Brandish

The Brandish Paladin Build Guide teaches you about Gear, Skills, Paragon, Playstyle & Seasonal Mechanics in Diablo 4 Season 12.

Brandish focuses on dealing the most possible damage with a Basic Skill, activating synergies through Aspect of Adaptability, Aspect of the Moonrise and stacking as much Maximum Resource as possible. Once you have found the new Paladin Unique Supplication, Brandish turns into a Area Damage monster and can even shotgun a huge enemy with multiple hits.

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• Pull enemies together with Condemn
• • Run into the enemy and position yourself right on top of them
• Hold down Brandish.
• • With Returning Light Brandish and Supplication you want as many waves to hit as possible.
  • Run inside of big elites to shotgun them.
• Use Fortress to actually be able to survive standing in all sorts of trouble
• • Re-cast to move Fortress.
• Use Defiance Aura and Fanaticism Aura to reduce your cooldowns through Resplendence.
• Use Falling Star for mobility.

Core Mechanics

Damage

Supplication turns Brandish into a high damage AoE skill. We then further buff it by using Aspect of Adaptability while stacking Maximum Resource and Aspect of the Moonrise.

We use Disciple because it buffs Brandish's damage and allows us to ascend into Arbiter of Justice with Condemn and Falling Star.

Fortress is used with a Resolve Generated and Maximum Resolve Tempering Affixes to get damage from Enhanced Fortress.

Fanaticism Aura and Defiance AuraRite of Might are another source of damage in the build.

Defenses

We can use Fortress to generate Resolve, which provides 20% Damage Reduction, and also become Immune to damage in key moments.

Runes

Early on, useCir + Gar for Critical Strike Chance, once we get Heir of Perdition we can swap this out.

Cir or Igni + Thul is used for Vulnerable, CC for Dizzying Blow and [x]15% damage.

Igni + Vex is used to increase our Skill Ranks.

Amulet Affix Priority

Getting multiple great passives on an Amulet can be tricky or expensive here is a Tier List for all the Affixes you can get on your Amulet.

• S-Tier
• • Heavyweight
  • Righteousness when it applies to the build
  • Discipline when it applies to the build
  • Iron Sharpens Iron
  • Crack in the Armor
  • Fortitude
  • The Best Offense
• A-Tier
• • Riposte
• B-Tier
• • Dizzying Blow
• C-Tier
• • Strength
  • Maximum Resource (Basic Skill builds)
• D-Tier
• • Attack Speed (when not capped)
  • Critical Strike Chance (when not capped)
  • Cooldown Reduction (when needed for a breakpoint)
• F-Tier
• • The Rest

Frequently Asked Questions

Why are we taking Rite of Might, how are we generating Resolve?

We generate Resolve with the Courage Passive that is granted to us by Shroud of False Death.

Alternatively, on some builds we generate it more consistently with Clash or Fortress.

Where are we getting Fortified from?

• To count as being Fortified, any amount of Fortification will do.
• We boost the Fortified amount with some magic nodes on Preacher.
• Raheir, your mercenary, also provides a bit of Fortify through his ability.
• Renewal gives Fortify and is provided by Shroud of False Death for free.

Masterworking and Greater Affixes Explained

To find everything you need to know about Masterworking and Greater Affixes make sure to check our Tempering and Masterworking Guide out.

9th of March 2026

• Build updated for Season 12
• Took over the guide from M1PY

12th of January 2026

• Updated for Patch 2.5.2

25th of December 2025

• Updated the Paragon with Preacher tech and expanded the FAQ.

17th of December 2025

• En Garde Temper on Pants and Amulet instead of Arbiter Duration, typo and formatting fixes.
• Removed Herald of Zakarum as its Armor is only additive instead of multiplicative.

11th of December 2025

• Build published for Season 11 - Patch 2.5.0