Unstoppable Ravendawn Paladin Tank Build – Best for Group PvE
This Ravendawn Paladin Tank Build is designed for group PvE dominance, offering strong self-sustain, crowd control, and powerful debuffs. With high survivability and group support, this ultimate tank build keeps enemies locked down while buffing and protecting allies, making it the perfect choice for group content.
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Ravendawn Paladin Tank Build
Ravendawn offers several Tank class options, but the Paladin stands out as one of the best choices for small group PvE. Whether you’re tackling Aether Echoes, quest final bosses, or duo hunting, the Paladin’s unmatched balance of tanking, self-healing, and damage output makes it a powerful and reliable pick for any team.
To create a Paladin you’ll need the core Tanking archetype Protection which offers defensive abilities, high threat and taunting skills, along with self healing. The Warfare archetype which adds crowd control and high-threat AoE attacks, ensuring you can hold aggro in group fights. And finally Holy archetype, the primary healing archetype, providing single-target heals, AoE support, and healing-over-time effects to sustain yourself and your allies.
Ravendawn Paladin Tank Build Stats & Attributes
50% of your points should be in Might, this will help you output more damage and maintain threat.
The other 50% should be in Wisdom. For a Paladin especially you need to be able to keep yourself alive.
Vitality isn’t initially as important but you will need to focus more into this for later game.
Ravendawn Paladin Tank Build Skills
Paladin
The skill focus in this build is high threat, self sustain, damage mitigation, survival and group utility.
Upgrade: Brutal Strike, Spiked Chains,
Legacy Skills:
- Chaos Chains
- Dawn’s Apotheosis
- Eternal Retribution
Ravendawn Paladin Tank Build RavenCards
Warfare
- Troll
- Kaiman Ambusher
- Polar Bear
- Dwarf Warrior
- Dwarf Prospector
- Ghaz Sandrider
Protection
- Skeleton Soldier
- Hoglet
- Minotaur Warden
- Mindslave Taskmaster
- Orc Chieftain
- Morningstar Judge
- Orc Nightstar
- Skeleton Pikeman
Holy
- Yornish Druid
- Vampire Reaver
- Kaiman Seer
- Golden Guardian
Ravendawn Paladin Tank Build Gear & Weapons
Weapon: Sword + Tower Shield. Extra defense and access to the Blade Warding (R) weapon skill for an extra damage shield.
Armor: Plate provides the best benefit for a Tank build.
Amulet: The best Rangers Company amulet you can get with Defensive Power, Attack Power but also consider Precision and/or Impact.
Rings: Any from Quests or Rangers Company with Might, Vitality or Wisdom.
Gear Stats: Weapon Defence, Weapon Power and Healing Power are all great secondary stats you should aim for on your gear.
Enchantments: Vitality Enchants on Gear will buff up your Max Health, use these or Might if you are surviving well enough. Use Attack Power on Weapon.
Consumables: Make sure to use all consumables including Baked Goods with Increase Attack Power, Drinks to Boost Mana and Health Regeneration, Meals to enhance your Primary Attributes and Whetstones to Increase Attack Power.
Ravendawn Paladin Tank Build How To Play
Tanking in Ravendawn is highly reactive, requiring adaptability based on the situation. However, some skills have specific uses that remain consistent in threat generation, mitigation, and support. Unlike a DPS rotation, where you follow a set sequence, tanking involves priority-based skill usage to control enemies and protect allies.
Rotation
Opening Sequence
- Pre-cast Spirit’s Resolve → Activate before combat for a defensive shield.
- Shieldbreak → Start every fight with this for high initial threat.
- Shield Throw / Provoke → Follow up with a taunt to lock enemy focus.
Spammable Skills
Unlike most builds that rely on a single spammable, Paladins use three for different purposes:
- Brutal Strike → Main spammable, deals damage & heals (boosted by Troll RavenCard).
- Bash → Use against bosses to reduce their damage output.
- Flash Heal → Instant self-heal, also buffs Mend (triggered from Circle of Light + Golden Guardian RavenCard).
Maintain Skills – Keep Active for Group Buffs & Enemy Debuffs
- Banner of Protection → Group-wide defensive and damage buff.
- Shield Break → High threat enemy debuff skill.
- Provoke → AoE debuff and taunt, helps control multiple enemies and reduce their armor.
Reactive Skills – Situational Usage
- Feasting Strike → Heal over time, use when under 80% HP.
- Spiked Chains → Pull & snare enemies, high threat & debuff application.
- Spirit’s Resolve → Maintain this shield to reduce incoming damage.
- Unbreakable → Emergency shield, absorbs 90% damage, heals the group (lowers threat, so use sparingly!).
- Dawn’s Light → Burst heal, use when under 50% HP.
- Devotion → Burst heal + cleanse, removes a negative effect.
- Circle of Light → AoE healing over time, also applies Mend (high Mana cost).
Damage & High Threat Abilities
- Bladestorm → High-threat AoE damage & healing, use when enemies are stacked.
- Fissure → Strong AoE, applies stun & slow, can be timed to interrupt attacks.
- Shield Throw → Interrupt + high threat, boosted with RavenCard shield & taunt.
- Revenge → High damage & threat, stuns if used after taking 10% HP damage.
- Blessed Earth → AoE healing & damage, use as often as possible for group sustain & threat generation.
Final Tips for Optimal Tanking
✔ Keep Shieldbreak active at the start of every fight.
✔ Maintain healing & defensive shields to minimize incoming damage.
✔ Prioritize high-threat AoE skills during group fights to hold aggro.
✔ Time interrupts & stuns to control boss mechanics.
✔ Use Unbreakable wisely, as it lowers threat & damage while providing protection.
