Any good Paladin Builds out there?

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Kandrathe,
And everyone,

I have never liked straight-up melee characters, and so my only paladin was a bow paladin. I liked him but when I "finished" him I deleted him. There was something unsatisfying about him. I think it was that I relied on the Buriza. I know that I can do well using Holy Shock, so I'm leaning towards trying again.

I have also always wanted to make a dagger paladin and I have always wanted to make a Conversion + Thorns paladin.

SO, I am thinking of combining them all. It actually looks like it could work out nicely, but I'm wanting suggestions.

First, the core of the character would be Thorns 20 (1010%), Conversion 9 (33%), Holy Shock 20 (1-715), Zeal 4 (5 Swings), and 5 points worth of Pre-Requisites. That comes to 58 points.

Now, over time, I would keep a pretty minimal strength, say 80 or even less, just whatever I would need to use a decent quick bow. Physical damage would be irrelevant to me. Otherwise I'd pump Dex and Vit heavily. I would try to maintain max block with dex alone, and in fact I might exceed that, building much like a Bowazon would build.

My general strategy would be to either engage the enemy with my bow and/holy shock, or my dagger (preferably something that does no physical damge worth mentioning, but that has great +AR) for use with either Holy Shock (ZAP!) or Convert. Anything lightning couldnt handly, I would use my Thorns + Converts on, or I could just convert with holy shock up and use them as meat shields for using the bow. Either way. I think it could work well.

My only concern is other support auras for when I'm above level 58. Any advice? I want to avoid melee personally other than what I can do with HS and Convert.

One of my fave skills I have always wanted to max is Sanctuary, but it would kinda be pointless since I'm planning to use a Bow. I dont think it works with a bow and even if it did, my base damage might be low. I have also always wanted to max Redemption just for the humor value, and to check it out.

Also, it is possible that my converts may benefit from fanaticism or concentration, but those interest me less.

Any suggestions?

Lewis