Cleric Tips

(I can't believe I'm agreeing with MystiMonk but...)

I'd suggest rerolling and statting like this:

For a normal cleric build (i.e., first character build), you should be putting in the following points every 2 levels:
1 str
6 mag
3 free points to be put in mag or vit, but nothing else.

This breaks down to:
Odd levels:
1 str
3 mag
1 mag/vit
Even levels:
3 mag
2 mag/vit

Or, for some formulas, at any level, your stats should look like this:
str = level + 4
mag >= level * 3 + 4
vit >= 5
dex = 5 (no more)

Put vit/magic appropriately based on whether you want more damage (mag) or survivability (vit). A mix here is good, and vit can be extra helpful if you're new to the game. Later on you will need more survivability, so going vit is fine if you don't want to be worrying about gear a lot. Magic will help you level faster though (but keep in mind, a lot of new clerics go full magic and don't pay attention to gear. That will get you killed in FBs. If you're not putting a good amount in vit, you better be spending some real time looking for worthwhile gear once you get to 50/60/70). You can always put more vit or magic in as you feel like it, you don't have to stick to a formula (as long as you match the above str and mag requirements).

Wear arcane armor and look for HP and pdef stats, as well as as many elemental resistsances as you can find. Use physical (protection) ornaments, and magic rings.

Why do you have 34 Str? You don't need NEARLY that much. And as everyone else has said before, you don't need dex as a cleric, unless you're going Light Armor. You only need as much str as your equips require...for most clerics, this is Arcane Armor, which doesn't need that much str.

To make things much simpler for you, I would reroll, and use a magic based build and wear Arcane Armor only. At the earlier levels, I played Full Magic (really, up to 87ish, though that is pretty difficult to do unless you're really comfortable with your limitations), meaning 1st 9mag every two levels. This made life pretty simple and I killed most things before they got to me by kiting or by ironhearting/using Life powder (which does wonders...LEVEL YOUR APOTHECARY SKILLS! ).

Keep your gear up to date as much as you can without breaking your back doing it... and the levels will fly by very quickly at the beginning. I also recommend doing your quests (at least at the beginning before lv30), then doing your dailies like Crazy Stone + Bounty Hunter at lv40ish?. And needless to say, do your cultivation quests...the quests in gold.

Hope this helped at least a little... X3

I had 5 vit until i was in the 9xs then i restated it down to 3vit. If u want hp on a cleric u need to bust your **** and refine/shard your gear. putting vit on a cleric is only going to make you like 5% harder to kill.

i am going to make a facebook page so people can become fans of no vit on clerics.b:victory

I don't think he needs to reroll, just don't add any more to dex or str at all. I'm guessing that those points were probably added because he was wearing heavy armors and added to be able to wear them.
I retain my original point of, get rid of the heavy armor and go arcane and just dump into magic and throw a point or two at vit here and there.

I did nearly the same thing on a cleric when I started. got to about ur level realized i was completely screwed up and rerolled. getting back to the arch quests can be done in less than a day.

on the other hand just waiting it out a few levels till ur str reaches that lvl/2 + 4 point is ok too. eventually u will want to get a reset scroll to move the dex to magic. those few vit, though you will lose a little atk power you do gain 310 hp.

I went with a pure build myself. 9 mag 1 str per 2 lvls. but really your build isnt all that unmanageable but it will take some time to get back on track. however, you will need to add only magic points untill 60 for str to be at teh right spot if you're planning on an arcane build which is what most people recommend

DoomKaiser - Harshlands wrote: »

I had 5 vit until i was in the 9xs then i restated it down to 3vit. If u want hp on a cleric u need to bust your **** and refine/shard your gear. putting vit on a cleric is only going to make you like 5% harder to kill.

i am going to make a facebook page so people can become fans of no vit on clerics.b:victory

lolz i probabaly shock ya b:chuckle i has 144vit but enough mag ^^

No need to reroll IMO. 6 points of dex isnt gonna kill you in the long run - and the str might be high but it's well below endgame requirement; just stop adding to it until you reach the needed level. Just switch over to full magic build for a while to get back on track.

It'll be a bit harder for you with your low magic at first, but eventually you'll be fine.

The only other option as some have mentioned and that is to go LA untill you can go AA.You would have to worry so much about the physical mobs at the lower lvls below 30 with LA.I would switch to AA as soon as you get enough in mag.

When you can afford it if you can't use the cashshop get reset scroll and dump the dex as some have said.