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It goes this way 2 mag.1 str.1vit and 1 dex. every 2 lvls for pure mag. build.

Offencive/defencive has nothing to do with stat builds, it's more like mindset and skills you choose on earlier levels. Pure mag build (1 str 9 mag every 2 levels) is highly offencive (deals highest damage), but his healing powers are also highest possible. If you get some vit instead of mag, you are better supporter but not because you heal better. You can survive aoe and heal when pure mag will die. Vit cleric can also be highly offencive, with his hp and selfheals it's quite hard to kill him - and attack is still high.

MystiMonk - Sanctuary wrote: »

What I posted is more of pure mag build and said by a cleric from Legendary.

You wrote your first post between when I started my reply and posted.

I just have to correct this. The build you posted doesn't make any sense, and you never add dex to a pure magic build.

Pure magic = the most magic you can have. that means 9 magic, 1 strength every 2 levels. That's what the build is. If you don't use that, that's fine. Most people recommend you don't. But any other build is *not* pure magic.

~Del

ah okay so 2 is basically pure with the Even: 1 str 4 mag, Odd 5 mag
that clears things up.


I've been doing Even:3 vit 2 mag, Odd 1 str 4 mag. for some reason i was thinking it was hybrid this whole time , till i caught up with myself tonight xD. basically a balenced full vit xD

o.o btw this is same person as Ethika
Ethika-bm
EthikaII- cleric
EthikaIII ect

MystiMonk - Sanctuary wrote: »

It might not be a pure mag but it what I was told as I only had 5 dex in mine. I am going to add some dex in mine.I have 34 vit 30 or 31 str and 185 or so mag. 9 in dex atm.

Unless you wear light armor, you do not want dex.

Delia - Harshlands wrote: »

Personally, I'm a pure magic cleric. But I've invested a good amount into my equipment and have it statted for survivability rather than extra magic. I don't PvP (properly, with charms etc.) enough to be able to tell you whether this is the best idea or not, but I enjoy it, it makes grinding cheaper and faster, and I seem to be able to perform decently in PvP. And I haven't had any problems with Holy Hall yet, though my experience there is limited.

Delia, if you wouldn't mind could you please elaborate a bit on how equipment can make up for deficiencies we may have as full mag builds? I'm getting weary of hearing people tell me equipment wont make up for my lack in vit *eye roll* and telling me how to build my character. In particular, that I will never survive TT/HH runs. This is my main and I'm still working towards when I will really get to experiment with the wonders good equipment will do for me at levels 70+ so perhaps you can drop some knowledge?

Unfortunately you need the TT gear for decomposing to make higher level gear. That is unless of course you can get gold mats to make the higher end TT gear. I do just fine in all the way to TT 2-2 with 1.5k pdef (with bm buff, so sad, makes me wanna cry). However I have almost 4k HP with barb buff (HP shards FTW!)

Thanks, totally forgot about that. I still want the TT gold gear though.

Reinef - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Delia, if you wouldn't mind could you please elaborate a bit on how equipment can make up for deficiencies we may have as full mag builds? I'm getting weary of hearing people tell me equipment wont make up for my lack in vit *eye roll* and telling me how to build my character. In particular, that I will never survive TT/HH runs. This is my main and I'm still working towards when I will really get to experiment with the wonders good equipment will do for me at levels 70+ so perhaps you can drop some knowledge?

Warning, long post. Sorry.

Azazel pretty much hit the nail on the head. I see lots of rich players running around with mold and TT70 gear, and if I ever think "I wish I had that", it's definitely not for the base stats but for the fact that people seem to shard those expensively.

Stalking the auction house is the best way to get good robe equipment.
The most important attribute on an item is +HP. The second most important attribute is +Pdef. The last thing to look for is balanced magical resistance. Ideally you want gear missing no elements, but missing one or two occasionally is acceptable as long as your overall resistance to that element is at an acceptable level.
Note: The number of stars doesn't matter nearly as much as the bonuses on an item. A 3 star over a 1 star gives an increase of about 10 Pdef, which is good but not worth sacrificing a better bonus for.

You should be wearing ornaments with physical defense: your belt and necklace should say "protection belt" and "protection necklace"

As a low-vitality cleric, you'll be better off going for HP than Pdef if it's a 1-to-1 trade off, but Pdef is the next best thing, since as a robe wearer the only thing you'll have trouble with is physical attacks. So primarily shard HP.

During the 70s I can't see using more than average shards as cost efficient, but if equipment comes with beautifuls, that's a plus too.

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At level 71, I have 2500 HP and 1692 (37% reduction) physical defense, self-buffed. This HP is slightly more than what an NPC-geared full-vit cleric would have at the same level, and significantly more physical defense. (No one would reasonably use NPC gear of course, but in my opinion this means this should be viable for most, if not all, PvE situations.)

Here's my equipment right now:
Not all of this is optimal, but a few of the pieces are. Useless attributes such as +Evasion are left out to make things easier.

If you're on one of the original servers it's easier to get good equipment through the auction house as well.

3* Cap of the soothsayer
HP +70
HP +70
Average Shard HP +25
-- I need to socket this and refine it to +2 or +3. Awesome hat for an MP one. If you can't find good +HP bonuses, a level 21 helmet could do as well (which has a low enough str requirement to wear). I'll probably socket this and wear it through the 80s

3* Genesis Vestement +2 (HP +40)
HP +70
Pdef + 69
Average Shard HP +25
Average Shard HP +25
Average Shard HP +25
-- Pretty optimal gear. Both +HP and +Pdef, so I don't get too low on Pdef. I probably paid too much for this though.

2* Pants of the cosmos
Beautiful Shard HP +32
Beautiful Shard HP +32
Beautiful Shard HP +32
-- Just some cheaper stuff from AH for the 60 levels. Taken for the shards of course. Working on getting better ones for 73

3* Boots of the Cosmos
Pdef +69
Average Shard HP +25
-- Nothing special, but they have all the resistances

Sakyamuni's Light
+216 Pdef
-- Sakyamuni's provides a balance of high damage and an amazing Pdef boost. Weapon is your choice really, go for whichever suits your playstyle.

1* Cloak of Valor +2 (HP +42)
HP +60
HP +50
Average Shard HP +25
Average Shard HP +25
Average Shard HP +25
-- Awesome find I had another with HP +50 and Speed +.1, but I still think the length of time this will last makes it worth it

1 *Blood Shadow Necklace +1
HP +80

Imperial Edict Belt
-- Best belt you'll get for a long time. I recommend this over the pants

Sleeves of the Cosmos
HP +50
Magic +4
Common Shard HP +20
Common Shard HP +20
-- Not sharded by me, but the combination of HP and Magic is nice

2* Ring of Flaming Sky +1
HP +60
Magic Attack +14
-- Not sure why anyone would + a ring, but it was in AH.

2* Ring of Flaming Sky
Magic +4
-- If I wanted more survivability I'd go for another HP +60 one, for more damage another Magic +4 would be the best option.

These rings exemplify how it's easier to stat HP than damage. If I had 6 free stat points and I wanted a balanced cleric, I could put the stats on vit and use the magic ring, or I could put the stats on magic and use the HP ring. I'd end up with 2 more magic and the same HP using the HP ring. Some people value HP more than damage though, and then going vit and HP would be fine. But going vit with magic gear is ill-advised in my opinion.

Delia - Harshlands wrote: »

Unless you wear light armor, you do not want dex.

I might want to use some light armour 1 piece or a full set.What is the best armour between 50 and 80 as it seems 70 and 80 are bad?

agreed for most part

Speaking from my point of view as a pure mag cleric in a PVE server: pure int is good for grinding, but they can TT, TW and PvP well with decent gear and quick reaction. They can't do rebirth (need hp and def), but still able to zhen. However miss out rebirth is like miss out 1 of the most valuable income and exp so in the end, HP build is most recommend.

uh oh I can smell drama
*popcorn*

the bonus movement speed is totally new to me o.o

CON INT STR Priest - pump your strength and intelligence according to the minimum requirement for magical armor, rest of points into constitution. leave your dex at 5.

This type of priest has the highest tanking power but at the same time has the lowest nuking/healing power. But the tanking capability is only limited to magical skill since your physical def is still extremely low, it is highly recommended to use light armor instead of magical armor

Honestly no offense, but I have been reading on here (or maybe wizard forum?) about people asking if they could add Vit with LA build.

Given that LA build requires 1 Str 1 Dex and your magical weapon takes 3 Mag per level, that leaves you with no extra stat to put in Vit.

Wondered how people get the idea of putting Vit into a LA build... but the quoted part from above kind of suggest that in a sense.

Not sure if I mis-understood anything, but that part of the guide may need some changing / clarification.

Song - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Honestly no offense, but I have been reading on here (or maybe wizard forum?) about people asking if they could add Vit with LA build.

Given that LA build requires 1 Str 1 Dex and your magical weapon takes 3 Mag per level, that leaves you with no extra stat to put in Vit.

^^Please people listen to this--you cannot wear light armour of your level if you put points into vit. The light armour build is NO vit, 3 mag, 1 str, 1 dex each level.

There are a lot of misconceptions about this. If you want to wear LA, no vit. If you want vit, stick with arcane robes and do at least 6 mag and 1 str every two levels; put the rest in vit or mag.