Norrath Route Atlas
Three-class capability model

Beastlord / Paladin / Shaman

Beastlord / Paladin / Shaman three-class build reference with solo 82, group 89, and raid 93 capability-coverage scores.

82Solo coverage
89Group coverage
93Raid coverage
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Heuristic disclosure: Heuristic capability coverage: each documented class capability is rated 0–3; a trio takes the maximum per role, applies published context weights, and receives a capped breadth bonus. This is not a tier list or measured performance ranking.

BST · Hybrid

Beastlord

Pet-backed melee generalist with sustain, buffs, debuffs, and off-healing.

Strengths

  • Strong self-contained sustain
  • Pet continues pressure while casting
  • Useful offensive and defensive support

Constraints

  • Not Human-primary eligible at creation
  • Pet pathing and positioning require care
  • Does not replace a dedicated tank or healer
PAL · Hybrid

Paladin

Protective tank combining mitigation, healing, stuns, lull, and anti-undead damage.

Strengths

  • Defining defensive tanking
  • Emergency heals and stuns
  • Strong recovery and anti-undead kit

Constraints

  • Lower general damage
  • No native long-range travel
  • Mana and endurance compete during emergencies
SHM · Priest

Shaman

Buff and debuff specialist with slows, healing, DoTs, and mana conversion.

Strengths

  • Defining slow and stat support
  • Strong sustain and mana conversion
  • Useful healing and damage over time

Constraints

  • Not Human-primary eligible at creation
  • No native ports
  • Most power depends on proactive spell upkeep

Coverage summary

Covered roles

TankHealingDamageControlPullingRecoverySupportRaid Utility

Modeled gaps

Travel

Synergy notes

Human · Freeport creation status: reachable with an eligible primary class. Eligible primary classes: PAL.

Mapped progression options

  • East Commonlands · 1–9
  • Northern Desert of Ro · 1–9
  • Befallen · 1–9
  • Najena · 10–19
  • Crushbone · 10–19
  • High Keep · 20–29
  • Lair of the Splitpaw · 20–29
  • Estate of Unrest · 20–29
  • Solusek's Eye (Sol A) · 30–39
  • Cazic-Thule · 30–39
  • Castle Mistmoore · 30–39
  • Nagafen's Lair (Sol B) · 40–50
  • Lower Guk · 40–50
  • The Hole · 40–50
  • Plane of Hate · Raid
  • Plane of Fear · Raid
  • Plane of Sky · Raid

    • Research basis

    Class capability descriptions are research summaries. Combination scores are generated from those capabilities and are not copied community rankings.