ShiKage's Big Bang Paladin Build

Slash Blast is fine to use, and I did put my first point into it, but I just didn't think it was worth maxing first. In the rare occasion that a mob of 3+ perfectly lined itself up for a Slash Blast, I wiped it out in about 3-4 hits even with level 1 Slash Blast and I had absolutely no funding and only level 2 Blessing on my Spearman. It was much more worthwhile getting my Power Strikes to 1-2hko than improving my Slash Blast damage, simply because I used Power Strike about 5x as much. I just don't understand why anyone would bother luring monsters across a map when the entire 20 second effort of luring only results in a mob that you can take out in about 2 seconds.

I never lured, but I just found that there was almost always two mobs close enough to warrant using Slash Blast over Power Strike. The Golem Mini-Dungeon is a great example of a Slash Blast training area.
And in the case of being funded, I think it's very realistic to easily reach the point where Slash Blast OHKOs.