Starting cleric - suggestions (skills,armor,...)

Then you will want the same setup i have. I ran LA build so i could solo alot easier because i dont tend to stay in partys for the simple fact that im a quest mongrel and i just quest as fast as i can. First off this is how many attribute points you need to set.

Even Levels: 5 magic i.e. lvl 2, lvl 4 lvl 6 and so on
Odd Levels: 1 magic, 2 strength and 2 dexterity i.e lvl 3, lvl 5, lvl 7 and so on

Now for skills it is simple.

A. Primary Skills
- Ironheart Blessing
- Plume Shot
- Great Cyclone
- Spirit's Gift
- Spark Ignition

This means you need to level these up first before all others. AND you need to max these skills. Plume shot and Great Cyclone will be the only skills you will ever need, I got Razor Feathers lvl 1 when i could, but i havnt leveled it. The only other skill u will need to get is wield thunder, thats a very important skill. Dont get sirens kiss at all unless it prevents you from getting another skill, then only get lvl 1 and dont lvl it until you have NOTHING else to level. Also, dont buy other skills or level them if they arnt in these lists.

B. Secondary Skills
- Vanguard Spirit
- Magic Shell
- Revive
- Wield Thunder
- Plume Shell

These are secondary skills meaning when you dont have any primary to lvl up, you level up these skills. Also do not and i repeat buy any healing spells like Wellspring or the first healing spell you get either. The ONLY healing spell you shoudl level up during the first 30 lvls is Ironheart Blessing. This is a stacking heal, meaning you can cast it multiple times on yourself or your teammate and it will increase health gain more and more. This is your number one heal until lvl 49 when u get stream of rejuvenation. Now with that said.

C. Tertiary Skills
- Purify
- Chromatic Seal
- Metal Mastery
- Soon, the Light
- Celestial Guardian's Seal

These are skills you worry about when you dont have any of the above skills to level. Now, for these i recommend getting lvl 1 of them asap, but dont level them if you have a primary or secondary skill that could be leveled.

This is because clerics are very expensive Spirit wise, and you will need to save every little bit you can. Plume shot and Great Cyclone are basically the only skills you will ever use for the first 30-40 levels really. Plume shot will do more dmg almost 100% of the time. Great Cyclone is used if you want to kite your enemy. Kiting is if you cast cyclone (Which slows your enemy down 40%) and run from your enemy so he cant hit you and when Cyclone recharges, cast it and keep running. That way you conserve HP pots and stuff. If your a rich, then just buy charms and cast iron heart on yourself a few times. If your about to die, cast Plume Shell, it is your main lifeline for when your about to die. Oh and the number one thing i notice when noob clerics or archers die is, when they aggro sumthing they dont want to kill, they just try to run. In this case if your running and your about to die, Jump and FLY! Thats what your wings are for, so use them. If your healing a tank whos taking all the damage such as Haggist Geezlot or Bloodraged cadaver or Farng or Kirixx etc. Then fly up in the air, and cast ironheart on him (make sure he already has all ur buffs before going into battle) that way they cant hit you. Now some bosses like that have magic attacks and can hit you in the air, in this case use plume shell and Fly wayy up in the air until your not getting attacked anymore. With LA armor you will be able to survive if something like this occurs. Remember, number 1 rule for clerics if your in an FB or anywhere really.

When your in a squad helping a tank, just know if he has multiple mobs (enemies) on him, if he hasnt hit everyone of them, when you cast ANYTHING on him you will get healing aggro and the enemies will come after you. Which is why if your not in a cave and you CAN fly, i suggest you do so. It will save you alot of XP and keep your tank alive because you wont have to run.
I cant think of anything else right now. Hope this helps

Credit for the Primary, Secondary and Tertiary skills goes to "junk"



Oh and to answer your question, this type of cleric has good survivability AND deals good enough dmg to kill your enemies in about 4 hits from lvls 1-30. Also the added dex will give you a higher max dmg dealing rate because of the crits you will get. Im hitting for 2210 dmg on my cleric with a crit and im only lvl 32.

Also, you heal in partys GREAT! Just lvl up ironheart only and cast it multiple times on a person, and FYI LA = Light Armor

I would suggest reading the stickie at the top as well.

Thank you so much! This is a big help to me!

Sylvana_gw - Sanctuary wrote: »

Wellspring Surge is so underrated. Yes, Ironheart will be your main heal, but nothing shines in emergencies like wellspring does.

Oh, and after 60, don't forget purify and razor feathers. . . they will give you tons of money and xp.

As for builds, I recommend a hybrid, 6 mag, 1 str every two levels, the other three varies. Although not recommended, this build will allow you to solo magic bosses many levels higher than yours.

That is full mag not hybrid.

Forp - Heavens Tear wrote: »

mysti: 6 int and 1 str per 2 levels is the minimum requirement to wield weaponry and armour to your level as a robed class. that's anything but full int. and i never, ever want to see another pure int cleric in my life.

and, unlike sylvana, i reccommend 6 int, 3 vit, and 1 str per 2 levels.

my info? dont listen to forp


oh and btw u get 10 points in 2 lvls b:embarrass

the best thing is 9 mag 1 str (stop ading str when u have enough to equip ur wep and armour...)

i don't think my build is best, but i know it's superior to pure int.

my original build is 7 int, 2 vit and 1 str per 2 levels. i chose only 2 vit because i can make up the slight loss in hp with gears.

besides, you're in a pvp server, pure int cleric is a 1 shot to everything that can use physical attacks(ie: every class in the game). alyyy is in a pve server where, quite literally, pvp does not exist.

been LA since lvl36, luv it.

Oh, about dex... Does it affect only normal attack critical damage, or also magic attack (your spells) critical damage? Then it should be no question to make it higher, of course

You said it as it does.

Yes, critical also affects spells.

GodlyHealz - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Like i said on ChilledPanda, go with LA or Vit please. Ive been LA since lvl 1 and even tho you have less HP, the increase in phy def will keep you alive quite easily. You will have a little over half health after each mob, but the thing is, LA is very heavy on MP because you have to literally heal yourself after EVERY mob.

I dont understand why people keep telling me anything but full mag is a waste. In TW for instance, you will deal a very good amount of dmg, yay go u! But every archer that see's you will 1-2 shot you. I think that Vit and LA are around the same survivability, because the increase in health will make up for the loss in def, as well vit will have superior mag def. LA has less health but, it makes up for it. It gives u enuf armor to take 3-5 hits which in turn you can throw up plume shell and then ironheart spam until your back up.

I dueled cleric vs cleric yesterday, and the guy was like, you sux, ONLY way to go with cleric is full mag. So i said then prove it, anyways the duel went very easy for me. LA can deal good enuf damage as it is, you dont really need an extra 400dmg per shot to be honest, not at the cost of having absolutely no defense and dying in 1-2 shots. LA or Vit > Full mag period

i have just made a new cleric, and i have got to level 16 after 3 hours ^^
i have been following the build of 6 mag, 3 vit, 1 str every 2 levels.
is this a good build to be following?

I fail to see how can 10% crit be better ?
Can some one please explain this nonsense?

If you were on a PvP server and said go LA i would understand that, obviously the benefit of psy def, but even then its debatable.
But on a PvE, that is gimping, nothing more.
With vit builds you are more free to adapt to what ever you want.

Forp - Heavens Tear wrote: »

people don't go light for the crit? are you clueless or just ignorant? that's the only up side to being light armoured, everything else about the build is inferior to a vit build.

Explain how its inferior, i mean, in the end with shards on both people, they will have near teh same stats, i.e. hp, matk. I dont understand why its inferior other than the fact that LA will have less mdef

Nelae - Im plannin on doing pvp/TW only when i am high enuf for it, i just joined a PvE when i started this game -_-

Great. Now it seems all my LA work up to now is epic FAIL. Im now rethinking whether i should restat or not

upsides of restating is that i would be able to use rank armor on my cleric which is good.

downside: i solo quests and grind 99% of the time and when im fighting there is alot of phys opponents, im afraid ill have too much trouble with them wid such low phys def -_- help?

another downside is robes look horrid on males -.- guess ill just wear clothing most of the time

Heres another idea. Since im planning on doing 90% TW when im high enuf, shouldnt i be in the air as a cleric in TW? And if so, wont having robes put me at a disadvantage against archers, i dont think it matters how much hp u got, archers hittin u in the air would do alot more dmg than if i had LA. Considering i wont refine my armor at lvl 70 -_-

ideas?

EDIT: Thats alot of moolah to spend on my 70's, i was planning on not getting into super refining my armor and equip for phys def till my 80's. When the time comes, i guess i will most likely refine it anyways, just a thought about IF i wanted to save my coins