Light Armor vs. Robes

Navious - Sanctuary
Navious - Sanctuary Posts: 9 Arc User
edited July 2011 in Cleric
Hi, I'd like your guys opinions on what to build my cleric. I'd like to be healing, but I'd also like to put out damage, and not die in 3 hits. Any suggestions please? What I'm really asking is, is it worth it to put the points into Dexterity to get Light Armor? Or to just stick with Robes?
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  • Decus - Dreamweaver
    Decus - Dreamweaver Posts: 5,033 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    Navious - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Hi, I'd like your guys opinions on what to build my cleric. I'd like to be healing, but I'd also like to put out damage, and not die in 3 hits. Any suggestions please? What I'm really asking is, is it worth it to put the points into Dexterity to get Light Armor? Or to just stick with Robes?

    No. It's not.
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  • Eoria - Harshlands
    Eoria - Harshlands Posts: 6,118 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    No. LA is fail on a cleric.

    If you want survivability, go vit/mag build.
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  • thumbs
    thumbs Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    LA is fail for any mage class. Only reason some may do it is because they already have the gear on Sin or Archer.
  • Ashivas - Dreamweaver
    Ashivas - Dreamweaver Posts: 1,293 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    Navious - Sanctuary wrote: »
    Hi, I'd like your guys opinions on what to build my cleric. I'd like to be healing, but I'd also like to put out damage, and not die in 3 hits. Any suggestions please? What I'm really asking is, is it worth it to put the points into Dexterity to get Light Armor? Or to just stick with Robes?

    Just go 1 str, 2 vit, 7 mag every 2 levels til you hit 50 vit and 54 str. Then go full mag.

    Don't go LA, it's ewwie.
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  • Navious - Sanctuary
    Navious - Sanctuary Posts: 9 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    Okay, thank you for that information everyone! b:pleased
  • ColdSnow - Dreamweaver
    ColdSnow - Dreamweaver Posts: 983 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    Ashivas - Dreamweaver wrote: »
    Just go 1 str, 2 vit, 7 mag every 2 levels til you hit 50 vit and 54 str. Then go full mag.

    Don't go LA, it's ewwie.

    ^what he said.
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  • ChubbyKyros - Lost City
    ChubbyKyros - Lost City Posts: 22 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    Haha, Good Question that have been debating, Anyone APS(FIST CLERIC) out there wanna shall his/her experience with it?b:chuckle
  • Phoenix_Eye - Heavens Tear
    Phoenix_Eye - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,681 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    take it logically , why being weak to both types of dmg , and not being weak to one type only ??? so go arcane and stick with it.
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  • thumbs
    thumbs Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    Phoenix_Eye - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    take it logically , why being weak to both types of dmg , and not being weak to one type only ??? so go arcane and stick with it.

    The argument about defense doesn't work:

    http://pwcalc.com/dd5417f270dce573
    AA- 29% preduction, 68 mag

    http://pwcalc.com/948c7ce252f2dd84
    LA- 49% preduction, 56 mag

    You gain 20% physical dmg reduction for only 13% mag reduction. I don't think many would not go LA if the argument were just about defense.
  • Decus - Dreamweaver
    Decus - Dreamweaver Posts: 5,033 Arc User
    edited July 2011
    thumbs wrote: »
    The argument about defense doesn't work:

    http://pwcalc.com/dd5417f270dce573
    AA- 29% preduction, 68 mag

    http://pwcalc.com/948c7ce252f2dd84
    LA- 49% preduction, 56 mag

    You gain 20% physical dmg reduction for only 13% mag reduction. I don't think many would not go LA if the argument were just about defense.

    Self-buffed 10x AA (garnet shards):
    http://pwcalc.com/9b765ebcef3e1e20

    HP: 4758
    Avg Mattk: 9315
    Pdef: 4637 (54%)
    Mdef: 11504 (74%)

    Self-buffed 10x LA (citrine shards):
    http://pwcalc.com/70880fde14b999ae

    HP: 5530
    Avg Mattk: 7090
    Pdef: 6387 (61%)
    Mdef: 7246 (64%)

    Differences:

    in HP -> 772 (favors LA)
    in Mattk -> 2225 (favors AA)
    in Pdef -> 1750 (favors LA)
    in Mdef -> 4258 (favors AA)

    LA clearly wins out where it's supposed to: HP (higher refines in armor) and Pdef (higher base). The argument isn't which has better base stats. It's the fact that you can get comparable stats with AA without a deleterious effect on your initial class skill: healing ability. And, fyi, LA is mediocre at defenses compared to the two other defensive options, which I believe is what was meant.

    AA -> excellent mdef, low pdef.
    LA -> mediocre mdef, mediocre pdef.
    HA -> low mdef, excellent pdef.
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