Stat Arrangement?

One question u wanna do a lot of dmg once u get oath at 260? If so vit/dex/str would suit u best..... the more vit the more hp Youll have and there this add call Monty beret that adds atk by dex..... and not sure if bellow of order good if u have more than 400 str ??
And str build spam guardian too just lack a lil of mp

Well if u still insist on going with that build everyhthing max once u get apostalia and still want this build then cap (idk how far is cap on stat with apos)

Is dex important for paladin?

Well, I already got apos

Max vit first it's the bread and butter of every pally

Int is not that needed in a pally the +mp serves better than the mdef

Mdef is like adding cloth armor above metal plate, unlike what Krish (Retired Player) suggests

Paladins got fortis 40% elemental resist and the few bosses that uses neutral magic only deals around 20k-30k, a dmg small enough for a tank pally to shrug off considering they can reach 200k-300k hp

Depending on the weapon you want to use here's the priority of stats to max
Special sword
VIT>DEX>STR

throwing/magic sword
Vit>INT>DEX

it was an analogy lol... To put it bluntly, adding mdef gives little benefit to a pally

In my opinion, INT is not a must have anymore for paladin.
Why? First we must look the main reason why paladin use INT at early time of iruna: mdef, mp pool and also as main atk stat (most pally use magic sword that time).

For mdef reason, since fortis was released, it become "not so important" anymore. What I mean here is while mdef substract enemies' matk, fortis cut the elemental dmg by half. U will need tons of mdef (much more than what u can achieve with INT) to reduce even 50% of bosses magic. So even if u have cap INT, u ll only reduce a little portion of magic dmg done by later bosses. While fortis work like magic resist+50% (different, but similar as damage divider).

Another example of why resist/damage divider is better than mdef can look at bishop. Bishop have high mdef n they still suffer from newer bosses' magics. Only when they use aegis (magic res +50%) then they can survive better.

For mp pool reason, now simply switch to int+ gears if u really need big mp pool, which imo is unneeded, because pally stil need to sit regardless big or small mp pool.
For main atk stat reason, now since spec swords is released, mostly change to full dmg build VIT DEX STR. it give higher base atk that useful for knight oath


But, if ur goals is higher defensive capability, of course fortis + resist gears + high mdef = ultimate defense. at the cost of lower damage output than VIT DEX STR build. Its only a matter of preferences