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Last minute plague doctor questions

Class and Rank Cleric
#1

So i was just reading the forum about cleric builds. I better ask anyway since monday is the last day to rank reset.

I want a cleric build that is versatile (can heal, can buff, can take damages, can deal damages, not mana-hungry) What I had in mind is a classic, most common cleric2-priest3-chap-PD3 full spirit build.

Is this still a good idea? Many people seem to think priest3 is less valuable now with the pardoner buff shop change, and aspergillum and last rite only affect auto attacks iirc? I still want plaguedoc in my build because large AoE and self heal is my playstyle, but is there any previous ranks that I should change around?

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#2

IMO

If you were going to go Plague Doctor C3. I’d go the old fashioned route of Cleric C2 > Bokor C2/3 >Diev (or Pardoner) > Plague Doctor C3 - INT build.

If you really want to keep Chap, then I run a build I absolutely love and it’s:

Or more of a Bokor build in which Neko actually posted a video of it in another thread about Zealot.

Full SPR (Chaplain Build)
1(2) INT/2(3) SPR (Bokor)


Neko’s Video-

Sadly I don’t have a video of my Chap build. The Chap Build is more of a single target/boss killer.

Edit: Me and Neko’s Builds probably have some differences. But I’m sure she has her build around too.

#3

Can heal ? Cleric 2.
Can buff ? The Priest’s and Pardoner’s buffs are available from shops. So you are left with other buffer-ish classes like Krivis, Paladin, Miko, Dievdirbys…
Can take damages ? Surviving isn’t really an issue for Clerics in general, but Cleric 2 gives you a good Safety Zone, Dievdirbys gives you invincibility, Bokor has Mackangal, PD has Healing Factor…
Can deal damages ? Your PD in your build will cover most of that already. And then a lot/most cleric classes can deal decent to good damages.

Priest still has useful skills (Res, Rev, Mass Heal…) but buffs-wise yes, they’re more of a self-buffer than party-buffer now because of the shops.
Aspergillum is also a self-buff, not a party buff.

You seem to want to be able to be the main support in difficult-ish PvE contents, bring utility to the party, while still being able to stand on your own, right ?
Here’s the build that came to my mind right away: Cleric 2 - Dievdirbys 3 - Miko - PD 2/3.
Cleric 2 is the must-have and obvious. Dievdirbys will bring you protection/damages mitigation, debuffs, utility to your party. Miko will make your Diev shine and will also bring you extra damages and Kagura buff.
Full SPR because your Owls damages will scale with your SPR while working on your weapon will increase your MATK so you don’t need INT.

For support, you also have Paladin.
You can decide to keep PD and Cleric 2 for the support (maybe throw in a Priest 1/2 for extra support) and then you can add Sadhu or Bokor, both would bring great damages.
Priest 3-Chaplain isn’t that much of a support anymore imo. The first two ranks of Priest are mostly for support, yes, but Priest 3+Chaplain is when you want the support but also the independence of the solo AAer.

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#4

Thanks all, i guess i will just rank reset and leave it like that for now…

I really want PD3, but i don’t really like dievdirby. I will probably play other characters for now and decide the cleric build in the future…

Edit: wait, does asperigillum and last rites scale off of SPR? Or simply the level of aspersion and sacrament?

#5

No, only Sacrament’s damages and Aspersion’s defense buff scale with SPR.
For the damages, you want a good weapon/INT.

Paladin, Bokor, Sadhu or even Krivis also don’t interest you ?
You can still go Chaplain by the way, it’s just that you won’t need to max your buffs, like Blessing. Which in a way is good because it means you can use the skill points for your support skills or/and increase your own damages (like Aspersion for Aspergillum)

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#6

Saddhu and krivis definitely interest me, no doubt.

The only problem i have with saddhu is that it is an INT build. I’m more into SPR build because i dislike being mana-hungry. Plus SPR increases m.def so i can wear plate, AND i get lot of CON from enchanter.

Krivis on the other hand, synergizes best with Taoist iirc, plus it’s also an INT build.

I guess, what I’m looking for is a PD3 SPR build, thus i can only think of priest-chap. Its ok, I will keep reading builds and forums, and find a build that suits me best. Thanks a bunch.

Edit: paladin interests me too, but i think they got reworked quite a bit recently. I will have to study a bit about them before i can post anything about them.

#7

Yes, sadly PD is mana hungry :confused:
SPR doesn’t give MDEF anymore since last May’s combat patch. So if you want MDEF, you’ll have to wear Cloth~
There aren’t a lot of classes that have any scaling with SPR in the Cleric classes.
Only some buffs and summons depend on your SPR, so your SPR will never bring you raw damages. Summons -> Bokor’s zombies and Diev’s Owls, buffs -> Blessing, Aspersion’s defense, Sacrament, Barrier, Increase MDEF. Although Paladin’s Turn Undead has an increase chance to one shot mobs based on SPR.
Oh right, there’s also Zealot’s Blind Faith who depends on your SP, so it’s indirectly linked to your SPR.

Yes, Paladin got quite the rework, now being a good support/damages sponge as well :3
Good luck~ I know the difficulty, I wanted my Priest 3 SPR to stay a Priest 3 SPR no matter what, it was difficult ;__;

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#8

Really appreciate your help.

Just read a little more on the intermediate guide to clerics thread, seems the best SPR cleric build is the diev3, like you said, but unfortunately i’m really not interested in diev.

I guess I will have to go Saddhu3-PD3, full INT. Hopefully the mana problem won’t be too bad…

Thanks a bunch.