Useful Genies for versatile Clerics

I decided that for all the time I put into my genie(s) I could share some of the ideas I've had after spending day and night on my genie(s) rather than myself since their release ^_^ so hopefully someone will take something from this or even get inspired to think of even better applications of our new little buddies.

As a cleric, I started off with tree of protection to see how useful a backup healer would be. It is wonderful in emergencies, but if you are a proficient cleric this won't be used for much more than an emergency or when you are spam healing a tank at a boss and would rather not stop to heal yourself.

Relentless Courage is, in my opinion, a must for any spell caster. How much have you seen -% channeling equipment for? Now for the cost of some of your own SP you have a genie skill that increases your channeling up to 15% if you max this skill. If you are a solo cleric who thinks about their offensive skills, imagine casting Tempest or Wield Thunder at an accelerated speed b:dirty

Support clerics, imagine speed channeling Chromatic Healing Beam when needed or being able to spam Iron Heart at an accelerated rate in a sticky situation where, say, the second DD accidentally steals aggro?

It also has a nifty speed boost for the occasional GTFO moments. Definitely an exceptional all around genie skill.

So those have become two of my favored skills.

Since I've been trying for a lucky genie, I've kept one to use as a guinea pig for a full offense build. Erm, yeah for me that kind of sucked. I honestly feel it best to have a genie with 3-4 skills ranging in defense, offense, and survival (heal/escape) due to their energy limitations and low damage output of attacks. I did, however, discover that Tangling Mire and Extreme Poison had their uses in conjunction with our plume shot or to amplify the damage of a DD/Tank you may be supporting. I tried not teaching this "attack genie" Tree of Protection or Relentless Courage. I honestly was kind of irritated whenever I realized I didn't have Relentless to use when I wanted so I suggest keeping this on any genie you use. Tree of Protection I was fine without.

Today, I've come to the conclusion that for someone like me who solos a lot but would like to supplement my support ability, it'd be awesome to raise 2 genies. It was like EUREKA, because at first I thought to myself... why the hell would I ever want more than 1 genie? With justice envoys to raise a genie quickly in a day, why not!

So, here is a rough outline of what I'm planning for my dual genie idea:

Main solo PVE genie:
Dump attribute points into mag and dexterity. For me, I decided to get my mag up to 50 first because added 1 energy point/second really did make a difference in my genie's regenerative ability. Dexterity has been for the duration and success rate of the skills I've chosen to use as my main 4. A special note on dex in regards to Relentless Courage, it adds 1% to all effects per 20 dex which means further increase in channeling speed.

Skills:
Tree of Protection
Relentless Courage
Extreme Poison
Wind Shield

Wind Shield MAY be exchanged for a stun, and Extreme Poison MAY be exchanged for Tangling Mire. I opted to stop using Tangling Mire because in PVE I don't want an AOE skill that will accidentally mob up monsters that happened to be in its huge AOE range. Extreme Poison has been very useful in quickly killing things 1v1. As far as Wind Shield or a single monster stun goes, I am divided between two scenarios. You either want to cut the damage a monster is doing to you when it is hitting a bit too hard (NOTE: Wind Shield seems to be cutting both physical AND magic damage for me. I have tried it out on both, and I have seen a decrease in damage taken), OR if you are hitting hard enough you can stun a monster before it can even get a hit in and kill it. This is up to you, so far I'm still torn between the two.

One last curve ball skill is Earthquake. I've been jealous of Archer and Wizard knock backs for quite sometime and used Earthquake for a while. The range is the only downer when it comes to this, but for mobs that need to run up to you to actually hit you this is very useful. So, if you want to give the likes of Taurox the big FO try this one out.

Secondary support genie:

You could essentially use the same attribute distribution here, but I'm finding it more useful to have more dex and vit in this situation so that my skills are more effective and have more use. You could use 40 mag for a fourth skill of your choice if you like, but so far I'm foreseeing a need for more energy points.

Skills:
Relentless Courage - staple
Holy Path - GTFO moments, or to just move quickly through an area
Extreme Poison - amplify your attacker's dmg. Even if they also have this skill, you can drop it while theirs happens to be cooling down or genie MP needs to replenish.

Faith or Absolute Domain are two optional skills I have in mind. I haven't raised a genie high enough to see what the actual percentages and costs are on these two skills, so this is where input would be much appreciated. Also, someone told me Absolute Domain may be veno only but I have yet to verify this. On top of that, I'm wondering what "invulnerable" means in the skill inquiry. Does this mean invulnerable to damage for a few seconds? Because that sounds extreme useful if timed correctly at AOE bosses.

Faith I've heard is a tough sell due to the energy cost. If purify is maxed then this skill may be unnecessary, but there may be situations where you are purifying several people and are also at risk of being debuffed or poisoned. It may be useful to apply this to yourself and focus on the survival of your team.

Affinity Points will be spread based on the skills you choose, so to ask about where they should go boils down to what skills you want. With the skills I have listed, fire affinity seems to be at the bottom of the list so just add as you go. Several of these skills fall in line with each other, such as Relentless Courage and Extreme Poison. If you got Relentless, you only need 2 more points in Wood to get Extreme Poison. Or, if you got Relentless Courage along with Holy Path then you only need 2 more points in metal, water, and earth to get Absolute Domain. Just plan ahead and you will be fine.

Ok, so this got a bit long winded and I apologize for that! But, I do hope this sparks some useful discussions and has helped anyone who might not know where to even begin with their genie. Feel free to add to my information, correct, or even discuss anything with me in game. Also, I'm terrible with structure so if anyone wants to take all this and create something better by all means do. If you'd be so kind, just give me some sort of credit or props b:bye