Paragon

General
The Paragon is a profession first introduced in Guild Wars Nightfall. The word Paragon is used to describe a model of excellence which represents an unequaled ideal of its kind.

The Paragon is a ranged support character, who buffs teammates and helps them combat conditions, while throwing spears at range. The Paragon may use shouts and chants to buff their teammates. Despite their quite high energy of 30 they only have 2 pips of regen; the Paragon makes use of adrenaline based skills to offset this.

The Paragon has an angelic appearance with white and gold armor. Several chants have an animation showing feathered wings extending from the Paragon's back, giving them even more of an Angelic aura. One problem with Paragons however, is the fact that female Paragon armor sets are often seen with high heels as the foot wear. Who seriously wear 3 inch heels into battle? They wield spears, weapons with the range of a shortbow, as well as use shields, which are tied to the Command and Motivation attributes.

Despite being classified a support character, the Paragon is the only other class apart from the Warrior whose base armor rating goes up to 80; they are also the only other class to naturally equip shields. However Warriors are still better armored thanks to their usual +20 bonus against physical attacks. The patron gods of the Paragon are Dwayna and Balthazar.

Attributes

 * Leadership (Primary): You gain 1 Energy for each ally affected by one of your Shouts or Chants (maximum 1 Energy for every 2 ranks).
 * Leadership skills
 * Spear Mastery: Spear Mastery increases the damage you do with spears and your chance to inflict a critical hit when using a spear. Many skills, especially spear attack skills, become more effective with higher Spear Mastery.
 * Spear Mastery skills
 * Command: No inherent effect. Many Paragon skills, especially those that protect your allies or increase your tactical position on the battlefield, become more effective with higher Command.
 * Command skills
 * Motivation: No inherent effect. Many Paragon skills, especially those related to Energy management or that inspire your allies, become more effective with higher Motivation.
 * Motivation skills

Profession Combinations
See Secondary professions for a Paragon

Related Articles

 * Paragon skills quick reference
 * Category:Paragon skills
 * Armor types
 * Paragon armor crafting quick reference
 * Paragon collector armor
 * Paragon collector weapons
 * Paragon unique items quick reference
 * Effective paragon guide
 * Chant
 * Echo (skill type)
 * Shout
 * Spear
 * Shield
 * Paragon dance information

Trivia

 * Many of the Paragon's shouts can be related to pop-culture references such as "Can't Touch This!" "It's just a flesh wound." and "The Power Is Yours!"