Natural Defiance vs. Exile Defiance

[Any1]

Two of the bestest armors to consider are the fairly accessable Smoke and Lionheart.  Lionheart has better all-around stats, but the resists and defence on smoke -- arguably the two most important attributes to a defiant -- can take you a long, long way.

Since it'll be a while before you can wear that templar's might, you'll at least have a long career where either of these two excellent runewords can be the rock around which you build your defiant.

gekko

Lionheart is definitely one of my favorite rune-words. However, it lacks the defense boost I'm looking for in this build. I understand that the majority of my DR is going to come from my shield. I also undestand that you don't need to be in the 5% to-be-hit range, for a successful build (as you pointed out before). However, insane defense will be the goal for this build. Smoke maybe a mid-clvl option for this build.

With a lot of CB gear and Atma's Scarab, I'm not too worried about offensive capability. The wonderful thing about playing a Paladin is that there is so much room for variation even within a single build.

-Cheers