Use your favourite features in-game with our Desktop AppWelcome to MrRonit's Zeal Paladin build that is not only a super flashy way of playing Paladin but now thanks to Resolve Stacking is a super effective way of beating ALL TORMENT 12 CONTENT in the game!
The build only needs one unique to come online - the 
Red Sermon and then thanks to Resolve Stacking we can use this mechanic to scale our offensive capabilities thanks to 
Sentinel, 
Aspect of Redirected Force and 
Resolve Damage Bonus Fortress!
Video Guide: https://youtu.be/pf6aEUA4T2c
In Season 14 we can get Mythic Unique versions of all uniques! For this build NO Iconic Mythics such as 
Harlequin Crest or 
Tyrael's Might is required!
Uniques Needed For The Build To Come Online
Red Sermon - drops from The Butcher 
Crown of Lucion - drops from Astaroth (also in generic unique pool)
Fists of Fate - non boss Unique (random drop or from Horadric cube)
1) Red Sermon - more than doubles 
Zeal damage and gives us 
Death or Glory variant for free
2) Crown of Lucion - with the mythic unique version we can gain 58.8% multiplicative damage bonus by using 
Fanaticism Aura every 6 seconds!
Fanaticism Aura cooldown is 6 seconds or less3) Fists of Fate - these become worth it to use
Aspect of Redirected Force gives us multiplicative critical strike damage bonus which is DOUBLED when we block! Remember we have 100% block chance through the Aspect of Interdiction!
Aspect of Glynn's Anvil nerfed in S14 but still provides 40% damage reduction
Aspect of Interdiction - gives us 100% block chance by stacking Resolve Stacks from tempers from our other gear!
Use the cube to get 2nd aspect on amulet such - you need Embattled Aspect here (or you can roll Aspect of Interdiction here and then put Embattled Aspect on boots)
Tempering is extremely important for Zeal - you NEED to both Greater Affix Temper and Masterwork Maximum Resolve Stacks on your Helm, Chest, Pants, Amulet, so you can get 30 resolve stacks from gear!
Cir + 
Kry to use Spiritborn Vortex to gather enemies into one place!
Igni + Mot summons 
Dark Shroud to give us All Resistances + Damage Reduction!
Skull on weapon for more physical damage multiplier - remember Zeal is a physical skill
Ruby on armor for more strength
Use a combination of Ruby, 
Emerald and 
Topaz on jewellery for more survivability on jewellery rather than 3x Diamond. Fire/Poison/Lightning damage are the biggest killers in the game!
Death or Glory - 20%Red Sermon temper - 15%The Penitent's Aspect - 15%Fanaticism Aura - 16%
Words of Sacrifice + 
Critical Strike Chance Rally - 15%
Critical Strike Chance Zeal - 6%This is random so don't worry about specific transfigures on the guide but some good ones to look out for include:
Red Sermon - godly, rare
Berú of Dauntless Faith set gives you more Zeal Damage, more Crit Damage, Damage Reduction
Keep rerolling charms until they all have +ranks to Zealot/Core skills!
The best unique charm to use for ALL OUR DPS is 
Blood-Mad Idol but it makes you more squishy - if you are struggling use 
Griswold's Opus instead!
Zeal is our main damage skill - keep moving whilst using it to trigger 
Relentless
Fortress we want to cast to get resolve stacks and trigger Resolve Damage Bonus Fortress to boost Zeal damage! This is going to MASSIVELY boost damage!
Consecration boosts damage through 
Hallowed Ground!
Defiance Aura, Holy Light Aura and Fanaticism Aura use actively to trigger 
Resplendence to reduce Fortress cooldown!
1 (0)We put points 
Rally to benefit from the Berú of Dauntless Faith set bonus which automatically casts Rally to give us Damage Reduction AND Critical Strike Chance Rally
Sentinel is a massive multiplicative damage boost for our build as we get over 70 stacks of resolve! So we gain over 105% multiplicative damage from this glyph which is better than every other glyph out there!
Resplendence put on Relentless board as there is nearby Cooldown reduction which gets multiplied by the glyph's bonus. The main purpose of Resplendence is so we can cast our Aura Skills to reduce Fortress cooldown!
Shield Bearer node out of combat looks pathetic but remember, thanks to Aspect of Interdiction we will have 100% block chance which will give us 110% damage multiplicatively through Shield Bearer!
Raheir passively grants 15% Resist All Elements - quite helpful!
Aldkin is your Reinforcement because Fields of Languish gives you 20% Damage Reduction which is good for survivability
This build focuses around using Resolve Stacking Mechanics to boost Zeal damage significantly via Resolve Damage Bonus Fortress, Sentinel! We also use resolve stacking to make us UNKILLABLE through Aspect of Glynn's Anvil!
By Greater Affix Tempering and MW'ing Maximum Resolve Stacks on our Helmet, Chest, Pants, Amulet we can gain 48 stacks of resolve from our gear! Combined with our aspects, oath and skills we can gain 56 stacks of resolve!
The aim of the game is to cast Fortress so we can take advantage of getting Maximum Resolve Stacks as it gives us a huge amount of resolve stacks (around 18) every half second! Also we get a further 280%+ damage through Resolve Damage Bonus Fortress!
Free Cast Fortress lets us use Zeal infinitely whilst inside without worrying about resource generation and then with 
Barricade we can move our Fortress as we move through the map!
Reducing Fortress cooldown when its down becomes a big part of the build - we stack some cooldown reduction from our gear and paragon board. And then we use Resplendence to reduce cooldown of Fortress and Consecration by using our Aura skills (Holy Light Aura, Defiance Aura, Fanaticism Aura)
Consecration gives us more damage through Hallowed Ground!
30/6/26 - Updated for S14
17/5/26 - Zeal Paladin Endgame Build Guide Published!
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