Sacrifice, hammers, smite
Paladin builds in Season 14
“Light sac” means Holy Shock Sacrifice, the paladin search with the most volume. Hiim’s Season 14 solo list puts Light Sacrifice, Physical Sacrifice, and Holy Fire Sacrifice in Top. Fist of the Heavens sits in Mid even after the bolt buff. Smite moved from Bad to Mid.
I wanted a point-by-point Light Sac skill order. Hiim’s page gives the tier and a clear time, not a 99-point tree. philanthropy777’s Paladin progression video shows a path. I am not transcribing gear off that video and calling it checked.
Tiers
Times are Hiim’s, with the season of the clip they cite.
| Tier | Builds |
|---|---|
| Top | Light Sacrifice (Pandemonium Citadel 4:18, S13), Physical Sacrifice (Phlegethon 7:02, S12), Holy Fire Sacrifice (River of Blood 3:57, S13) |
| Good | Holy Shock Multishot, Auradin Charge, Sanctuary Sacrifice, Multishot Paladin |
| Decent | Hammerdin, Vengeance, elemental Charge, physical Zeal, physical Charge |
| Mid | Holy Bolt / Fist of the Heavens, Holy Freeze Sacrifice, Smite |
| Bad | Thorns |
What the patch changed
Smite: desync fixes, splash radius +20%, life and mana leech. Blessed Hammer goes through walls. Fist of the Heavens bolts pierce and all deal damage, with 3-frame next-hit delay. Concentration’s uninterruptible chance drops from 20% to 15% and gains 1% per 3 levels. Thorns can apply a second Open Wounds. The rest of the paladin block is on the class-change page.
Starter, budget and endgame choices
These are phase choices from Hiim’s public Season 14 Starter Builds (updated October 15) and Bossing Tier List (updated October 15), not a full equipment guide. Both pages are by the same author and count as one community source. Their tier tables do not publish item-by-item gear or a mercenary choice for every build; the missing values are explicitly marked. Verify skill allocation and equipment in the live planner before committing.
| Stage | Skill/build choice and listed farm | Gear | Mercenary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter / campaign | Holy Bolt / FoH; listed for Chaos, early maps, key farming and Uber Tristram. | No item list verifiable from the listing. | Not stated. |
| Budget / first maps | Hammerdin; listed for Chaos and early maps. | No verified budget set. | Not stated. |
| Endgame / boss | Hiim S14 bossing: Holy Bolt Easy for DClone; Smiter is listed for key farming and Uber Tristram in the starter guide (not a boss-tier ranking). | No verified entry-gear list. | Not stated. |
Watch
philanthropy777 Paladin progression for Season 14. Upload date (YouTube metadata, single source): 2026-10-12. PD2 S14 Paladin Guide - Full Progression on YouTube. The player loads only after you press play.
Questions
Is Hammerdin still the default?
Not on Hiim’s Season 14 solo board. Hammerdin is Decent. Sacrifice variants are the Top clears they published.
Did FoH become a mapper?
The bolts were buffed and Hiim still lists Holy Bolt / FoH in Mid. Buff and tier are different sentences.
Useful next steps
Related
Sources
Checked: 2026-10-28. Single-source claims are attributed; disagreements stay visible.
- Hiim Starter Builds (updated 2026-10-15) — 2026-10-28 — Fetched 2026-10-28; single community author. Public listing names starter skills and farm tags but does not expose a complete gear/merc list.
- Hiim Bossing Tier List (updated 2026-10-15) — 2026-10-28 — Fetched 2026-10-28; same author as starter/solo tiers, not independent confirmation. T0 is subjective entry-gear tier; gear details not present in extracted table.
- Hiim solo tier list (updated 2026-10-25) — 2026-10-28 — Fetched 2026-10-28; page displays October 25, 2026. Single community source for every tier and cited clear time; earlier-season runs are not S14 benchmarks.
- Wiki Patch: Season 14 — 2026-10-28 — Fetched 2026-10-28. Single official-wiki source family for detailed numeric rules; separate wiki pages are not independent confirmation.
- Hiim Season 14 changes (page dated 2026-10-25) — 2026-10-28 — Fetched 2026-10-28; page displays October 25, 2026. Single community source for tier changes. Patch comparisons do not make tier judgments official.