Diablo 4 Paladin Class: Official Lord of Hatred Context
The Paladin is presented in Blizzard’s Lord of Hatred material as an expansion class with a holy, weapon-and-shield identity. This page keeps that official framing separate from future skill rotations or rankings.
Paladin is an officially announced Lord of Hatred class. Use the expansion source for its broad identity, and wait for a dated in-game source before treating specific skills, items or builds as current facts.
On this page
- Content status
- Officially announced expansion class
- Expansion
- Lord of Hatred
- Version boundary
- Exact skills are version-sensitive
What is confirmed
Blizzard’s expansion overview presents the Paladin within Lord of Hatred and frames the class around holy power, weapons and a shield.
The announcement is enough for class identity and expansion context, not for a complete skill tree, endgame ranking or item route.
What to verify later
Check the live class page and patch notes when exact skills and systems are available.
Keep Paladin build pages tied to a version, because launch tuning may change its best choices quickly.
Evidence and changes
Blizzard’s Paladin article gives the class a holy, hammer-and-shield identity and connects it to Lord of Hatred. It is not used for a current build ranking.
Lord of Hatred class article, published 2025-12-12
The official expansion overview presents the Paladin as a Lord of Hatred class with a holy, weapon-and-shield identity. Exact skills and balance are version-sensitive.
Blizzard’s expansion overview is the source for Lord of Hatred context, the Skovos campaign setting, and the Paladin and Warlock expansion framing.