Diev3/Miko and Bokor3 work best on an spr zealot IMO.
Maybe even paladin3, since turn undead also scales from Spr.
But they got more issues than zombies/owls do tbh.
Chaplain/Priest3 isn’t bad either, but also not as amazing. Kind of feels more like a PvP niche build that isn’t that strong even in PvP?
Basically, due to several reasons, one of which you already pointed out.
1# Pardoner shops sell blessing/sacrament (and other buffs) at 70% effectiveness.
Since pardoner buffs do not get overwritten by their default versions most of the time in PvE you’ll fail to apply blessing and just don’t really benefit that much from it.
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2# Blessing and Sacrament/Last Rites don’t really compete well with the current gear in PvE.
Let’s face it, even if you had a +3k dmg blessing it wouldn’t really be that important with the current gear system for PvE, not when 40k carnivory ticks aren’t even endgame dmg yet…
Though for PvP it is a different matter, as bonus and additional dmg bypass defenses and thus keep some use at least. (and no pardo buffs in TBL ofc.)
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3# Last Rites is the one spr scaling exception, but even that needs sacrament 10 and just isn’t that good.
As written above really, Last Rites dmg scales from Sacrament itself. Which in turn needs both a high skill level and high spr to work well.
But since pardoners sell sacrament, you only get the +30% advantage from sacrament and full scaling from Last Rites. And even with a ridiculous 999 spr that’s only +3k dmg per auto…
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#4 You simply don’t have enough skill points as an spr priest tbh.
Ideally, on an spr build you’d want:
- Blessing maxed, that’s 15 points.
- Sacrament maxed, that’s another 10.
- Aspersion maxed if you go Chaplain, as it’s your best dmg source for in priest3.
- Resurrect 4+ to ensure you can revive fallen party members quickly.
- Revive 3+ to ensure you can prevent a few deaths every cast.
- A 6-10 mass heal as you usually skip cleric2.
- Maybe Stone Skin maxed as well.
- 1 in Monstrance for the spr scaling and +30% dex boost on allies.
You need to cut something out of the package, and ironically the dmg from blessing/sacrament tends to be on the losing side in such a comparison…
Basically, I’m tempted to say spr chaplain isn’t really worth it.
But it still isn’t all that bad either tbh, and can shine somewhat in PvP.