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Diablo 4 Season 12: New Thorns Paladin Build Guide (Bug Fixes and Buffs)
A guide to the newly emerging Thorns Paladin build in Season 12. Unlike previous Thorns builds, this build attacks enemies by throwing Thorns damage. It has become more powerful through bug fixes and Defiance Aura buffs, and provides detailed information on various skills, equipment, skill trees, and Paragon Board settings.
1. 🛡️ Introducing the New Thorns Paladin Build in Season 12: Bug Fixes and Defiance Aura Buff
- ✅ The Thorns Paladin build is newly emerging in Season 12, offering a different play style than previous Thorns builds.
- ✅ A bug that prevented Thorns damage from being applied properly has been fixed, and the Defiance Aura has been buffed to further increase Thorns damage.
- ✅ This build progresses by throwing Thorns damage to attack, instead of waiting for the enemy to attack.
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1. 🛡️ Introducing the New Thorns Paladin Build in Season 12: Bug Fixes and Defiance Aura Buff
- ✅ The Thorns Paladin build is newly emerging in Season 12, offering a different play style than previous Thorns builds.
- ✅ A bug that prevented Thorns damage from being applied properly has been fixed, and the Defiance Aura has been buffed to further increase Thorns damage.
- ✅ This build progresses by throwing Thorns damage to attack, instead of waiting for the enemy to attack.
01:40 - 04:15
2. 🏹 Core Skill Composition of the Thorns Paladin Build: Utilizing Defiance Aura, Blessed Shield, and Arbiter Form
- ✅ Defiance Aura: Increases Thorns damage and provides an additional Thorns damage bonus when activated.
- ✅ Blessed Shield: Used as the primary means of firing Thorns damage. Skill points do not need to be invested, but 3 points are essential for the build to work.
- ✅ Arbiter Form: Fires additional Thorns orbs upon evasion, inflicts Vulnerable, and provides increased movement speed.
- ✅ Fanaticism: Increases attack speed and critical strike chance. Thorns damage does not apply critically, but it is important for increasing other skill damage.
- ✅ Flame Dash: Used as a movement skill, helping to maintain fast movement and kill chains.
04:16 - 08:39
3. ⚔️ Core Equipment and Runeword Composition of the Thorns Paladin Build: Mythic Items and Key Options
- ✅ Mythic Items: Harlequin Crest and star reading the star of the skies are good choices.
- ✅ Thorns and Thistles: An important item that greatly increases Thorns damage.
- ✅ Gloves: Prioritize attack speed, critical strike chance, life steal, and Vulnerable effect options.
- ✅ Armor: Increase armor, and utilize Glen's Anvil to gain additional damage reduction and damage increase effects.
- ✅ Ring: Use a ring that grants Arbiter Form cooldown reduction.
- ✅ Runeword: Use Igny and Se, Nagu and Gar, and if critical strike chance is lacking, you should use the Gar rune.
| 아이템 | 주요 옵션 |
|---|---|
| 장갑 | 공격 속도, 극대화 확률, 생명력 흡수, 취약 효과 부여 |
| 방어구 | 방어력 증가, 데미지 감소 |
| 반지 | 아비터 폼 쿨다운 감소 |
08:40 - 12:45
4. 🌳 Skill Tree Composition of the Thorns Paladin Build: Utilizing Core Skills and Passives
- ✅ Punishment: Used to increase Thorns damage, but is not the main damage dealing skill.
- ✅ Blessed Shield: Used by converting it with the Punishment skill, firing Thorns damage in pulse form.
- ✅ Defiance Aura: Increases Thorns damage and provides additional Thorns damage when activated.
- ✅ Flame Dash: Secures mobility and deals additional damage to Vulnerable enemies.
- ✅ Code of Arms: A core passive that increases damage based on block chance.
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5. ✨ Paragon Board Composition of the Thorns Paladin Build: Core Glyph and Node Selection
- ✅ You can use the Exploiter or Wolf glyph in the first slot.
- ✅ Use a glyph that generates Faith on critical strike to facilitate resource management.
- ✅ Select nodes that increase damage based on block chance.
- ✅ Select nodes that increase Thorns damage.
- ✅ Utilize cooldown reduction nodes to increase skill usage frequency.