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| ==Introduction== | | == Description == |
| This page contains the Priest Class Guide. You may return to [[Classes]] when you are finished reading this page. | | <!-- This page is yours: paste it once, then write the description here. --> |
| | Keep yourself and your allies alive with powerful healing, and torment your enemies with divine wrath. |
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| ==Priest Class Guide==
| | The Priest fights with '''mana''' and holds the party together: it heals, shields and strengthens its allies, and strikes with holy magic from a distance. |
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| <b>Keep yourself and your allies alive with powerful healing spells. Torment your enemies' souls with divine wrath.</b>
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| Priest is a magical type class that has a balance of offense and recovery. As a magic type class, Priests make poor use of melee which has no cost. They also have a stamina buff that can target any player and a shield that's best cast on another Titan. With the <b>Guilt</b> ability, Priests can potentially drop 3 dot stacks on a single enemy with a respectable duration. What it doesn't have in aoe damage Priest makes up with a decent variety of healing spells. If you prefer a caster with some versatility and do not wish to play physical type classes, I'd recommend Priest
| | === How it plays === |
| ==Stat Breakdown==
| | '''Holy Wrath''' is the main attack from up to 10 spaces, '''Holy Commandment''' another strike, and '''Penance''' stuns the enemy while it drains it (a channel: every hit taken shortens it). To heal, '''Salvation''' heals one target, '''Spiritual Rejuvenation''' heals over 10 to 15 seconds and '''Prayer of Forgivness''' heals up to five party members at once. '''Protection of the Demigods''' shields a target for 10% of its maximum health, and '''Fortitude''' raises a player's stamina by 15% for 30 minutes. |
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| <b>Strength</b>- Buffs Melee :3
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| <b>Stamina</b>- Increases <b>Health</b>
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| <b>Agility</b>- Increases <b>Dodge</b>.
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| <b>Spirit</b>- Increases <b>Dodge (absorb)</b>, <b>Magic Crit</b> and Health and Mana <b>regen</b> outside combat. Mana regen is half as effective in combat
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| <b>Intellect</b>- Increases <b>Magic Damage</b> and <b>Mana</b>
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| ==Stat Build== | | === What to train === |
| Your gear scales best with Intellect and Spirit
| | '''Intellect''' for magic damage and mana, and '''Spirit''' for healing, magic critical strikes, absorbing magic attacks and regenerating mana. '''Stamina''' for health. Strength and Agility do little for a Priest. |
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| [[File:Best Priest Weapons.jpg|360px]]
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| The weapon and offhand I have shown here are the best (aside from the premium ones of course)
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| Strength only buffs melee and agility is not worth building.
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| Stamina scales poorly but is needed. You need just enough to survive a few hits so you have time to heal yourself. | |
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| ===<b>Training</b> (activities > training)=== | | === Talents === |
| *(2 or 3):1 split between Intellect and Spirit is a good ratio
| | One tree heals: '''Holy Presence''' (up to 10% stronger healing), '''Improved Salvation''' (faster to cast), '''Infusion''' (healing over time lasts longer), '''Improved Protection''' (stronger shields), '''Improved Spirit''' and after it '''Spirituality''' (less physical damage taken), and '''Omnipotence''', a chance to get mana back on every cast. The other tree deals damage: '''Wrath''' (up to 15% more damage), '''Improved Holy Wrath''' (faster to cast), '''Improved Intellect''' and after it '''Pure Vision''' (more magic damage), '''Holy Vengeance''' (magic critical strikes), '''Excommunication''' (fewer spells absorbed) and '''Soul Purge''', mana back on a killing blow. Playing alone, the damage tree levels faster; healing a party, the other. |
| **Spirit is a power attribute as you can increase both your crit and regenerate.
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| **It's healing is also vital to maintain the balance between offense and recovery.
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| **But Intellect has greater priority as damage is what takes down enemies.
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| **More mana also means better scaling with mana recovery items.
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| *Train enough Stamina to survive a few hits.
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| **Early on the gap between health and mana is barely noticeable
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| **Near the endgame you should have at least 6 times more mana than health
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| *Eventually the training gap between Intellect and Spirit may increase
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| **Your healing will eventually catch up to your current health
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| **Magic crit, like Physical crit, will become increasingly difficult to raise.
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| **Your mana recovery items will eventually outscale regen as well.
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| ==Skills==
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| <b>Melee</b>- Deals minor damage
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| This attack deals little damage but has a 1 second cooldown and costs no mana. Since priests do not scale with strength, this skill will be useless fairly quickly. It's not worth investing strength to use.
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| Unlocked at <b>Start</b> and Rank increases every 15 levels
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| <b>Holy Wrath</b>- Charges an attack that deals moderate damage
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| It's your primary attack and has a 2-second cooldown but requires 2 seconds to charge. That means it'll take a total of 4 seconds between attacks, which is longer compared to Assassin and Titan’s Stab and Bludgeon respectively. This can become a non-issue if you weave in Salvation as well. If you press another skill or move before the skill is fully charged it'll end the cast early. This means you'll have to be careful not to press anything else until Holy Wrath completes casting. Holy Wrath and any other damaging skill, which includes Holy Commandment and Guilt, will benefit from the Wrath and Holy Vengeance talent.
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| Unlocked at <b>Start</b> and Rank increases every 20 levels
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| <b>Holy Commandment</b>- Deals minor damage
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| This skill is the equivalent to Melee but costs mana. I say this because it does almost the same amount. It's also similar to Assassin's Distracting throw, but Priest can attack from a range anyways. You use this skill right after Holy Wrath finishes casting. Again make sure you don't interrupt the cast.
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| Unlocked at Level 10 and Rank increases every 20 levels
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| <b>Guilt</b>- Deals moderate over time and stacks up to 3 times
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| [[File:Guilt.jpg|50px]]
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| A damage over time skill that can stack up to 3 times. It’s a unique dot skill that is a bit more costly to keep up compared to Assassin's sever, especially with Improved sever. There is no priest equivalent of that talent. Figuring out how many stacks you need is very vital as a single stack has a long duration. You want to conserve mana without taking too much damage.
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| Unlocked at level 30 and Rank increases every 20 levels
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| <b>Salvation</b>- Charges a spell that recovers health
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| The heal equivalent of Holy Wrath and can be strengthened with Holy Presence. Use it if you need to recover health instead of attacking. Again do not use any other skill or action while it is being cast or it will cancel it out. Salvation can be weaved in with Holy Wrath, as I have mentioned earlier.
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| Unlocked at start and Rank increases every 20 levels
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| <b>Spiritual Rejuvenation</b>- Recover Health over time
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| The heal equivalent of Holy Commandment but over time. It’s useful to precast and preemptively recover any damage you'll take. Use it right after Holy Wrath and Salvation when it runs out. WAIT for the casting to end so it doesn’t cancel out (emphasis). Like an Assassin's Improved Sever, Infusion will extend Spiritual Rejuvenation by up to 3 ticks
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| Unlocked at level 10 and Rank increases every 20 levels
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| <b>Fortitude</b>- Temporarily increases stamina
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| A simple skill that increases stamina by an equivalent of a Fair Stamina Potion (15%). Can be used on other players so it's a nice skill.
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| Unlocked at level 10
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| <b>Protection of the Demigods</b>- Block damage based on 10% of Target’s Maximum health
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| This skill sucks if you use it on yourself. It’s most likely meant to be used on a Titan so they can tank enemies. It still can mitigate some damage on yourself but very little.
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| <b>Prayers of Forgiveness</b>- Recover Health of multiple players
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| [[File:PrayerOfForgiveness.jpg|50px]]
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| It's a waste of mana to use it on yourself. It's the aoe equivalent of Salvation.
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| Unlocked at level 20 and Rank increases every 20 level
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| <b>Restoration</b>- Recover Health of multiple players and more over time
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| It's a waste of mana to use on yourself. It's like Philosopher's Planetary Pain but it recovers health instead.
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| Unlocked at level 50 and Rank increases every 20 levels
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| ===Rotation===
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| #Use Fortitude if it expires
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| #Precast Spiritual Rejuvenation
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| #Begin the Attack by casting Holy Wrath
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| #Move in and follow up with Holy Commandment and Guilt
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| #*Move away from the enemy until Holy Wrath can be cast again and repeat
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| #*Keep using Guilt to refresh as long as you can’t defeat the enemy within 20-25 seconds.
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| #Cast Protection of the Demigod if it's up to mitigate some damage
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| #Cast Spiritual Rejuvenation when it wear off
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| #Repeat step 3 and 6 until you need health
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| #*Bleeds or Skills that deal heavy damage should be taken into consideration so you don’t die before trying to recover health
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| #Cast Salvation followed by Holy Commandment and Guilt so you can transition smoothly into step 2
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| #Use Food if you are low on health or mana
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| <b>Tl;dr</b> Unless the enemy is a caster, try to kite your enemies as they usually halt after each attack, repeating Holy Wrath, Holy Commandment, and Guilt combo. (Forget using melee since it's close range)
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| <b>Against Tough Enemies</b>
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| #Use Fortitude if it expires
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| #Precast Spiritual Rejuvenation
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| #Alternate between casting Holy Wrath and Salvation
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| #*Make sure to also cast Holy Commandment and Guilt
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| #*Keep using Guilt to refresh as long as you can’t defeat the enemy within 20-25 seconds.
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| #Cast Protection of the Demigod if it's up to mitigate some damage
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| #Cast Spiritual Rejuvenation when it wear off
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| #Use Food if you are low on health or mana
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| The only difference is that you must always be alternating between dealing damage and recovering health, pre-healing so enemies don't shoot you down right away.
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| ==Talent Tree Overview==
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| I consider the left tree to be the recovery while the right tree is the offensive/utility. You can reset anytime. but just note the cost to reset (after the first free reset) increases every time you reset.
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| You shouldn't worry about the Talent Tree early on as you only start with one point, gaining more every ten levels. There side quests near the second half of the game that rewards you with a total of 5 talent points. I will list all the talents you can learn and the order you should learn it.
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| ===Tier 1===
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| In the first tier you have <b>Improved Spirit</b> and <b>Improved Intellect</b> which increases your stat. You need all 3 points in this in order to learn a second-tier skill called Spirituality and Pure Vision respectively. At max level, you can gain up to 10 percent more of a stat through training. While both are equally important, Intellect has a slight advantage as damage is what takes down enemies.
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| Next, you have <b>Improved Sever</b>, which actually was a skill I mistook as useless. It said that increases the duration of Sever by 1%, which in reality is actually 1 tick. A tick equals 5 seconds, so at the max rank, you deal at least double the bleed damage. <b>Take this first</b>.
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| I've mentioned a defensive/utility and offensive split, but Channel Energy and <b>Thick armor</b> are in separate talent trees. Flexibility decreases physical damage taken by up to 6% while Improved armor raises your armor gained by items by 10%. They are both defensive talents that should be in the same tree. Nonetheless, these skills should be one of the last talents to level. Also to note, eventually Channel Energy will surpass Thick armor since you will cap on gear level.
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| <b>Improved stealth</b> does nothing since the skill got revamped.
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| You have <b>Flexibility</b> which increases dodge chance by up to 10%. Being able to dodge more is infinitely better than taking less damage. Both only apply to physical attacks as well so dodge is dominant. Crit and Dodge also go hand in hand.
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| ===Tier 2===
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| To reiterate, You need all 3 points in either Improved Strength or Improved Agility in order to learn a second-tier skill called <b>Discipline</b> and <b>Masters training</b> respectively. At max level, you can gain up to 10 percent more of a stat through training. Strength (Masters training) is definitely preferred over Agility (Discipline).
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| Also to reiterate, <b>Channel Energy</b> and Thick armor are in separate talent trees even though they are similar (defense/utility). Flexibility decreases physical damage taken by up to 6% while Improved armor raises your armor gained by items by 10%. They are both defensive talents that should be in the same tree. Nonetheless, these skills should be one of the last talents to level. Again, Channel Energy will surpass Thick armor since you will cap on gear level.
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| <b>Improved Stab</b> is a second-tier skill that you should prioritize over the third-tier talents I will mention later. It raises the crit chance of your stab skill by up to 30%. This ensures you crit a third of the time (30% plus "default" 3% from agility), which is big considering how much agility it requires to increase crit anyways.
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| Similar to Improved Strength/Improved Agility, you have <b>Focus</b> and <b>Pain</b>. Focus lowers the rage cost of your skills by up to 10% while pain increases your crit chance by up to 5%. I’d prioritize Pain over Focus as both it and Penetration increase your damage output. You must max either skill (Focus or Pain) to be able to unlock the final talent.
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| ===Tier 3===
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| <b>Incapacitate</b> is the only skill you have to unlock through the talent tree. It stuns your enemy for two ticks, which is a lot despite two ticks sounding like a little (10 seconds). It has a long cooldown of 60 seconds which might deter you from using it. But you should also be deterred from using it because the other talent, Penetration, is the superior one.
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| Penetration is a strong skill that allows you to reduce the effect of enemy armor by 20%. You’ll be able to deal more damage and is definitely better than a stun. This talent isn’t the most important though, as I consider Improved Stab to be Assassin's greatest talent.
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| ====Talent Order====
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| This is, therefore, the order in which you should level your talents
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| Improved Sever
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| Improved Strength to 2
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| Improved Stab
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| Pain
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| Penetration
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| Improved Strength to 3
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| Masters training
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| Flexibility
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| Focus
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| Incapacitate
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| Channel Energy
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| Thick armor
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| Improved Agility
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| Discipline
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| Improved Stealth (just to unlock them all)
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| Assuming you have 6 extra talent points you should unlock Penetration at level 80. You can decide to upgrade master training first, but I recommend doing it after Pain and Penetration.
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Description
Keep yourself and your allies alive with powerful healing, and torment your enemies with divine wrath.
The Priest fights with mana and holds the party together: it heals, shields and strengthens its allies, and strikes with holy magic from a distance.
How it plays
Holy Wrath is the main attack from up to 10 spaces, Holy Commandment another strike, and Penance stuns the enemy while it drains it (a channel: every hit taken shortens it). To heal, Salvation heals one target, Spiritual Rejuvenation heals over 10 to 15 seconds and Prayer of Forgivness heals up to five party members at once. Protection of the Demigods shields a target for 10% of its maximum health, and Fortitude raises a player's stamina by 15% for 30 minutes.
What to train
Intellect for magic damage and mana, and Spirit for healing, magic critical strikes, absorbing magic attacks and regenerating mana. Stamina for health. Strength and Agility do little for a Priest.
Talents
One tree heals: Holy Presence (up to 10% stronger healing), Improved Salvation (faster to cast), Infusion (healing over time lasts longer), Improved Protection (stronger shields), Improved Spirit and after it Spirituality (less physical damage taken), and Omnipotence, a chance to get mana back on every cast. The other tree deals damage: Wrath (up to 15% more damage), Improved Holy Wrath (faster to cast), Improved Intellect and after it Pure Vision (more magic damage), Holy Vengeance (magic critical strikes), Excommunication (fewer spells absorbed) and Soul Purge, mana back on a killing blow. Playing alone, the damage tree levels faster; healing a party, the other.
Overview › Classes › Priest
Stats
What training each stat gives a Priest. How much grows with the stat; the game's training window shows it for your own character.
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| Stamina |
Health Increase
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| Strength |
Physical Damage
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Magic Damage Mana Increase
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| Agility |
Physical Crit Chance Dodge Melee Attack
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Magic Crit Chance Healing Absorb Magical Attack Health regeneration every 5 seconds while out of combat. Mana regeneration every 5 seconds. Halfed when in combat.
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Spells
Every spell of the class as its spellbook lists it, with the level it is learned at. New spells and ranks are learned automatically on reaching their level. A number that grows with each rank, such as damage or cost, reads X: the spellbook in the game shows it for each rank and for your own character.
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Melee |
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Instant |
1 second |
1 Space |
Basic melee attack dealing X damage. Costs no mana.
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Holy Wrath |
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Magical |
1.5 seconds |
2 seconds |
10 Spaces |
Call upon the wrath of the gods, causing X damage. Consumes X mana.
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Salvation |
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Heal |
1.5 seconds |
2 seconds |
10 Spaces |
Call upon the mercy of the gods for salvation, healing the target for X health consuming X mana.
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Protection of the Demigods |
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Shield |
Instant (over time) |
30 seconds |
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Surrounds your target with the protective energies of your soul. Shield will absorb 10% of targets maximum health pools worth of damage. Does not protect against over-time effects. Lasts 20 to 25 seconds or untill destroyed. Costs X mana.
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Holy Commandment |
10 |
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Call upon the divine hand of judgment, dealing X damage to your enemies, consuming X mana.
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Spiritual Rejuvenation |
10 |
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The spirits of the past pass through your target providing X health over 10 to 15 seconds. Costs X mana.
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Prayer of Forgivness |
20 |
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Request the merciful touch of the Gods upon your allies. Healing up to 5 surrounding party members for X, costing X mana.
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Fortitude |
10 |
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Increase a friendly players stamina by 15% for 30 minutes. Costs X mana.
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Penance |
15 |
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Stuns your enemy briefly and drains 100 from your enemy and costs X mana per channel tick over 3 seconds or until interrupted. Each hit you take shortens the channel by 1 second.
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Talents
Talents cost 1 Talent Point a piece; a character receives 1 Talent Point every 10 levels. A talent under an arrow requires the one above it learned first. Every point in a talent adds the same again: 2%/4%/6% is what one, two and three points give.
Tree 1
Infusion
3 ranks
Over-Time healing spells will last for an addition 1/2/3 tick.
Improved Salvation
5 ranks
Decreases the cast time of Salvation by 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5 seconds.
Improved Spirit
3 ranks
Increases total spirit by 1%/2%/3%.
Improved Protection
3 ranks
Your shield will absorb 5%/10%/15% more damage.
Holy Presence
5 ranks
All healing spells increased by 2%/4%/6%/8%/10%.
Spirituality
5 ranks
Decreases all damage taken from physical attacks by 2%/4%/6%/8%/10%.
Omnipotence
1 rank
25% chance on any cast that costs mana to replenish 10% mana.
Tree 2
Excommunication
3 ranks
Reduces the chance your damage spells will be absorbed by 5%/10%/15%.
Improved Holy Wrath
5 ranks
Decreases the cast time of Holy Wrath by 0.1/0.2/0.3/0.4/0.5 seconds.
Improved Intellect
3 ranks
Increases total intellect by 1%/2%/3%.
Wrath
5 ranks
All damage increased by 3%/6%/9%/12%/15%.
Holy Vengeance
3 ranks
Critical strike chance with hostile magic spells increased by 2%/4%/6%.
Pure Vision
5 ranks
Increases all damage done with magic attacks by 2%/4%/6%/8%/10%.
Soul Purge
1 rank
25% chance to regain 50% mana when you deliver the fatal strike to an enemy.