Judgement Paladin Guide
Last Updated:April 11, 2025|Changelog
The Judgement Paladin creates Consecrated Ground with Judgement, to burn enemies with holy fire. Become the Judge and cleanse your foes of impurity, as they hopelessly try to break through your immense defenses.
The Judgement Paladin deals Fire Spell Damage Over Time with Consecrated Ground and generates Mana with Vengeance. Consecrated Ground also grants massive Healing, since multiple of them can stack on top of each other. Use Holy Aura and Symbols of Hope for great passive buffs. Healing Hands grants Ward and Healing, while acting as your Movement Skill.
This setup doesn't require any Uniques to function. However, items like Transcriber's Graver, Wing Guards, Countenance of Majasa, Immolator's Oblation, Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros and Orian's Eye turn this build into an absolute powerhouse, capable of dealing amazing DPS while being absurdly tanky.
Overall this powerful Paladin is an amazing build that performs well in endgame, even in Hardcore. If you are looking for a holy warrior that destroys enemies and is able to survive the hardest encounters, this build is perfect for you!
This build guide assumes you have a Level 70 Character.
Reach Level 70 with our Sentinel Leveling Guide.
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Skills
Judgement
Judgement creates Consecrated Ground which Damages enemies and provides Healing. Remove its cooldown with Urgent Inquisition and scale the Damage by specializing Purifying Flame and Flaming Soul. Consecrated Ground can stack, so Lingering Force is a multiplier to your Damage and Healing.
- Judgement: Cleansing Light is an option for the Cleanse it provides. However, to use it you need to unspecialize Points from Destructive Impact which is a large downside.
- Unspecialized Shield Rush is an option for your Movement Skill in place of Healing Hands.
Skills showcase extra Skill Points in case you find +Level of Skills that may not be included in the Planners.
Passives
- If you're lacking Block Chance, allocate 3 Points into Steel Aegis. Take out Points from Reverence of Duality or Heaven's Bulwark for it.
- 4 Points into Divine Essence provides consistent uptime of this buff.
Make sure to complete the Campaign to get all your Passive Points.
Gameplay
Skill Usage/Rotation
- Spam Judgement to burn your enemies in holy fire and get absurdly high Healing by stacking multiple Consecrated Grounds.
- Generate Mana with Vengeance.
- Use Healing Hands or unspecialized Shield Rush to move across the map.
- Activate Holy Aura for its buffs and extra Damage.
Bossing
- Take advantage of all your buffs and keep them active.
- Save Healing Hands for emergency situations.
- If the Boss is out of range and you're in need of Healing, use Judgement to get healed by Consecrated Ground.
- Vengeance can generate some Mana even when you're not hitting an enemy. Swinging the air can be useful in certain Boss fights when you desperately need to regain your Mana.
- Activating Holy Aura will Cleanse ailments with Purification.
Gear, Idols & Blessings
- The Mana Gained when you use Vengeance and hit at least one enemy Affix on your Body Armor is very important for Mana sustain.
- Transcriber's Graver with T7 Melee Attack Speed is a massive boost to your DPS.
- Wing Guards are huge for the Melee Attack Speed and Haste they provide. Combine these Gloves with the Advent of the Erased Boots to reliably take advantage of the Damage Reduction. If you want more Movement Speed instead, use Blood of the Exile.
- Orian's Eye raises the tankiness to another level. Aurora's Time Glass is also a good option, though this build has so much sustain that its Unique effect is often less beneficial than it usually is. If you don't have Orian's Eye or choose to use a different Amulet, get the Grand Light of the Moon Blessing instead of Grand Rhythm of the Tide.
- Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros provides many valuable stats, including +5 total levels to Judgement when you craft it into a Legendary item with T7 Level of Judgement.
- Flames of Midnight provides the valuable Swiftness buff, which grants 20% Movement Speed at level 100. In addition, it grants Fire Penetration.
- Sunwreath is used for its Increased Fire Damage.
Learn the basics for crafting gear with our Beginner Crafting Guide.
Make sure to complete the Campaign to get all your Idol Slots.
Build Scaling
Offensive Stats
- Flat Fire Spell Damage
- % Increased Healing Effectiveness
- % Increased Attack Speed
- % Increased Elemental Damage Over Time
- % Increased Fire Damage Over Time
- % Increased Fire Damage
- Strength
- Fire Resistance Shred
- Fire Penetration
Defensive Stats
- Health
- Armor
- Endurance
- % Increased Healing Effectiveness
- Block Chance
- Block Effectiveness
- Health Regen
- Leech
Scaling Tips
- Consecrated Ground gains 1 Flat Spell Damage per 5% Increased Healing Effectiveness. The same stat also grants Fire Penetration thanks to Righteous Firebrand.
- Armour Clad: Damage Reduction against nearby enemies.
- Abyssal Endurance: Damage Reduction against Void and Physical Damage.
- Divine Essence: 15% reduced Damage Over Time taken when you have three Divine Essences.
- Vengeance: Bolster grants Damage Reduction.
- Healing Hands: Halted Scourge and Turn Undead grant Damage Reduction against Void and Necrotic Damage.
- Armor applies to Damage Over time thanks to Champion Regalia, Covenant of Protection and Immortal Vise.
- Countenance of Majasa: A percentage of Block Effectiveness applies to Damage Over Time.
- Orian's Eye: Void Damage is taken as Fire, so you don't need to build Void Resistance with this item. Grants Damage Reduction against Fire Damage and Damage Over Time.
- Advent of the Erased: Damage Reduction against Damage Over Time while you have Haste.
- Heretical Adorned Rahyeh Idols with Less damage over time taken while using a shield and Health gained on block grant Damage Reduction against Damage Over Time.
- Immortal Vise: Up to 30% of Hit Damage from Bosses and Rares is taken over 4 seconds instead. With the high sustain this build has, this effect is amazing for survivability.
- Shattered Worlds: Grants Damage Reduction.
Our Damage Explained Article covers all you need to know to scale Damage.
Learn all you need to know to scale Defense with our Defense Explained Article.
Loot Filter
Loot Filters are critical in Last Epoch. Making sure you highlight all the related valuable Item Bases, Affixes, Uniques and Idols is necessary to ensure your character's progression. Click on the Generate Loot Filter button down below then use the Paste Clipboard Contents button in-game to import it!
Here is the Endgame Loot Filter for this build:
Learn how to load and make Filters with our Loot Filter Guide.
Video Guide
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Summary
Overall the Judgement Paladin is an excellent setup that performs well in endgame. It has amazing single target DPS and insane survivability thanks to its multiple defensive layers.
- Spam Judgement and generate Mana with Vengeance.
- Burn your enemies in holy fire and get absurdly high Healing by stacking multiple Consecrated Grounds.
- Move across the map with Healing Hands and let Consecrated Ground kill enemies as you cruise through the Echoes.
- While they are not mandatory, Transcriber's Graver, Wing Guards, Countenance of Majasa, Immolator's Oblation, Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros and Orian's Eye are great Uniques that you want to get to scale the build to its full potential.
Credits
Written by Volca.
Content Reviewed by Lizard_IRL.
Language Reviewed by Tenkiei.