Cleric Build Catalogue 2010

[sirgog]

This information has been made partly outdated by the release of the Radiant Servant PrE. I'll change things later to reflect this, but at the moment, all builds should take RS if they can afford the Empower Healing feat. It's expensive AP-wise, but it is just that powerful.

This thread is designed to be a source of information for players considering rolling a Cleric and wanting answers to the most important questions of all - what starting stats should I choose, should I stay pure-classed or multiclass, how should skill points and feats be allocated, and so on. It's designed to be useful both for a player with 8 capped characters contemplating rolling a new type cleric, and also for a new player looking to roll their first toon.

All of these builds are capable (to varying degrees) of being useful party members in current end-game content. But they bring very, very different capabilities to the party they join. Some can melee end-game raid bosses, others struggle to melee in the Waterworks. Some can heal an entire raid party without assistance - others contribute most when they primarily heal themselves. Some have stellar saves with evasion, others get toasted when area damage spells come their way. Some can solo some of the game's tougher raids, others can't kill very much at all.

Additional builds will be added as they are suggested. Also, if you think some of these builds are terrible or can be improved, then feel free to say so here.

Be warned - some of these builds are not particularly newbie-friendly. If a build is newbie-friendly, I'll provide 28 point build advice. If there's only 32 point build info, assume that this build is only for experienced players and may not function well without significant amounts of gear, raid loot, +2 tomes and so on.

Some general notes about the Cleric class and its strengths and weaknesses will be in post 2. Starting builds follow in post #3. Additional builds will be added in post 4 when people recommend them. I'll post a summary of the build, plus a link to the thread it's been posted in (or to the post if you post it in this thread). Post 5 is reserved for info on key spells.

To begin with, I will be posting build outlines rather than exact, level by level guides. If enough people want I can download the character creator and turn these outlines into precise builds, but for some reason I've always hated using the generator.