Cleric

Clerics are excellent party members, with a variety of buffs and other supportive skills. They are essential when fighting bosses and other powerful monsters, and are even more useful once they become a Priest. Clerics are known for their abbility to heal themselves as well as other party members. They lack is offensive powers but they save a lot of money, and are very welcomed in parties. In third job Priests have a terrific skill called Holy Symbol which makes the exp you earn from monsters 150%! (normaly you get 100%)

Cleric Skills

Icon	Name and Description	Max Level	Requirements
	MP Eater: Absorbs the enemy's MP when attacking with Magic skills, until it reaches 0. Level 1: For every attack; 11% success rate, absorb 21% of the enemy's max MP. Level 10: For every attack; 20% success rate, absorb 30% of the enemy's max MP. Level 20: For every attack; 30% success rate, absorb 40% of the enemy's max MP.	20	None
	Heal: Recovers the HP of all party members around the area. The amount of healing depends on the number of people being healed, and the undead monster in the vicinity of this will receive damage. Level 1: MP -12; recovery rate 10% Level 15: MP -12; recovery rate 150%. Level 30: MP -24; recovery rate 300%.	30	None
	Teleport: Use the arrow keys to teleport to other places in the same map on a set distance. Level 1: MP -60; with 130 in distance. Level 10: MP -33; with 130 in distance. Level 20: MP -13; with 150 in distance.	20	None
	Invincible: Temporarily reduce the weapon damage received. It has no effect, however, on the magic attack. Level 1: MP -15; weapon damage -11% for 15 seconds. Level 10: MP -15; weapon damage -20% for 150 seconds. Level 20: MP -30; weapon damage -30% for 300 seconds.	20	5 in Heal
	Bless: Temporarily increases the weapon defense, magic defense, accuracy, and avoidability of all party members around the area. This cannot be combined with a skill or a potion. Level 1: MP -12; +1 on accuracy, avoidability, weapon and magic defense for 10 seconds. Level 10: MP -12; +10 on accuracy, avoidability, weapon and magic defense for 100 seconds. Level 20: MP -24; +20 on accuracy, avoidability, weapon and magic defense for 200 seconds.	20	5 in Invincible
	Holy Arrow: Attacks a single monster by firing holy arrows. Very effective against undead or devil-based monsters. Level 1: MP -12; basic attack 22, mastery 15%. Level 15: MP -12; basic attack 50, mastery 35%. Level 30: MP -24; basic attack 80, mastery 60%.	30	None

Skill Builds

Main article: Category:Magician Skill Guides

This is what you were looking for, right? The skill builds! These can teach you how to properly spend your skill points.

Solo Cleric

A solo Cleric is a Cleric who usually does not get involved in parties as other Clerics tend to do. This is for people who prefer to hunt alone.

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Party Cleric

The Cleric who enjoys the company of other people, and likes to share experience with them. Party clerics Do not max holy arrow, but it does not matter, being as they gain bless, and shining ray at 3rd job outclasses holy arrow by quite a bit. Thieves with Haste and Spearmen with Hyper Body often look out for Clerics with Bless, especially those warriors with low dex builds who will need you to hit monsters. For you, it would be very, helpful in-game.

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Diverse Cleric

This is a Cleric build, not following specific paths of soloing, parties, or making money. A diverse cleric does not max mp eater, which seriously hurts your income, however a diverse cleric maxes both holy arrow and bless. party clerics are best maxing heal then bless, diverse holy arrow and bless, and individual holy arrow and invincible

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Note from Paraesmic: this is my personal Diverse Cleric's Build XXXX

Cleric Training Guide

This is how to train most efficiently as a Cleric. We all want to level, and following this training route is a very fast and easy way to gain experience. Some monsters may have been excluded from this guide.

Levels 30 to 70 are covered. *Monsters with an asterisk after their name should only be fought if you have decided to max Holy Arrow early on. Zombies may seem long, but when you're a Priest, you're going to have incredible new energy. Don't give up!

Clerics are also the most wanted characters in LPQ. If you're a level 35-50 cleric, that's the main place to train. Unfortunately, it's hard to get in if you're under level 40 (take my advice), but it's not impossible. Keep trying, and good luck.

Levels 30-40

Horned Mushroom, Zombie Mushroom, Ludi Pq35+

Note From Player: Sakura's Cellions are also a good source of exp. They also have good drops. Fire Boars aren't bad either. Horned Mushrooms are the best when level 30-33 because its a one hit, rather than a 2-hit for boars. You would save more exp. Also Stirges give 33 exp which is 2 less than mushrooms but has a much faster spawn rate even when training on Horned Mushrooms in the Ant Tunnel. With almost nobody at channel 1 and even faster spawn rate.

Levels 40-49

Jr. Wraith, Zombie Lupin for 45+, Platoon Chronos,for 45+.

If you have the patience to wait for PQ, then go ahead and LPQ all the way through. It takes a long time, but if you have a great party leader who gets you in and a good party that co-operates, then leveling is easy. However, many fights do start while LPQing, try and avoid all the unecessary arguements amongst your party.

Levels 49-52

Wraith, Platoon Chronos, Zombie Lupin, Dark Leatty*

It may be better to train in those levels on Platoon Chronos, in the hope you find some Esther Shields.

You can also stay at ghost lanterns in "A Night In The Forest." They have a GREAT spawn rate

Levels 52-56

Wraith, Dark Stone Gollem*, Malady*

Levels 56-70

Wraith, Coolie Zombie, Minor Zombie, Dark Yeti*, Dark Pepe*, Dark Jr. Yeti*, Voodoo, Hoodoo Soul Teddy, Master Soul Teddy,

I prefer Coolie Zombie because the spawn at Minor Zombie is really, really bad. So just try to get a Z4-map (Forest of Dead Trees IV). You can also try the Z1-map (Forest of Dead Trees I), Z2-map (Forest of Dead Trees II), Z3-map (Forest of Dead Trees III) but the spawn at the Z4-map is the best. Because of this, finding a Z4 may be a bit difficult since many classes train here.

Third Job Advancement

Once you have reached level 70, you may take the test to advance to the 3rd Job, the Priest. As a Priest, you receive many beneficial party and attacking skills, making yourself a must-have for all parties.

Videos

Below are a few videos that may inspire you to follow the path of a Cleric, as well as showcasing some of the abilities of the Cleric being put to use.

Lvl 113 Priest

MapleTip's very own EcksDee in JMS

See Also

• Magician
• Priest

Author's Note

It took forever to write this by HAND, and I praise you if you even look at this guide. I hope that you've found what you were looking for. Please, if you have any questions, contact me in-game. My IGN is Sunmage.

Happy Mapling!!!

Copyright 2005, Sunmage

Transcribed to the MapleWiki by AeroSigma

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