Cleric point build? Im new to PWI!!

Per 2 levels you need at least 6 MAG and 1 STR. That leaves you with 3 points left.

You can put these extra points either in VIT (extra survivability, loses usefulness when your gear gets really good) or MAG (slightly stronger attack/heals, but leaves you a bit more vulnerable). Or a mix of both.

There are quite a few people who see pure MAG (9 MAG 1 STR every 2 levels) as the only way to go, and the rest is ''fail'' to them, I'd suggest not listening to those people.
Both MAG and VIT can be good stats to invest in, but do plan ahead because a reset can be very costly.

maori534 wrote: »

oh okay so when i hit like lvl 11 (im 9 right now)
i add 6 more mag and 1 more str. then when im lvl 14 i add another 6 mag and 1 str?

and with the reimainder i can choose either mag or vit depending on the style.


ok what should my build look like as of now with 40 unused sp?
how much mag should i have and how much str?
i will probably put the rest in mag because clerics dont seem to ever be strong..they seem to just heal people..thats it hahaha. so i want to beable to heal well.

At level 11 it should look like this:

MAG 35
STR 10

Leaving you with 15 points to put wherever you like.

Also a note; clerics can heal well no matter how you allocate your stats (unless your mag is too low to equip a weapon or something). I have 110 VIT myself and I heal maybe 10-15% less than a cleric with the same equipment, but full MAG. Instead I gain about the same percentage in HP.

Mind that clerics do need to be able to take a fair few hits at later levels, because a majority of the bosses at endgame have AoE attacks or switch their aggro at random. You don't need VIT at all to be able to put up with this, but I'd say it helps a fair bit.

maori534 wrote: »

oh wow okay thanks! if you want you should add me as a firne din game! thanks so much! also do you think HT server is good for a new player? or is it asking too much?

It's tied with Lost City as the oldest server on PWI. The population is fairly big, but veteran players are a bigger part of it than other servers (due to it being older).

Endgame equipment/items are also a tad more expensive economy-wise compared to newer servers b:chuckle

And sure, you can add me. I'm online most of the time. My actual in-game nick is without a capital N, though (not sure why the forums do that).

The points in favor of pure build are stronger heals, stronger attacks, and more magic defense.

The points in favor of adding to vit are more hp, more physical defense.

For entirely new players I recommend a few points in vit. Maybe cap at 28 or 53 so you can restat it down to 3 vit near endgame with a 25/50 point restat note. For players who can fund even just a little, pure magic build should be fine.



My personal opinion is vit isn't needed as long as you learn your class and keep your gear up to date. If you want to level fast, though, the amount of coin a new player has wont be able to keep up with gear and refines.

I always consider pure magic to have more survivability once you get into the high 50's because you start either killing the physical mobs before they reach you or the mobs are magic and stay ranged to attack. A vit build may not be able to kill the mobs before they reach them, and would have less magic defense if the mobs are magical. As PlumeAngel pointed out, one IH on myself will allow me to tank 3-5 mobs for 15 seconds whereas I've seen vit clerics need multiple IHs to do the same thing and die before their heals could stack.

Really, the difference of 30 vit or magic won't be that important. Many tanks won't notice a difference in heals (but the good ones will). Likewise, 30 vit is 300 hp and probably won't save you either. So it comes down to a personal preference of whether you prefer to hang on the slightly more suicidal but useful heal and dd path, or slightly more reliable but weaker path. I'm fine with putting my own neck on the line and covering myself with skill rather than vit stats so I went pure, but thats just me.

As people said there's 2 builds generally use, pure magic and hybrid vit/magic. Both work fine.
I have 2 cleric one of each build and i can tell you there's not one better than the other, what matter it's how you gonna play it.
Do like you feel it, if you think you need more vit add some point, if you think your fine as pure magic go with it.
Hybrid vit/magic is not **** as some people say.
People with who you play will not care if you are pure magic or vit, they will be happy to have a cleric and will just hope that you are good.