Judgement - Help please?

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Hello. I’m trying to figure out the very basics about Judgement. I see tons of guides on different websites on how to make builds around it. And discussions about issues with it, in this forum. But no actual explanation on how it works.

Bear in mind, I wasn’t a pro at the game or anything, when I used to play it years ago. And I haven’t really gotten to know the new mechanics that came out since late 2023. I am only returning to the game now, after all this time. The Paladin was my favorite in D2, and I’m enjoying what little I can understand of D4’s Paladin so far.

Some questions I can think of, about Judgement:

  • Are there any visual effects to it?

  • Is it only applied through specific mechanics, like certain skills?

  • How do you mark an enemy for Judgement, with those? Is it something simple, like hitting them with a certain skill or so?

  • Is “marking for Judgement” the same as when a skill says “Judge”?

  • Is “deals damage after 3 seconds” its default mechanics?

  • Is “detonating” Judgement, a way to cause its damage before those 3 seconds have passed?

  • Is “consuming” Judgement, like detonating? Or is it something else?

Thanks for your time!

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I would read through this guide. It explains how it gets applied (what skills can do it and how they can spread it to more than 1 mob at a time, etc).

https:// maxroll.gg/d4/build-guides/judgement-paladin-leveling-guide (remove the space because for some reason, even at trust level 3 I can’t post links lol)

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Maxroll.gg has some good guides. Go D4 tier list, then choose whether you want a leveling, overall end game or boss guide. It lists them from S tier on down for all classes.

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OP probably needs to stay away from anything but leveling guides if he doesn’t understand the basics of the build.

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Most of the answers are yes. It’s not very difficult. The judged enemies become like a spark above. You just need to read the skills. The Judging skills mostly apply Judgment. All basic skills also apply it if you choose Judgment as a class skill. The main skills trigger Judgment without needing to wait 3 seconds. Which is a great power.

.The explosions are holy damage, which can still gain critical and overpowered damage. They suffer damage increases, mainly total damage, like the aspect that increases damage with barrier.