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Little help with my priest build?

Hello :)! I am sorry if this has been asked before, but I need a little help and there’s so much information all over the place that its hard to get my head around it. Here’s my problem… I made a cleric so I could play with one of my friend who is currently aiming for SwordmanC1 , Peltasta C3 and Squire later on. I choose a cleric cause that’s what I normally play in video games. I am cleric C1 and priest C2 atm. I’m one level from changing class but I can’t seem to be satisfied with anything;; My friend told me that my buff wasnt making that much of a difference. He also said that I wasnt really making any damage, wich is true, but that’s not really what I was aiming for. My stat is a mix of int/spr and some con. Maybe like 2/1/0.5 respectively… At first I was going for chaplain, cleric2, kabbalist and Inquisitor, but am getting really unsure on what I should go for. I’d like to be a good support, but since we’ll probably stick only the two of us for the rest of the game, I fear that I might get even more useless later on. Any idea on where I should go from there?? Do I go for Int or Spr? What path should I choose?? I’m really lost and confuse;; I’ve read that one of the Sadhu skill was making our auto-atk based on our Int or something? Considering I am playing with a tank I suppose I would be safe even with the out of body thing?? This way I could deal some damage and give good support at the same time, maybe?? I am sorry if i’m getting confusing with all my questions, but I do hope someone will take the time to help me ;; Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Thank you all so much for your answers :)! I’ll take my time to chose since you gave me a lot to work with. Also, I’ll be carefull with my walls of text next time and try to not vomit everything at the same time in the same paragraph ;; Thanks again :slight_smile:

Priest3 chaplain is auto-attack build with some support skills. You must be prepared to use normal attack forever.
You must wear cafrisun set and buy sacrament buff from buffshop at town.

Decide on 1 stat and put all points. More points = more bonus.

I’m not an expert at the subject, but I believe that Chaplain’s focus should be spr because it’s skills damage scale with that stat, except for Exorcismus/Magnus Exorcismus.
Also, thinking about Sadhu, maybe it is a nice choice because your friend is a peltasta, so he would be pulling all the aggro towards him, letting you free to attack in OoB.

It’d be best to reform your writing habits first I believe,
as it doesn’t look that good to have to read such a huge wall of text.

About your Class choices: It’s really hard to say anything certain yet, because the game itself is getting some heavy rebalancing ± every week on the Korean test server (kTest for short) which are scheduled to reach here by ~end of summer this year.
From the current looks, the game seems to be heading into a somewhat confusing direction with buffs, as they mostly stem from the casters SPR now.

For Priests current status[on kTest], Blessing is buffed greatly and becomes very useful, while Aspersion is nearly useless.
Heals are also gradually becoming more important, as it’s harder to mitigate damage through evasion and defence alone.
This makes Priest the best solution for support, as it offers Heal[Mass Heal], damage boost[mainly Blessing], some damage [Exorcise gets better at dealing damage] and survival [Revival/Resurrection].

Chaplain is ± the natural advancement from Priest C3 for it offering Last Rites (i.e. another line of damage), Magnus Exorcismus and Capella.

However, if you can live without mentioned skills, Dievdirbys C1 might also be a wise choice, offering the only CD time reduction skill, a “free” town warp, SP cost reduction [the SP costs explode in the future unless you have tons of SPR] and a nice attack skill.

About Kabbalist/Inquisitor: It might be worth mentioning that although Kabbalist might be somewhat decent with Ein Sofs attribute ability to double incoming healing via Heal/Mass Heal and recover SP,too, via attribute, that’s about it if we talk about how useful this Class is.

I’m running a Kabba C2 as a main[currently not active but following the changes on Kabbalist attentively] so I know what I talk about.
If you really want Kabbalist C1 just for Ein Sof, that’s ± ok, but that’s about it.
You could e.g. get Miko instead and have some damage&ability to cure status ailments [as Priest/Cleric/Chaplain/Inquisitor offers none of these except for Cure]/remove enemy buffs via Gohei. Miko also increases the level of ground target spells via Houki Broom, so another boost for your Cleric&Priest skills.

About Inquisitor: If you don’t want to deal damage this Class is ± not for you. Even after the changes, Inquisitor is still the personification of damage dealer in the Cleric tree. The only supportive ability is the Malleus Maleficarum debuff, but I’m not sure if it’s still as potent as before because most monsters got a huge downgrade HP-/defence-/statwise.

If you’re keen on supporting, you could get e.g. Krivis C1 instead, and go for Aukuras, Daino and Zalciai.
Daino will help you with managing your huge buffcount[basically all Priest supportskills] no matter the build, while Zalciai (a buff) helps with some extra damage through crits [it increases critical attack based on your SPR and decreases the enemies critical resistance].
Aukuras helps mitigating damage [decreases the enemies accuracy near it] and reducing debuff durations while near the flame.

Other options could be Plague Doctor [more Heal with Healing Factor/status immunity with Bloodletting/status removal via Fumigate]
,
Pardoner [can cure status ailments/increase debuff duration/increase magic defence based on your SPR(though only good in combination with Dievdirbys because of the high CD time and low duration)] or

Oracle [debuff immunity (less potent than Plague Doctor; also, has a count limit and low duration on level 1-6), Magic damage immunity (only good in combination with Dievdirbys due to the high CD time{3 times as high as the duration}),
utility (Forecast shows the AoE of some monster skills and gives 5% chance to negate damage via attribute; Clairvoyance&Resetting help with farming items)].




All in all it’s really hard to give you a solid build for the future, but then again, there will be a daily stat&Rank reset event in the future once these changes hit so it doesn’t really matter what you build until then.

Until then it’s probably best to go with your base choices [i.e. Cleric2>Priest3>Chaplain>x>Inquisitor] to reduce leveling stress and reach max level before the rebalancing hits iTOS.

It has been mentioned already that there will be a huge rebalancing in a while. Keep that in mind. You can’t really screw up much because you will be able to reset your whole character choices on a daily basis when the patch arrives (except for the initial class of course - you will always remain a cleric) and play around a bit with different options until the event ends.

Truth be told as a tank your buddy is arguably more useless than you as a cleric. He will find out later though. There is hardly any need for dedicated tanking even though it does make things somewhat easier / faster. Healing will always remain important though, and more so than now after the changes (currently it’s possible to reduce most dmg taken to 1).

Cleric offers a bunch of different support options but apart from the healing tiles nothing is really needed. I suggest that you should go for a bit of dmg in your build. There are actually also plenty of options for clerics in that regard as well.

  1. Miko - has a good aoe damage and crowd control skill and for your swordsman buddy also a dance skill that will increase his dmg but also drain your sp - not used very often but theoretically good. But Miko requires you to complete a painful and very random quest which takes up a good day of your time during which you will wait and only stare at your screen for the most part.
  2. Plague doctor - sweet aoe damage and good support as well. Gives you a skill that quickly heals you back up to the amount of HP you had when the buff was applied. And you also get a skill that prevents nasty status effects from applying to your party (anyone who is near you when you cast the skill). Not used often but at times you will love having it (mostly against mobs using Lacrimator - the blindness cloud).
  3. Druid - transform into monsters for stat bonuses and eventually a werewolf for good dmg (constantly drains your sp though). Also gives you an aoe invulnerability skill for your party.
  4. Inquisitor - personally I would choose something different as Inquisitor skills are physical dmg for the most part but some people also swear on int inquisitors. Good dmg but also somewhat expensive class - no support (unless you count the maleus debuff as support). Not my own favorite anymore after experiencing Plague Doctor and Taoist. Feels sluggish and dmg from other classes is comparable. Good for soloing endgame content though.
  5. Taoist - only for storm call. Often labelled expensive class but I don’t think this is true when you compare it to other classes (only someone with silver falling out of his butt would constantly spam Storm Call). Only choose Taoist in combination with Krivis 3 as of now. Otherwise Storm Call would be useless - the only reason to pick Taoist in the first place. Since you have already gone Priest 2 I don’t think this is a viable choice anymore. It’s still possible to get there but getting only 3 ranks of a low level class near the end of the game will probably demotivate you. And I wouldn’t regard Taoist as a class to strive for either. It’s more of a supplement to Krivis players so that their dmg stops sucking at higher levels.
  6. Kabbalist - not a dmg choice but nice support because of Ein Sof. The skill allows you to fully restore your own SP or that of a party member and also increases your HP for some time (plus the healing applied to the person but that’s just to make up for the new HP gap). It’s very difficult to apply though when people run around. I see it as a little minigame… All other Kabba skills are pretty useless in PvE. I suggest to only take one rank of this class as of now if someone wants Ein Sof.

Except for Miko these are the endgame choices you have. Since you have Priest 2 now and a bunch of int I suggest you go for Plague Doctor. Don’t put any more points in spr if you go down that route, focus only on int to overcome the magic defense of the endgame mobs and to increase your healing. I have a C2>P3>Miko>PD2 and it’s quite versatile and strong. Most people go for Diev 3 instead of Priest because of Earth Tower and because of the synergy Miko has with Diev but Priest isn’t bad either (and will become more useful again after the patch). Miko is optional but always a good dmg and control choice. Priest 3 is optional for int builds, but a musthave for spr builds (as the only reason currently to go for spr is to get Stone Skin). Instead of either of these ranks you could take one rank of Krivis to get a low level Daino buff. For most occasions it will be enough. Daino scrolls can also be bought from the market (pardoners make them) but that’s a bother imho. I can’t be arsed to buy these personally and they also cost a pretty penny over time. My tip would therefore be to go…

C2>P3>K1>PD2

Priest 3 is a good choice for you because you already have invested in spr. And the class will also benefit from Daino very much because you constantly unload a volley of buffs unto your party members. When you have a Chronomancer, etc in a dungeon party everyone would quickly run out of buff slots without Daino (and then buffs start to disappear when it’s really inconvenient). You will really come to appreciate the skill (and everyone else does too under these circumstances).
Instead of Krivis 1 you could also pick Chaplain. It’s a good choice as well to deal dmg and the costume is pretty sweet. Int will still benefit both your aspersion dmg (because it’s a magic attack) and magnus exorcism dmg.

After the patch simply play around yourself with the resets and come to a class combination that suits you best.

Edit: Blessing may appear weak but I think you should look differently at it. When you apply the buff to your party you will plenty of little numbers popping up. All of these eventually add up to a big number, dmg that you caused. The skill also scales with both int and spr and unlike aspersion and sacrament this skill remains useful despite pardoners selling the buff at their shops (they are still affected by the hit limit and the dmg is quite low).

playing with pel3???

avoid priest

pick other aoe cleric into pd2 is better choice

u should know that squire have bottom tier damage, you as cleric need to do that job

peltasta c3 is best when pairing with falconer c3 or plague doctor c2

no matter how many mob pelt pull, plague doctor hit them all due unlimited aoe

i prefer leveling new one if u want to have best experience in duoing

meme diev3 miko pd2 is one of top pd2 build

diev owl also have unlimited aoe, pelt can easily pull mob to owl and hold it

plague doctor (not diev-miko) + peltasta-squire

Your build starts to deal reasonable damage once you hit Chaplain and get Aspergillum.

As a Priest3 make sure you get exorcise to 5 so that you can use Magnus as a Chaplain as well. Also you want at least 1 point in Aspersion to take advantage of the damage attribute.

Cleric2 -> Kabbalist -> Inquis afterwards is a good blend of support and damage, just keep in mind that most inquis skills are physical damage.