Heavy armor cleric =P

Dark_Kai - Dreamweaver wrote: »

lol i was just curious to see how it would work out and need a little idea on the build, stat placement, etc. Help me b:laughb:chuckle

Stats wise, pretty similar to the HA/LA veno build (see Rei's guide in the venomancer forum) - you need 6 stat points a level, which means you need +stat gear or to use either lower armour or lower magic weapon than is ideal.

Probably less of a good idea than a heavy veno (since you don't get fox form) though.

Lyritha - Heavens Tear wrote: »

you don't get fox form but you do get plume shell. b:laugh

Yea but Plume Shell absorbes attack at cost of your mana. Which is ideal for the magic build cause they have so much mana. Being HA you wouldn't have as much mana, so Plume Shell wouldn't be as important.

Stat Distribution: 3 STR, 1 MAG, 1 DEX
Weapon of Choice: Dual Swords

Wouldnt this work well, since you would have a decent mana regen for your cleric skills as well as a decent damage and accuracy.

Well thats the only reason I would make one.

To see the look on people's faces when they mistake you for a BM or when they see a cleric charge right into the mob with swords in hand b:laugh

Umm I am well aware that Clerics dont have any melee masteries and their accuracy bonus isnt much with dex and BMs get highest accuracy with dex (which is weird considering archers should be given that )

In any case, that little dex would help the hit since u would less misses compared to 0 dex.

And as for the stats, you can very well equip dual axes as well but I like the look of swords better :P

Check cleric section for this info.
You have clerics (high lv) who wrote pros and cons.

I used to be an HA+Scythe cleric.

First off, make sure that you know what you are doing. You'll actually want almost 7 stat points per level after 70 (which can be near impossible or at least absurdly expensive) or 6.1 at earlier levels. Every 10 levels, you want +11 in addition to natural stats you have. Now this build can be absurdly expensive. You'll be putting about 5 strength, 1 dex, and about 6.2 mag per 2 levels. So every 10 levels, that is 25 str, 5 dex, and 31 mag. If you want to use a melee weapon though, it is very different.

Axe:
2.91-2.95
0.55-0.56
So every 2 levels, 5-6 str, and 1-2 dex and whaver left over as mag.
10 levels=29.5 str (30 str), 5.6 dex (6 dex), 25 mag


Scythe:
2.47-2.49 str/lv
1 dex/lv

So that means 5 str, 2 dex, 5.2 mag per 2 levels.
10 levels=25 str, 10 dex, 26 mag

Sword:
1.93-1.95 str/lv
1.54-1.55 dex/lv

2 levels= 5 str, 3-4 dex, 3 mag. (HA needs 5 str)
10 levels= 25 str, 16 dex, 20 mag

Magic weapons:
0.45-0.46 str/lv
2.98-3.02 mag/lv

2 levels=5 str, 1 dex, 3-4 mag + 2-3 extra
10 levels=25 str, 5 dex, 30 mag + 1 extra (31 mag)



This is just a quick estimate. I honestly just put stat points into mag and then when I got an armor that had enough +Stats to wear, I upped str and dex appropriately.

Ah yes, benefits and disadvantages.

Quick list of benefits off the top of my head (not a complete list).

Benefits:
1) You can tank physical damage more easily
2) You can melee mobs that get close
3) You can keep killing after running out of mp by switching to melee
4) Plume Shell drains less mp since you take less physical damage.

Cons:
1) You need to refine gear and get +hp, +mag, +mag def shards
2) You will need mana potions or charms
3) You will likely need hp potions and charms since healing can be difficult
4) You will take more elemental damage
5) Players will yell at you and some will kick you out of their squad if they realize you are HA.
6) If there is a party wipe, they will blame you even if it isn't your fault. (like when the barbarian rushes through a room and draws the aggro of about 10-30 mobs with a speed booster. I swear that sometimes they die on purpose just to prove their point that HA clerics are "useless"...)
7) Mp recovers slower (at least it seems to)
8) Barbs get mad if you take their job (tanking). Especially if your build still manages to do higher damage than they do.

You can still wield magic swords and arcane armor if you put enough points into mag.

chelseacrafter wrote: »

Like we don't have enough of this already? Pullleeeeze.

Clerics have the most class jealousy of any people in the game, I swear!

judging from the last few posts of yours i have seen, you seem to not like clerics all that much b:pleased

Dark_Kai - Dreamweaver wrote: »

lol i was just curious to see how it would work out and need a little idea on the build, stat placement, etc. Help me b:laughb:chuckle

LoL Dark! U gotta show me in-game haha

Why kai .... why b:surrender

Lenyel - Harshlands wrote: »

Using melee weapons, it's just being stupid. For this i say before lvl 60 it's impossible to make properly as build (cause only after 60 u have good chances to get those ++++stats gears you need).

Oh? Trying something different, having fun with the game and setting yourself a challenge is stupid? Well sorry -.- Perhaps I should just quit right now and go cookie cutter arcane build and be a heal slave like 99.99% of the game before I die of boredom and quit at 8x.

Psh...
I'll be posting my cleric/build at lv70 along with how I found it. Sometimes there's more to a game than being the "best". Like actually having fun.