Paladin Hotbar Layouts and Guides
This page lists all player-created Hotbar (HB) and Cross Hotbar (XHB) layouts and keybinding setup guides for the Paladin job in Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail.
PLDPaladin
For centuries, the elite of the Sultansworn have served as personal bodyguards to the royal family of Ul’dah. Known as paladins, these men and women marry exquisite swordplay with stalwart shieldwork to create a style of combat uncompromising in its defense. Clad in brilliant silver armor, they charge fearlessly into battle, ever ready to lay down their lives for their liege.
To be a paladin is to protect, and those who choose to walk this path will become the iron foundation upon which the party’s defense is built.
PLD 7.05
I use macro for quick release Intervention and Shirk to MT example below.
/ac Intervention /ac Intervention <2> /micon Intervention
Controller Tank Series
Designed with minimal swapping between 1 and 2. Most GCD on the non-D pad to help with attacking and moving. Hotbar 8 L and R are same so no thinking. Hotbar 1 is Single target while Hotbar 2 is AOE minded. Hotbar 2 has mount + sprint so keep in mind. Dye = Pot for raiders, if not than whatever you want. Enabled customization when weapon is drawn/sheathed Hotbar 1 + 2. That means hotbar 3 you will manually have to switch to if you need stuff on there. part of my Tank series where similar skills are in the same spots and play roughly in same style. Please Enjoy!
DoW - XHB - PLD
Just copied Nanaki's
PLD LVL 100
Paladin Level 100 Controller Hot Bars
Hot Bar 6: Single Target DPS Hot Bar 7: Multi Target DPS Hot Bar 8: WXHB
Dawntrail Paladin
Work in Progress
Paladin XHB
Lvl 100 Paladin XHB made by a ps5 player
PAL60
Lv60 Paladin Hotbars
PLD 7.05
Updated for Dawntrail
Buttons consistent for similar job actions (Dye = Potion)
PLD 7.05 XHB separate targets
This is a separate cross hotbar for single target and aoe. Hope you enjoy! :)
PLD 7.05 - ST&AOE seperate bars
I got used to starting my rotations from right to left.
Echo's XHB - PLD
WIP Using hb2 and 3 for shared across both modes
Tilingo's PLD
XHB 1 Single target XHB 2 Group target
Controller OmniTank 7.0 (PLD)
Note: Sprint and Limit Break should be on a Shared Hotbar!!!
FF14: PLD-7.0
Single Target (L)
Mobs (R)
PLD MMO
MMO mouse setup with modifiers.
Noko Steamdeck Paladin
How I set up my crossbars as a paladin on steamdeck (Currently level ~65)
I try to play every classes/jobs, thus I tend to reuse same slots for same "functionality" across jobs.
Althea's PLD Layout
Putting this up for a friend. I'm not a great tank so this is probably not optimal and/or is missing stuff. Not updated for 7.0.
Hoop's PLD 7.0
PLD hotbars based on my GNB hotbars. I use a macro to combine both stuns. Note: I play PLD less than GNB so room for improvements, but wanted all the similar moves to be in the same spots.
Arden's Savage Paladin Bars
Circle macro is where I put my Strength Potions. Tank 1 macro is an Intervention macro targeting <2> Shirk is also a macro targeting <2> Bread icon is where I put my food. Shield icon near bread icon is Countdown macro. X macro is /cd to cancel countdown macros. Shield Lob is currently unbound, but put it wherever you find comfy.
I have a normal hotbar above my main XHB to show the cooldowns of: Hallowed Ground, Wings, Intervene, Sprint.
PLD Hotbars
Here is my paladin hotbar, it's my main so I hope this helps someone trying to learn it! The inventory button on the third row far right should be replaced with the current potion of strength if you're a sweat :3
PLD 100
I like keeping my bars organized like my hands.
Bar 3 is on the left and bar 1 and 2 are stacked on the right so that they mirror as two full rows.
Paladin Lvl 100 DT MMO mouse
Peripherals are Corsair Scimitar Elite
All jobs will follow a similar pattern to make job transitioning simple and not so overwhelming
PLD 7.0
I show Cross Hotbar 3 (Left) with both of the expanded trigger controls, so you can easily add in another 8 actions if you prefer, I use XHB 8 as a shared bar between all classes for traversal and general actions outside of combat. Role actions are consistent among my layouts, and so are general actions. The macro icon is a placeholder for a Tincture/Gemdraught.
Also, why does PLD have so many buttons.
PLD 7.0 for MMO Mouse
This layout is meant to be used with any sort of MMO mouse that has 12 buttons on the side. I chose 4x3 bars so that the layout represents the button layout on my mouse.
Bar 1 encompasses your single-target rotation. I was aiming for as little thumb movement as possible, so for the most part, you'll be zig-zagging along the side of the mouse: 1-2-3 combo into FoF & Req/Imperator, then back to the FoF button for Goring Blade, then CoC/Exp, then jumping back to Confiteor with Intervene woven in. Your filler attacks are assigned to the final row.
Pal O' Din - Azeron 1
First version of Azeron layout. Hotbar 3 is center row of buttons, 1 & 2 are upper flick buttons, 4 & 5 are squeeze buttons. Actions on the upper halves of hotbars are shift (nub click) + 1-4 (pinky-pointer). Hotbar 4 sides are shift and outer buttons.
PLD
Valen Bree
99_Vit Bars My Mod
Youtuber 99_Vit bars from what I could see modded for my preferred layout
PLD Dawntrail
Might keep Goring Blade where is currently is depending on how I feel
YoomPLD_2.37_6.55
PLD Layout 6.55 (Not 7.0-Able)
LT>RT remapped from Set 8 Left to Set 8 Right, only right half of Set 8 is used
Set 1 - Primary Skills / Defensive CDs ; Set 2 - Utility + Situational CDs ; Set 8 - AoE / DPS CDs / Major DefensivesPLD 7.0
Current WIP for updated hotbars in 7.0, focusing on minimising swapping hotbars in combat and keeping visual clarity on relevant buff cooldowns and maximising consistency across all jobs. Bar 1 is for single target, and Bar 2 for AoE.
The Glamour Plate button is being used in place of the newly added skill as needed, and the dye represents potion. Sprint and LB are macroed to L3/R3 respectively.
7.0 PLD
No new buttons.
Paladin
Preliminary 7.0 Setup
Countdown Macro for slot LT, LT D-Pad Left
/cd 15
Radulf Rushe PAL 100
Waiting for the new action images to get added in to fully get this good
Make sure to change Double tap L2 to "Cross Hotbar 4 - Left" and Double tap R2 to "Cross Hotbar 4 - Right"
PLD LV90
Layout created by the YouTuber Squintina https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3LA7ap4gM0 with some adaptations.
PLD WXHB+Expanded
This hotbar is pulled from Gingergaming's channel and is used for myself with some modifications to remove macro usage.
Paladin 6.3
Bunboss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mf5pTbncRKo
Octa's PLD
/micon Shirk /merror off /ac Shirk<t> /ac Iron Will
PLD 3*4 MMO Mouse Hotbar Layout
Description
Core / Frequent Action items focused on Hotbar 1 (ST 1-6 & AoE 7-12)
Secondary Actions/Buffs/Debuffs found on Hotbars 2 and 3Mitigation
- Party Mitigations are located at Hotbar 2 (8-9) and Reprisal at Hotbar 3 Slot 4
- Crowd Control are found at Hotbar 2 (10-12)
- Self Mitigations are found easily accessible on Hotbar 3 (1-3)
Lv 90 PLD Hotbar
Hail JoCat
PLD
PLD
Tenten shortcuts
How i play on pc with 3 lines of shortcuts
PLD 2-XHB
Macro 1:
/macroerror off
Celeshara Paladin
Paladin Hotbar v.1
(by the way, I have mapped my hotbars to bumpers instead of triggers, so instead of "RT (R2)", think "RB (R1)". It is much easier on my hands to hold R1 instead of R2 lol)
3 XHB PLD
Shirk, Cover, and Intervention are all macro'd to <2>
PALADIN main mmo mouse 6.5
For players using mainly mmo mouse HB1 mouse 123... (for single target then AOE) HB2 CTRL+123... (for damage reduction) HB3 QERFXCV SHIFT+890... (for control and heal and things) HB4 GH (hidden)
Kafei Raihan PLD
Danee’s tried and true set-up for Paladin.
Notes: XHB 3 is shared, and contains the stance buttons for the other three tank jobs as well. Shield Bash is purposefully left out, because Low Blow makes it redundant and there’s no space to fit it anymore.
MMO Mouse
HB 1: [top row] 1 2 3 4 Shift+1 Shift+2 [bottom row] Q E R F Z X
[[Ctrl + numRow is hardbound to MMO-mouse]]
Rainbows PLD XHB
I'm a small streamer that loves FFXIV and many other things. The XHBs I publish are solely how I personally like to organize my Hotbars when on the controller! Feel free to use them if you too like them! Some are thrown together and some are planned out.
PLD - Baseline
PLD as of 6.4
New Pld keyboard/mmo mouse
row 2 alt binds row 3 mouse binds row 4 upper mouse binds row 5 shift binds row 6 ctrl binds
Paladin 1
Attempts to unify the tank layouts
EW PLD
6.3 3-28-2023
Quinn Xei - Malboro
I also have macros for common used responses and items that I use regularly overall its tweak as you like. This works best for my playstyle!
PLD Altered
For Normal Use
PLD Vanilla
For Emergency Use
Paladin
PLD Layout
manette tank pld
reglage 3 bar l+r et double r ou l sans switch
PLD EW
Paladin Endwalker
Experimental PLD 6.2 layout
Based on DRK layout
pld01
personal