Cleric: Legendary Cleric Build
This is a Cleric guide which focuses on support skills. It will not max out Holy Arrow, due to its failure in damaging Non-Undead monsters in comparison with Magic Claw. It was written by legendfire91.
Magic Claw is better than Holy Arrow in killing non-undead monsters. Magic Claw when maxed has a base attack of 80 (40 X 2), and Holy Arrow also has the same base attack of 80, without taking into account the fact that Magic Claw attacks twice for 40, so if a monsters defense reduces the attack power by 5, Magic Claw does 35 x 2, while Holy Arrow does 75. This makes Holy Arrow the STRONGEST possible skill a CLERIC(before you become a Priest, that is) can have. However, it is also important to note that compared to skills Wizards have, Holy Arrow is still extremely weak even against undead monsters, a Fire Wizards Fire Arrow can easily deal more damage compared to a Clerics Holy Arrow. But some would ask what if one wants to fight high level undead monsters or dark monsters like Jr. Balrog? My answer to this is that when you are about to fight Jr. Balrog, you should already be level 70 and above and became a Priest, which you would have high level holy skills like Shining Ray which --at lv. 1-- is definitely better than Holy Arrow. This does, however, mean that during the earlier levels as a Cleric, you will be unable/have great difficulty killing stronger monsters such as Zombie Mushmoms, Ghosts , Taurospears & Tauromancis , etc. Holy Arrow has a slightly more obvious advantage over Shining Ray in speed. Shining Ray is a skill that takes a fairly long time to cast, and therefore you could (theoratically) deal as much damage as Shining Ray with Holy Arrow over a period of time.
Here are some goals of a Cleric:
- Advance to 3rd job, be a Priest
- Heal max
- Respected by others
- Able to kill Balrog
- Supportive to your party
- Wait for 4th job
These are some simple goals for Cleric. You may want to add in your own goals.
Synopsis
By Level 70:
- 20 in Bless
- 30 in Heal
- 11 in Holy Arrow
- 20 in Invincible
- 20 in MP Eater
- 20 in Teleport
Progression
Level 30: 1 in MP Eater
Level 31: 1 in Teleport, 2 in Heal
Level 32: 3 in Heal
Level 33: 3 in Heal
Level 34: 3 in Heal
Level 35: 3 in Heal
Level 36: 3 in Heal
Level 37: 3 in Heal
Level 38: 3 in Heal
Level 39: 3 in Heal
Level 40: 3 in Heal
Level 41: 1 in Heal (Maxed), 2 in Invincible
Level 42: 3 in Invincible
Level 43: 3 in Bless
Level 44: 3 in Bless
Level 45: 3 in Bless
Level 46: 3 in Bless
Level 47: 3 in Bless
Level 48: 3 in Bless
Level 49: 2 in Bless, 1 in Invincible
Level 50: 3 in Invincible
Level 51: 3 in Invincible
Level 52: 3 in Invincible
Level 53: 3 in Invincible
Level 54: 2 in Invincible (Maxed), 1 in Teleport
Level 55: 3 in Teleport
Level 56: 3 in Teleport
Level 57: 3 in Teleport
Level 58: 3 in Teleport
Level 59: 3 in Teleport
Level 60: 3 in Teleport (Maxed)
Level 61: 3 in MP Eater
Level 62: 3 in MP Eater
Level 63: 3 in MP Eater
Level 64: 3 in MP Eater
Level 65: 3 in MP Eater
Level 66: 3 in MP Eater
Level 67: 1 in MP Eater (Maxed), 2 in Holy Arrow
Level 68: 3 in Holy Arrow
Level 69: 3 in Holy Arrow
Level 70: 3 in Holy Arrow