
It procs Holy Shock with each swing letting you rapidly strike massive lightning damage. Zeal (Max): Zeal is your main physical damage dealer.Salvation is a good defensive aura for your party during hell difficulty. Salvation (Max): Holy Shock receives synergy from this skill.Start distributing points in this skill at level 12 in preparation for your Holy Shock. Max this to greatly increase Holy Shock damage. Resist Lightning (Max): Holy Shock receives synergy from this skill.Massive lightning damage is also added to your attacks which compliments with Zeal. Holy Shock periodically damages surrounding enemies with lightning. Although its minimum damage is low, the maximum damage is outstanding. Holy Shock (Max): This is your primary skill for the build.Equipments that automatically cast spells.One hand melee weapon with Shield or Two hand melee weapon.Vitality (200 Minimum): Almost every stat point should be put here to increase your maximum life and stamina.Dexterity (100 Minimum): Just put enough point for wearing necessary equipment.The main purpose of distributing points here is for wearing more powerful equipments. Strength (120 Minimum – 190 if planning to wear high end equipments): Don’t expect suitable damage boost from strength alone.That is for quickly close the gap between your Paladin and your enemy. Charge (1 Skill Point): 1 point is enough to serve its purpose.By the way, you can ignore learning Holy Shield if planning to use 2 hand melee weapon. This skill greatly increases defense and chance to block. Holy Shield (Max): All Paladins should have this.The aura increases your party’s damage so allies will also benefit from this skill. Fanaticism (Max): This skill increases your attack damage, attack speed, and attack rating.Max this skill to increase the damage of Zeal period. Sacrifice (Max): It gives synergy to Zeal.


Another good thing about Zeal is its very low mana cost (2 mana per use). Using Zeal also increases attack rating (accuracy), attack speed, and attack damage.

Zeal lets you attack rapidly multiple times uninterruptible on single or multiple enemies. Zeal (Max): The build won’t be called Zealot without this skill.It relies on using Zeal to rapidly attack single or multiple enemies powered by offensive aura and elemental items. Zealot is the most common Paladin build in Diablo 2. Note: In case you're not aware, you need to put a single point on skills with prerequisites. This article contains list of popular templates for building your Paladin in Diablo 2.
