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They plan to support by healing. Again, the method does not require a priest. In fact the method is a given being the build is a cleric.
Understand the question before you reply. I know it’s hard, but if you actually read everything and take the post as a whole, I was addressing the OP in terms of what priests could do uniquely.
@yodish92
If you’ll look at this
If your pardoner buffs expire, you will need a rebuff.
If nobody dies in an activity, no one would need rebuffs ([aspersion], [sacrament], [blessing] no longer needed) and no one would need to come back to life ([revive] and [resurrection] no longer needed).
That leaves [monstrance] (5min duration requires it be recast often enough anyway so not part of the rebuffs argument), [mass heal], [exorcise], and [stone skin] as the skills that are still relevant to your choice to spend 3 ranks on priest.
[monstrance] is scrollable and is inexpensive at 700s to craft and is only really ever used for bossing on an AA build. IF you want to count the damage, that damage from [monstrance] c.atk becomes less and less relevant the better your weapon is. [mass heal] is a heal and healing can be done by other cleric classes with a more useful (has more uses) kit. [exorcise] only has use if you plan to use the horrible [magnus exorcismus]. [stone skin] is an already over nerfed skill with very specific damage it can mitigate and isn’t even 100% uptime for the small amount it does mitigate making it only useful for mitigating WB nukes (which btw you can’t really predict).
So again, if you are choosing to do content where you know you will die then go for it as that is the unique ability the priest kit offers. Otherwise it is bad because of the opportunity cost of 3 ranks you don’t actually use.