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hello dear players i am actually here to ask what path is best for my darrion who has a zeus faith. i am currently in the middle of choosing between the crusader and zealot path. any advice or tactics is much appreciated.

I personally do not have a Darrion, but have faced many. So all these are only based on observation and a little theory.

Darrion - Holy Defender
A walking fortress who boast the highest DEF among all heroes even among his other jobs. He can also substitute any Healer who does not have the cleanse effect since he can do it himself and more frequently. A 25% of his DEF boost to everyone in his aura is very significant, you'll see a lot less damage taken by everyone with normal attacks and skills thanks to the major update which now allows DEF to provide magical defense. He can hold the line very well in PVP, even while debuffed on a tile (If you can get there first).

Darrion - Paladin
This job is perfect if paired with the Royal Huntsman which in this case makes him very PVE oriented. Not only does he absorbs a portion of the damage taken by others but also returns another portion to his attackers if his skill is active. He can pretty much be doing this indefinitely due to taunts and the Royal Huntman's mis-direct skill, but I don't know if the effect is lost when transitioning between waves, so be careful. 

Darrion - Chaos Knight
The least popular job among the other three, perhaps the entire game. Because he is almost bad at everything. The Holy Defender and Paladin has better DEF & HP than the Chaos Knight, and the Blood Knight has better self sustainability. Chaos Knights effectively cease to be useful once his skill kicks in and separates himself from others. He is slightly more offensive built than others because of his aura. But realistically, if he moves away, others will have to follow him to get the benefit. The problem is he can tend to move pretty far if he ever uses his skill. I did say almost, because in PVP he can still be useful if anyone can look past his downsides. If you happen to lose the tile to your enemy in PVP because you moved too slow and whoever is there won't budge, then this job can be your saving grace by swapping him with the other and stay there.

Darrion - Blood Knight
If you want more survivability without Healers, Blood Knight is the job to go to. This job can ensure better survivability for everyone on the front lines in his aura. He can shine almost everywhere due to self sustainability with heals from both his aura and skill. Although not as hardy as the first two jobs, his unique heals can compensate for the lower DEF. He is also slightly more offensive built than others.

*Note that all 4 jobs have the taunt skill which I have left out. It's pretty straight forward, take all the heat in PVE. You can even turn this situation to your advantage by utilizing jobs who have auras that trigger's upon others getting hit for various advantages (Example would be Warlocks, and Kiera the Mind Warder)
*The preferred faith for Darrion would be Kratos since all his skills and some auras utilizes the DEF stat, which also makes him all the more defensive.
*Since you have Darrion with Zeus faith, I'd recommend taking a more offensive side of him (Chaos Knight or Blood Knight). But if you want him in a different job, It's not bad. You can also re-roll his faith if you wish or wait for the feature to get a revamp which is in progress.

hello dear players i am actually here to ask what path is best for my darrion who has a zeus faith. i am currently in the middle of choosing between the crusader and zealot path. any advice or tactics is much appreciated.

I personally do not have a Darrion, but have faced many. So all these are only based on observation and a little theory.

Darrion - Holy Defender
A walking fortress who boast the highest DEF among all heroes even among his other jobs. He can also substitute any Healer who does not have the cleanse effect since he can do it himself and more frequently. A 25% of his DEF boost to everyone in his aura is very significant, you'll see a lot less damage taken by everyone with normal attacks and skills thanks to the major update which now allows DEF to provide magical defense. He can hold the line very well in PVP, even while debuffed on a tile (If you can get there first).

Darrion - Paladin
This job is perfect if paired with the Royal Huntsman which in this case makes him very PVE oriented. Not only does he absorbs a portion of the damage taken by others but also returns another portion to his attackers if his skill is active. He can pretty much be doing this indefinitely due to taunts and the Royal Huntman's mis-direct skill, but I don't know if the effect is lost when transitioning between waves, so be careful. 

Darrion - Chaos Knight
The least popular job among the other three, perhaps the entire game. Because he is almost bad at everything. The Holy Defender and Paladin has better DEF & HP than the Chaos Knight, and the Blood Knight has better self sustainability. Chaos Knights effectively cease to be useful once his skill kicks in and separates himself from others. He is slightly more offensive built than others because of his aura. But realistically, if he moves away, others will have to follow him to get the benefit. The problem is he can tend to move pretty far if he ever uses his skill. I did say almost, because in PVP he can still be useful if anyone can look past his downsides. If you happen to lose the tile to your enemy in PVP because you moved too slow and whoever is there won't budge, then this job can be your saving grace by swapping him with the other and stay there.

Darrion - Blood Knight
If you want more survivability without Healers, Blood Knight is the job to go to. This job can ensure better survivability for everyone on the front lines in his aura. He can shine almost everywhere due to self sustainability with heals from both his aura and skill. Although not as hardy as the first two jobs, his unique heals can compensate for the lower DEF. He is also slightly more offensive built than others.

*Note that all 4 jobs have the taunt skill which I have left out. It's pretty straight forward, take all the heat in PVE. You can even turn this situation to your advantage by utilizing jobs who have auras that trigger's upon others getting hit for various advantages (Example would be Warlocks, and Kiera the Mind Warder)
*The preferred faith for Darrion would be Kratos since all his skills and some auras utilizes the DEF stat, which also makes him all the more defensive.
*Since you have Darrion with Zeus faith, I'd recommend taking a more offensive side of him (Chaos Knight or Blood Knight). But if you want him in a different job, It's not bad. You can also re-roll his faith if you wish or wait for the feature to get a revamp which is in progress.

hey nightingale i just got vincent with an ares faith which i think is awesome for a hitter so should i still pursue the blood knight path for darrion? and i also got zedd with idk a dumb faith for a mage like kratos.. what should i do with darrion, vincent and zedd now?

I personally do not have a Darrion, but have faced many. So all these are only based on observation and a little theory.

Darrion - Holy Defender
A walking fortress who boast the highest DEF among all heroes even among his other jobs. He can also substitute any Healer who does not have the cleanse effect since he can do it himself and more frequently. A 25% of his DEF boost to everyone in his aura is very significant, you'll see a lot less damage taken by everyone with normal attacks and skills thanks to the major update which now allows DEF to provide magical defense. He can hold the line very well in PVP, even while debuffed on a tile (If you can get there first).

Darrion - Paladin
This job is perfect if paired with the Royal Huntsman which in this case makes him very PVE oriented. Not only does he absorbs a portion of the damage taken by others but also returns another portion to his attackers if his skill is active. He can pretty much be doing this indefinitely due to taunts and the Royal Huntman's mis-direct skill, but I don't know if the effect is lost when transitioning between waves, so be careful. 

Darrion - Chaos Knight
The least popular job among the other three, perhaps the entire game. Because he is almost bad at everything. The Holy Defender and Paladin has better DEF & HP than the Chaos Knight, and the Blood Knight has better self sustainability. Chaos Knights effectively cease to be useful once his skill kicks in and separates himself from others. He is slightly more offensive built than others because of his aura. But realistically, if he moves away, others will have to follow him to get the benefit. The problem is he can tend to move pretty far if he ever uses his skill. I did say almost, because in PVP he can still be useful if anyone can look past his downsides. If you happen to lose the tile to your enemy in PVP because you moved too slow and whoever is there won't budge, then this job can be your saving grace by swapping him with the other and stay there.

Darrion - Blood Knight
If you want more survivability without Healers, Blood Knight is the job to go to. This job can ensure better survivability for everyone on the front lines in his aura. He can shine almost everywhere due to self sustainability with heals from both his aura and skill. Although not as hardy as the first two jobs, his unique heals can compensate for the lower DEF. He is also slightly more offensive built than others.

*Note that all 4 jobs have the taunt skill which I have left out. It's pretty straight forward, take all the heat in PVE. You can even turn this situation to your advantage by utilizing jobs who have auras that trigger's upon others getting hit for various advantages (Example would be Warlocks, and Kiera the Mind Warder)
*The preferred faith for Darrion would be Kratos since all his skills and some auras utilizes the DEF stat, which also makes him all the more defensive.
*Since you have Darrion with Zeus faith, I'd recommend taking a more offensive side of him (Chaos Knight or Blood Knight). But if you want him in a different job, It's not bad. You can also re-roll his faith if you wish or wait for the feature to get a revamp which is in progress.

hey nightingale i just got vincent with an ares faith which i think is awesome for a hitter so should i still pursue the blood knight path for darrion? and i also got zedd with idk a dumb faith for a mage like kratos.. what should i do with darrion, vincent and zedd now?

You got a great Vincent there, I'd go for either Gladiator or Warlord because their kit is pretty much similar to Freya in terms of their stun and pull. If you're opting for Dragoon or Berserker, Freya is more unique and better for the job because of her additional stun as Dragoon and better survivability as Berserker. You'd want someone like Freya to hit as high as possible in the game anyway if you choose Berserker, but not loosing a lot of health in the process.

Darrion well, it varies what you prefer. I don't personally own one but in your case I'd go for either Blood Knight or Holy Defender, both can go very well with Vincent.

As for Zedd, he can pretty much do anything the same as Kiera in skill, but their auras provide very different benefits. But if you want to choose based on utility alone, all are fine except Elementalist.