Divine Lance Evade

The Divine Lance Paladin Build Guide teaches you about Gear, Skills, Paragon, Playstyle & Seasonal Mechanics in Diablo 4 Season 11.

Divine Lance is primarily cast through Evading as Arbiter with the unique Ring Argent Veil. You are not required to have this ring, but it adds a lot of power and mobility to the buiild. Once you have found Light's Rebuke you can unleash a barrage of Holy Lances on all your foes.

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1. Ascent into Arbiter with Falling Star and Disciple.
2. Evade through enemies during Arbiter Form.
3. 1. Argent Veil procs Divine Lance
3. Use Rally to gain restore Faith
4. Use Fanaticism Aura and Defiance Aura for their buffs.
5. Use Aegis to gain Unstoppable and Resolve Stacks giving you Damage Reduction

Frequently Asked Questions

Why are we using Preacher instead of Shield Bearer as Paragon Board?

• TL;DR: It's much more damage.
• Preacher gives much more damage than the description might insinuate - the tooltip is wrong.
• At +0% increased Attack Speed, it is already a 65%[x] multiplier.
• The Damage Formula for Preacher is approximated to be:
• • 1.65 * (1 + [Sum of AS / 100] x 0.4)
• At 100% increased Attack Speed, this results in
• • 1.65 * (1 + 1 x 0.4) = 2.31 => 131%[x] multiplier.
• However, with the Attack Speed Bonus from Fanaticism Aura being in Cap2, we can reach even higher than 100%.
• "But my Block Chance from Shield Bearer! Is losing that a problem?"
• • Not if you wear Herald of Zakarum or have tempered Ranks to En Guarde on your Shield.

What about Herald of Zakarum?

• First of all the tooltip is incorrect. It states that it multiplies your Armor by 50%[x] so a factor of 1.5. In reality, it only increases your Armor by +50%, which gets added into a pool of all other +% Armor additives. And we have plenty of those through passives like Master Craftwork, En Guarde and Shining Armor plus Paragon Nodes. However, The real kicker is the 50% increase to Strength and +Ranks to Core Skills which significantly boosts our DPS and our flat armor, resulting in a decent damage gain. If a Legendary Shield will outperform Herald of Zakarum is only answerable by mathing it out. Generally, if a build had access to a good aspect via equipping a legendary shield and not caring about + Ranks to Core Skills, a legendary Shield will likely be favored. It also is able to provide other useful stats like Critical Strike Chance and Cooldown Reduction. But, if you are already capped on these stats, it's benefits are significantly diminished. In optimal setups for Hammerdin, Herald of Zakarum wins out by a tiny margin, becoming larger the more optimal your gear is.
• TL;DR: If you are using a Core Skill, which Divine Lance is, go with Herald of Zakarum.

Elixirs and Incenses

It's important to run Elixirs and Incenses at all times. Not only because they increase your Experience gain but also because they provide very strong combat boosts.

For Elixirs you use Elixir of Advantage II to increase your Attack Speed.

For Incenses you use Spiral Morning for All Stats, Song of the Mountain for Armor and Soothing Spices for All Resistances and more Armor.

20th of December 2025

• Expanded the FAQ and updated the Paragon to Preacher (see FAQ)

14th of December 2025

• Added a Zealot variant

11th of December 2025

• Build published for Season 11 - Patch 2.5.0