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Diablo 4 Build

Zeal

Season 11

End Game

Speed Farm

Pit Pusher

Boss Killer

Infernal Hordes

M1PY

Verified

Paladin

Zeal

Arbiter of Justice

By M1PY

Updated on Dec 25, 2025

Dec 25, 2025

Build Overview

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

Zeal is a Zealot Core Skill that focuses on dealing the most possible damage through stacking Fervor. Zeal has been an incredibly popular skill back in Diablo 2 and has now returned in new glory! Once you have access to the Unique Red Sermon, your Zeal will slash through foes like a Knife through Butter. This build was made to Glide with Argent Veil and Words of Sacrifice Rally.

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If you are not level 60 yet, make sure to check out the Paladin Leveling Guides from our Tier List instead.

Strengths and Weaknesses

Has amazing visuals
Fast Attack Speed
Melee

Not as strong as Hammers
Squishy without Runes
Melee

Build Variants

Speed Rally

Endgame

Starter

Assigned Skills

Speed Rally

Endgame

Starter

Primary

Secondary

Oaths

Ascend through Arbiter of Justice
Glide through enemies with Arbiter's Evade
Argent Veil will proc Zeal.
- You need Attacks reduce Evade Cooldown as implicit on your Boots.
You reset your Evade by using Words of Sacrifice Rally, as it counts as an attack.
- This allows you to massively speed up your Evades.
- However, you need to bring enough healing to properly sustain it
- Aspect of the Arbiter's Zephyr is essential for this tech.
Use Fanaticism Aura and Defiance Aura for their buffs.
- Resplendence will reduce all non-Aura Cooldowns by 2 seconds.
- This is important to keep permanent up-time on Arbiter of Justice
- Re-Cast Arbiter of Justice before it runs out to keep Aspect of Celestial Strife active.
Use Falling Star for more mobility.

The Oath is Zealot.

Equipment

Speed Rally

Endgame

Starter

HelmHeir of Perdition

Chest armorShroud of False Death

GlovesAspect of the Zealot's Covenant

PantsAspect of the Indomitable

BootsAspect of the Arbiter's Zephyr

AmuletAspect of Celestial Strife

Ring 1Argent Veil

Ring 2Aspect of Jacques' Fervor

WeaponRed Sermon

OffhandEmpty

We use Potion Capacity on Pants to fuel Imbiber. With Death or Glory Zeal from Red Sermonmaking Zeal cost Health to cast, we will drink Potions very frequently. Thankfully, once you Glide with Arbiter Evade to cast Zeal from Argent Veil, it does not cost any Health. You only need to cast Zeal after Evading to reset the Cooldown through Attacks Reduce Evade Cooldown on Boots. Having Aspect of the Arbiter's Zephyr is important.

We use IgniMot and CemQue to bolster our defenses.

Sanctifications to chase:

Offensive Slots (Weapons, Rings, Amulet, Gloves):

God-Tier:
- Harlequin Crest, The Grandfather
S-Tier:
- Aspect of Ascension
A-Tier:
- Aspects
B-Tier:
- Aspects
C-Tier:
- +10%[x] Physical Damage
- +% Strength
- + Ranks to Core / All Skills

All other Slots:

Best in Slot:
- +10%[x] Physical Damage
Good:
- +% Strength
- + Strength
Situational:
- Cooldown Reduction (Check Sheet)
- Attack Speed (Check Breakpoints)
- Defenses (if necessary)

If you are unfamiliar with Sanctification, check out our Season 11 Overview for more information.

Elixirs and Incenses

Speed Rally

Endgame

Starter

ElixirElixir of Iron Barbs

Core IncenseSpiral Morning

Defensive IncenseSong of the Mountain

Resistance IncenseSoothing Spices

Skill Tree

Speed Rally

Endgame

Starter

Available

0 (0)

Spent59 (12)

Leveling Path

In the Mythic Variant, we pick up Coat of Arms instead of Path of the Penitent, because it is a bigger damage multiplier once you have better gear.

We do not pick Master Craftwork as we do not wear a shield.

Paragon Board

Speed Rally

Endgame

Starter

Glyph Leveling Priority

Spirit
Outmatch
Imbiber
Feverous
Resplendence

To get the most out of Imbiber, get +Potion Capacity on Pants.

Board Order

Starter Board
Castle
Relentless
Fervent
Preacher

Divine Gifts

Speed Rally

Endgame

Starter

Andariel

CorruptedEssence of Anguish

PurifiedEssence of Screams

Azmodan

CorruptedEssence of Hellfire

PurifiedEssence of Sin

Belial

CorruptedEssence of Shadows

PurifiedEssence of Lies

Duriel

CorruptedEssence of Pain

PurifiedEssence of Squalor

In Season 11 the Divine Gifts do not offer any player power increase. Instead they make some activities more challenging and increase their rewards in different ways. As there are only two choices per slot, we focus on maximizing the defensive bonuses.

Mercenary

Speed Rally

Endgame

Starter

Raheir provides Armor and we love Armor as Castle is a very strong legendary Paragon node.

How it Plays

Ascend through Arbiter of Justice
Glide through enemies with Arbiter's Evade
Argent Veil will proc Zeal.
- You need Attacks reduce Evade Cooldown as implicit on your Boots.
- Aspect of the Arbiter's Zephyr is also essential.
Then use Words of Sacrifice Rally to Reset your Evade as it counts as an Attack.
- This requires sufficient Healing to sustain, which Red Sermon provides.
Use Fanaticism Aura and Defiance Aura for their buffs.

How it Works

FAQ

Why are we not playing Ring of Starless Skies?

Because we reset our Evade with Words of Sacrifice Rally. It counts as an Attack and therefore we do not need to cast Zeal after every Evade. So, we do not benefit from Starless Skies passive.
This allows us to use a legendary ring with the another aspect, which is more damage on average, even factoring in the lost +Ranks to Core Skills.
You also have less issues with Faith upkeep, as you not only spend less Faith, but can also temper Valor Skills Restore X Faith on your now free Ring Slot.

Why are we using Preacher Paragon Board?

TL;DR: It's much more damage.
Preacher gives much more damage than the description might insinuate - the tooltip is wrong.
The Damage Formula for Preacher is:
- 1 + (0.65 * [1 + Sum of Attack Speed])
Without any Attack Speed, this results in:
- 1 + (0.65 * [1 + 0]) = 1.65 => 65%[x] multiplier.
At 100% increased Attack Speed, this results in
- 1 + (0.65 * [1 + 1]) = 2.3 => 130%[x] multiplier.
However, with the Attack Speed Bonus from Fanaticism Aura being in Cap2, we can easily reach
- 1 + (0.65 * [1 + 1.7]) = 2.755 => 175.5%[x] multiplier

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 want to use Elixir of Advantage II to increase your Attack Speed. If you are already capped on Attack Speed, use Elixir of Iron Barbs II for more Armor.

For Incenses you want to use Spiral Morning for All Stats to reach requirements for Paragon Nodes if you do not have Shroud of False Death, otherwise use Ancient Times for Strength. Song of the Mountain for Armor and Soothing Spices for All Resistances and more Armor.