Paragon

The Paragon will be a profession available in the upcoming chapter, Guild Wars Nightfall. So far the class has been described as "guardian angel of the Elonian people". Little more is known currently.

General
Paragon is a word which is used to describe anything which is a model of excellence, representing an unequalled ideal of its kind.

Images of the Paragon show that they have been given an angelic appearance with white and gold armor. Their armor is reported to often have wings etched into the back. They wield spears, which are ranged weapons, as well as using shields, which are tied to the Command and Motivation attributes.

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.

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

Trivia

 * The unnatural blue within blue eyes of Paragons may be inspired by the Fremen and other Spice users in the Dune series.


 * 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!"


 * The name of the Paragon is being used in some other games:
 * Paragon City, a fictional city in the computer game City of Heroes.
 * Paragon is a fictional character in the videogame Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects.
 * Paragon Dungeons and Dragons Monster: A template which can be added to any creature in Dungeons and Dragons to make it a peerless example of its race.
 * Paragon creatures also exist in Ultima Online as randomly-spawning creatures with an unnatural golden hue and heavily increased stats and HP, that drop special rare items.