which artifact is best for pally

[faldarric]

Okay guys opinions please. Which artifact would be better to have for a s/s pally.
malice or 1 handed slash version of spear of kings. (i have been informed it can be activated as 1handed slash, if it aint true tell me now )

also can the spear of kings be levelled solo?

 

[Doink-666]

There is a 1h slash version of spear of kings that can be activated so yes true, dont know about xp'ing though....went for Malice, looks better at least

 

[SevenSins]

Malice or Traitors; Battler on back (for charge).

I prefer Traitors, though, basically thanks to the mists. They're nice to interrupt people and you can switch targets (if it triggers this works nicely on BD's to interrupt them from the Dark DD and ]TRY[ to take out commander, 90% fail chance though but it's funny to try ) and drain life for you.

That's RvR wise, but PvE wise I wouldn't use an artifact at all (unless you do hard encounters), if you must then use Traitors Dagger, the "damage over time" coming from the spirits will totally nullify the 1.5 DPS difference between other level 51 weapons (as Traitors is 15dps), and as Pala's are known for slow killers, this is where the Traitors Dagger really shines.

Edit:

Also, Traitors Levels about 2/3x faster than malice, and the scrolls are cheaper and easier to get. Another something to keep in mind when choosing

I have all 3, Battler/Malice/Traitors, Malice is only level 3 so haven't had a chance to try the level 5 proc if though, so my opinion might be a bit biased

 

[Lannovar]

Ive got a pala but no artis on it, however i have malice/battler/SoK on my merc. Battler is pretty easy to level if u rvr a lot. Malice is quicker than sok to level in pve (maringally), an orange con (yale) will give about .75% to 1% xp for malice, harpies give about 0.5% xp for SoK. The style dmg reduction abl on SoK is quite nice (not great tho) and the level 10 5% buff to hp and af is nice to (specially to a pala, that plus SoM, difficult to melee u down). However the proc on battler is nice, basically improves your chance to hit and your dmg, this is good for a pala as we know they hit like wet flannels and low w/s mean u do miss from time to time. Plus the lev 10 debuff is nice so you will hit even harder The malice 5 debuff is cool 25% debuff and all stats not sure about the level 10 ability (not got malice to 10 yet) Doesnt sound great, but then again i could be wrong. For a pala im not sure id say malice or battler. Shame you cant dw as a pala, if you could i think you would be a little over powered ). I know a few palas who got battler 1st but also got malice. Id imagine using charge from battler then using malice to debuff would work well


Oh yeah if you are xping an arti (malice SoK in PVE) keep it on your back and use another wepon in combat that way you dont wear your arti out, but you probably knew that already

 

[Ashandar]

Oh yeah if you are xping an arti (malice SoK in PVE) keep it on your back and use another wepon in combat that way you dont wear your arti out, but you probably knew that already

Silly Q for ya lannover, but i havnt got a arti weap yet .. so ur saying i can lvl a weap arti if i have it on my back but even if i dont use it?

Ta

 

[Stranger]

Silly Q for ya lannover, but i havnt got a arti weap yet .. so ur saying i can lvl a weap arti if i have it on my back but even if i dont use it?

Ta

correct... how do u expect to lvl bow if mob comes into melee range?
u have to have ur weap in one of the four slots... left, right, 2h or ranged slot