FFXIV: Endwalker Gladiator/Paladin 1 to 90 Leveling Skills Guide [6.3 Update]

Greetings everyone! Here's the updated Paladin guide for the 6.3 update!

I tried to adjust a couple of things beyond just making the guide make sense for the new kit. Tried to tighten up my wording, cut out any extra fluff, et cetera. I hope it improves the viewing experience, and feel free to tell how you feel about it if you notice the changes!

I've just reached lvl 70 and panicking on so many buttons to press. thanks to your vid now I know how the combo should go and re-arrange my hotbars to be easier on muscles.

you have no idea how much i appreciate these vids. i’ve watched almost every single one and i feel like i’m 100x the player i would be without them

Just hit level 70 and I'm wondering about the order of the opener (and every 60 seconds thereafter):
I thought it would be Fast Blade > Riot Blade > Fight or Flight > Goring Blade > Spirits Within > Royal Authority > Circle of Scorn > Holy Spirit > Requiescat > 4 Holy Spirits (this way, you never have to double weave the off-cooldown buffs/abilities and still get the damage boost to everything you want to).

Is there a reason the one in your video is better and I'm just not seeing why?

I literally came here to know about Arms Length... so thanks for not explaining that skill at all I guess?

Just started playing again on a fresh account since before the release of heavensward.

This guide is really helpful for a returning player!

I recently started watching your guides. I've been playing since the tail-end of ARR and while I learned how to play, your guides have helped me contextualize certain ability usage, proper spacing of cooldowns, resource management. So as a vet of this game, thank you for still giving me something to learn.

Why does Confiteor even have a weaker base potency? At a glance, it doesn't seem possible to execute it without Requiescat first, granting Confiteor Ready, so it seems like every time you use it, it's always a potency of 900. What kind of mistake would even lead to somehow executing Confiteor with the weaker 400 potency?

What weapon skin are you using it looks badass

this is just my opinion, and im not a game developer, and NOT the biggest fan of FFXIV's combat system (as much as i love the game).

a lot of games have stagger mechanics, from modern action games to even rpgs like ff XIII.

what if we could rework the old stun mechs into a stagger system? that would allow classes to use theur niche stun actions without screwing over holy spam and could allow other mechanics like debuffs and DoT to play around by rendering bosses weak to status effects that could then be re-introduced into the game.

but thats just my opinion, again.

Coming back to the game after burning out during Abyssos, and this is very appreciated. Thank you, as always, Wesk!

I get paladins here and there that throw clemency while I’m the healer in a dungeon. If I see it, I just tell them, “I got you, fam. No need for clemency.” It’s kinda funny when I’m a White Mage and have Benediction ready

Thank you for this. I've watched several Paladin rotation videos, but yours breaks it down the best for sure!

Level 10: Shield Bash
Wesk: Trash

I suppose you use confiteor on single target, right?

Hiii I started playing this game recently and these guides are super helpful! Thank you so much

Thank God for your guides. I dread having to level jobs I don't like for the amaro mount.

Fantastic video , bro ! Thank you !

You're amazing man!

One note for Shield Bash: It's useful for soloing Deep Dungeons. (and I suppose running them with friends)

...that's...honestly it. Definitely useful for that (and I guess Exploration content like Eureka/Bozja, probably?), so it's sometimes highly useful there. But yeah, otherwise it is kinda just there. Though it should be noted PLD is the only Tank that can stun one enemy then turn around and stun another right away, either combining Shield Bash and Low Blow or using two Shield Bashes. So it's not insignificant, but it's still got some niche uses. Just not really for new players, I guess.

It's been almost a year since I started playing FFXIV and watching your guides and I've only just realized that you keep image files of all your rotation guides. Lmao I'm dumb! 🤪

This guy has single handedly made me play every class job in the game

As someone who occasionally tanks for friends, and was confused when the PLD changes came out, thank you for making this.

These videos are definitely the easiest to understand without getting overwhelmed. Thank you

Thank you; this was extremely helpful to get my head around the new changes

Doesn't the skills change after level 50?
I am a glad and want to become a dark knight, so are the skills also being shown here? (the dark knight's)?

I avoided paladin since the rework because the community likes to doom post and it's difficult to understand how much actually changed through text alone. Your guide helped me understand it from the ground up and it honestly feels a lot cleaner now outside of goring blade, which feels a bit random.

If i see only one Paladin usr Clemency ever i swear to Halone i will rescue them into deathpits until the brain damage they get from falling all the time cant get Esunaed anymore!!!! No seriously jokes aside as a healer seeing the Paladin Clemency is the greatest insult i can imagine as it means he doesnt trust me 2 meters across the street. Dont do it. Aslong as any healer is alive keep ur fat fingers from this button.

Also it's funny how butthurt people get when a paladin uses Clemency, but if a Warrior uses Equilibrium or a Gunbreaker uses Aurora they get praised for it. It's because Clemency is a GCD, not this bullshit about about not trusting the healer or whatever. If it was an OGCD we wouldn't be having this discussion. Such unnecessary concern over how a job spends a GCD.

People complaining that Paladin became another Warrior have no fucking idea what a Warrior is apparently

Picked the game up recently and came here.
First think I thought of when I saw this is "They didn't change that much."
Did the lv 68 quest fight with the old 70 rotation in mind and have never been so lost

"Trust your healer until you're a corpse."

ggs, best Tank advice XD

Ngl your guide videos are really relaxing. I let the playlist go in the background to fall asleep to haha

You have a great voice for these guides. I don't know if its the mic you're using but it just feels clear and crisp.

I prefer old Shelton. Why was it’s utility changed so drastically?

Thank you again for your work!

I was hoping you would do this as I decided to tackle PLD after the rework. Thank you for making this video!

PLD still has too many buttons in my honest opinion!

Can’t wait for the summoner guide!

Great guide as always!

Even though personally I really don't like how the rework changed how the job plays offensively, I feel these guides always really do a good job of explaining stuff to newer people.

My man, you’re a legend.

"please do you job quests"

BUT PALADIN'S STORY SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCKKKKSSSSSSSSSSSSS

This is great! You really do have the best job guides around. All of the others I’ve seen just focus on level cap. I appreciate how you go through what you should be using through each expansion. Bravo! I was checking out your old one and thought you probably wouldn’t update it since it takes so much to do. Glad I was mistaken. Bravo!

Having to drop atonement feels weird... I would rather keep track on dot honestly, dropping something intentionally feels clunky

I like the perfectly normal amount of Alphas in your living room. :)
Apart from this, THANKS for the guide! I already struggled with old Paladin, without your guide I would be fully lost now. It's just a bit unfortunate the game footage is now, while marked, not longer aligning with the skill's level/expansion. Considering many bosses or areas are references from other games (like the one from your explanations of Intervention), I can't really recommend it to actual new people. (At least I know someone who was extremely p*ssed the token exchange NPC used to spoiler that boss' name because unlike me they got the reference.)

Great stuff! Thank you for this!

Wait, all the Devine veil jank is gone?!
Nice

Literally my go-to channel for when I’m learning a new job or coming back to the game after a long break. 10/10 quality guides!

You a the Best and love your work