Defensive Auras

Prayer: Level 1
Requirements= None
"When active slowly regenerates the health of you and your party". Make friends and influence people with this one. A healing aura which slowly heals your party members set to friendly mode, as well as yourself. A vital skill for every Paladin to have but you really need to have at least 4 points to start benefiting from it, any less and you can find yourself standing around for extended periods of time. As it requires mana to heal himself and additional mana for his party members, the Paladin needs to stock mana potions when assigning Combat Skills to his attack skill. Combat Skills require mana and he can find himself with an empty mana orb when it's desperately needed to heal himself. {Updated: 5 April}

Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Radius(yards) 7.3 8.6 10 11.3 12.6 14 15.3 16.6 18 19.3 20.6 22 23.3 24.6 26 27.3 28.6 30 31.3 32.6
Healing 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
Mana Cost 1 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.5 2.6 2.8 3 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8 4 4.1 4.3 4.5
Resist Fire: Level 1
Requirements= None
"Aura protects against fire damage". An aura that adds fire resistance to the Paladin and those in his team set to friendly. The aura will absorb collisions from fire-based attacks. Fire attacks start early in the game, the Cold Plains in Act I are peppered with fire casting Shaman, sometimes in groups, accompanied by a unique shaman who will resurrect other Shaman should you kill them. This aura will help in those situations. It's advisable to toggle to this aura when breaking open barrels, it saves you taking damage from the explosive ones which can cause a dramatic loss to health reserves. Starting at a resistance of 54% you can't go wrong with at least one point in this skill. It's a small price to pay for that level of resistance that no single item could provide on its own and will allow your Paladin to concentrate on items that garner other benefits.

Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Radius(yards) 7.3 8.6 10 11.3 12.6 14 15.3 16.6 18 19.3 20.6 22 23.3 24.6 26 27.3 28.6 30 31.3 32.6
Resist Fire+ % 54 58 60 63 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 71 72 73 73 74 74 74 74 75
Defiance: Level 6
Requirements= None
"Aura boosts defensive rating of you and your party". Defensive rating measures the chance the Paladin has of being hit by a foe and as an essentially melee character it's important that this percentage is as low as possible. For example, a Paladin wearing only very basic armor adding 8 to defense with 38 Dexterity will have a defense rating of 9 (average chance monster will hit, 75%). Activate just a level 2 Defiance and that % is reduced to 48%. A considerable benefit at the cost of only 2 skill points.

Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Radius(yards) 7.3 8.6 10 11.3 12.6 14 15.3 16.6 18 19.3 20.6 22 23.3 24.6 26 27.3 28.6 30 31.3 32.6
Defense Mod+% 70 80 90 100 110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200 210 220 230 240 250 260
Resist Cold: Level 6
Requirements= None
"When active, decreases cold damage for you and your party". The aura will absorb collisions from cold-based attacks. Works in precisely the same way as Resist Fire but not as necessary in the early parts of the game, hence the reason it's unavailable until a character level of 6. Disfigured are the main cold attacking beasts you'll find in Act I {occasional champions also} and one point in this skill appears sufficient to deal with an encounter with them.

Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Radius(yards) 7.3 8.6 10 11.3 12.6 14 15.3 16.6 18 19.3 20.6 22 23.3 24.6 26 27.3 28.6 30 31.3 32.6
Resist Cold+ % 54 58 60 63 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 71 72 73 73 74 74 74 74 75
Cleansing: Level 12
Requirements= Prayer {1}
"Reduces the length of time you & your party will remain poisoned or cursed". Curses and poison reduce health reserves. Activating this aura doesn't add a resistance to poison in the way that the Resist Cold skill does to cold-based attacks but it does mean you can combat the effects once in place of a poison attack or curse. For example a Paladin in a PvP situation, poisoned by a single Chocking Potion remained poisoned for 13 seconds but with a level 2 Cleansing aura activated the same attack was reduced to just 6 seconds.

Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Radius(yards) 7.3 8.6 10 11.3 12.6 14 15.3 16.6 18 19.3 20.6 22 23.3 24.6 26 27.3 28.6 30 31.3 32.6
Duration Reduction 39 46 51 56 60 63 65 66 67 68 69 70 72 73 75 76 76 78 78 79 79 80
Resist Lightning: Level 12
Requirements= None
"When active, decreases lightning damage for you and your party". Just like the two previous resistance skills in function. The aura will absorbs collisions from lightning-based attacks. There isn't a huge amount of lightning in Act I but as it's a character level 12 skill, it'll not become available until the very end of Act I/beginning Act II anyway, where one point in this will be useful. As an example, during testing, up against a level 2 Lightning Bolt attack from an Amazon the Paladin's health reduced from 134-113 from a single strike but with a level 1 Resist Lighting activated his health reduced to 124.

Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Radius(yards) 7.3 8.6 10 11.3 12.6 14 15.3 16.6 18 19.3 20.6 22 23.3 24.6 26 27.3 28.6 30 31.3 32.6
Resist Lightning+% 54 58 60 63 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 71 72 73 73 74 74 74 74 75
Vigor: Level 18
Requirements= Prayer {1} Defiance {6} Cleansing {12}
"Aura boosts stamina recovery and speed". Running depletes stamina and Vigor increases the rate at which it regenerates allowing the Paladin and those on friendly mode to run much longer before needing to stop. Run and walk speed is increased by 13 at slvl one. During play testing stamina didn't appear to be too big an issue, especially if you ran in short spurts. Stamina potions {white vials} were occasionally surrendered by dead creatures. Having Vigor activated at the same time as executing a Charge {Combat Skills} will not further increase the speed of charging. Place-holder icon as this one is the 'Thorns' aura icon. {Updated: 23 Feb}

Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Walk/Run speed+% 13 18 22 25 28 30 32 33 35 36 37 38 39 40 40 41 41 42 42 43
Max Stam Increase+% 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 475 500 525
Incr Stam Recovery+% 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300 325 350 375 400 425 450 475 500 525
Meditation: Level 24
Requirements= Prayer {1} Cleansing {12}
"Aura boosts mana recovery". Boosts mana recovery rates for Paladin and party members set to friendly mode. Icon is a placeholder and will change.

Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Radius(yards) 7.3 8.6 10 11.3 12.6 14 15.3 16.6 18 19.3 20.6 22 23.3 24.6 26 27.3 28.6 30 31.3 32.6
65 80 95 110 125 140 155 170 185 200 215 230 245 260 275 290 305 320 235 350
Redemption: Level 30
Requirements= Prayer {1} Defiance {6} Cleansing {12} Vigor {18}
"Aura redeems dead bodies for mana and life". Specifics are not yet known. It could be that you click on the corpse and retrieve all its original health or mana or just the health it claimed from you and the mana you used up fighting against it. {Updated: 22 Dec}

Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Radius(yards) 7.3 8.6 10 11.3 12.6 14 15.3 16.6 18 19.3 20.6 22 23.3 24.6 26 27.3 28.6 30 31.3 32.6
Chance to Redeem% 23 34 42 49 55 59 63 65 69 71 73 75 77 79 80 82 82 83 84 85
HP/Mana recoverp Pts 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120
Salvation: Level 30
Requirements= None
"Aura protects against the elements". This is the all-in-one defensive aura combining Resist Fire, Cold, Lightning and Poison.

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Radius(yards)	7.3	8.6	10	11.3	12.6	14	15.3	16.6	18	19.3	20.6	22	23.3	24.6	26	27.3	28.6	30	31.3	32.6
Resist All+%	54	58	60	63	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	71	72	73	73	74	74	74	74	75

Level	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Walk/Run speed+%	13	18	22	25	28	30	32	33	35	36	37	38	39	40	40	41	41	42	42	43
Max Stam Increase+%	50	75	100	125	150	175	200	225	250	275	300	325	350	375	400	425	450	475	500	525
Incr Stam Recovery+%	50	75	100	125	150	175	200	225	250	275	300	325	350	375	400	425	450	475	500	525

Defensive Auras

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