer increases Oath Gauge when blocking attacks.


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.

* The following traits were removed with the release of patch 5.0: Enhanced Vitality, Enhanced Vitality II, Enhanced Vitality III, and Enhanced Cover.

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.
"Revisions" show the changes made from Patch 4.5x to 5.0x.

Job Actions

Role Actions

Trait

Combos

Job Gauge

Job 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 & Traits

Job Actions

Additional PvP Actions

Adrenaline Rush

Job Gauge

Oath Gauge

Simple Mode

Action Name	Cast	Recast	Cost	Range Radius	Effect


Aegis Boon	Instant	-	Adrenaline Gauge	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. Revisions Effect radius has been reduced from 50 to 30 yalms.