Endgame radiant AA cleric 13/4/3 Priest of the Silver Flame

[Marshal_Lannes]

Hit 20 so final thoughts. My DPS falls off big time around L13 as other classes/builds catch up to the point that my DPS is almost non-existent in the upper levels (unless using slaying arrows). However, can paralyze anything and it is extremely effective in making quests very easy for your party. The only mobs who made saves on Para (other than immune ones of course) were the Drow archers from the new Mines chain who must have some sort of super high para save. I was able to duo Reaper under level (16) the Storm Horns and Wheloon. Basically if you want to mass paralyze everything while having good healing this is the build for you. In the upper tier of heroics though when a pure Cleric is imploding and BB things you feel a bit under powered though that might just be the mind set because there were many quests that were likely only finished because of the para arrows. Also for PUGing your para arrows make the rest of the group much better if you are set up with a less than ideal Reaper group. Very survivable as well. I think I might have only died 3 or 4 times on the way from 12 to 20 (in Reaper). Well over 700 HPs and able to stop mobs tends to make you hard to kill.

Would be interested to see how new Cleric Domains would fit in with this.

[Vish]

Vish the reaper
Priest of the silver flame
14/4/2 cleric ranger fighter
LN human
Trickery Domain

Str 8
Dex 16
Con 14
Int 12
Wis 18 +7
Cha 8
+6 tomes

Skills Umd, heal, jump

1 cleric (silver flame) empower heal
Human PBS
2 ranger (bow str) undead
3 ranger (rapid shot, twf) zen archery
4 ranger (diehard)
5 ranger (precise shot)
6 cleric extend
7 fighter manyshot
8-9 cleric ic ranged
10-12 cleric quicken
13 fighter imp precise shot
14-15 cleric sf enchantment
16-18 cleric heighten
19-20 cleric

21 oc
24 greater sf enchant
26 sp pos
27 blinding speed
28 doubleshot
29 fount of life
30 Celestia
Feat enlarge

Ap
33 radiant aura
28 aa paralyzers
14 dws
5 human

Notes
Dropping the stalwart d, keeping imp precise shot
Losing 300 hp, maybe the mass charm will make it up.
Not that I take that much damage as a cleric, even tho paralyzers draw aggro, I should be ok.
Adding in heighten and enlarge, in case it works out.
Since max and empower just for the burst, which I rarely use, is a waste. Will see if metas make any difference.
I could have went 6 ranger, but I would lose the ips, and I'm hedging my bets on this one. The only gain I would get would be tier5 during leveling, but not needed for endgame build.
The changeover will see more ap into paralyzers, and dws. I should have aura before 20. But mass charm only at 20, so will test in epics...

The trade up to this build is +5 to enchant dc. +3 from trickery, and another +2 from enhancements in aa. Now I will have banishes and smiters. So it's an upgrade for that 300 hp.
Besides I run in dc, and have consecration/sacred ground to make up for damage mitigation. Should be fine.
Also, I pick up +2 wisdom. Since new ap spread, I get 1 in dws, and 1 in aa. So actually a total of +6 enchant add. That may make a difference, since many tgts in mid reaper require multiple hits.

Vish is a 36 pt build, with 3 cleric lives and 1 epic. So he is my proof that minimum investment can pay off. But the trickery here is max gear. Which he has all bis with slavers. No set yet, that will be decided during ravenloft.
Will tr and pick up a human life. Will test at cap then decide if I want to reroll again for a +1 wisdom. But likely he will be my camper.

Will post build notes.

[Selvera]

Hit 20 so final thoughts.

Good to hear. I do realize that the dps drops off a bit; I recall soloing EH ToEE and EH slavelords however, so you still can solo; but probably not in elite at higher levels. I mostly enjoyed being a support healer who could contribute a little dps

War domain should help with the dps a bit; since it gives you your missing crit profile increase and a little bump to your base damage.

I was mainly using elemental arrows instead of para arrows; since with my gear-level that life the ~100 damage per hit was essentially doubleing my non-crit damage at the time. Para arrows are great in a party for all the reasons you mentioned, a mob who can't attack is damage that doesn't have to be healed. At 30 I took scion of water since the scaling-with-spellpower on hit damage was the best damage available on the list. Celestia is obviously better for the support role however.

Have fun!

Ps. Vish; if you're not taking fvs levels, there's almost no point in going silver flame. Elf gets proficiency with longbow, +1 to hit is negligible and the level 6 active sucks pretty hard. Just take a useful deity.

[Vish]

Ps. Vish; if you're not taking fvs levels, there's almost no point in going silver flame. Elf gets proficiency with longbow, +1 to hit is negligible and the level 6 active sucks pretty hard. Just take a useful deity.

Ps selvera,
I'm a role player, not a roll player
So this is a flavor build?
That just happens to work in reaper 10?
I'm a silver flame priest,
Vish is guild leader of the silver flame jokers,
And you want me to take a useful deity?
Ha.
You do get adds at other level for longbow hit and damage
And while I don't use the exorcism,
I'm not about to change the motif.
And I'm a cleric, not a fvs
It's the best build for the job
Silver flame ftw!

[Vish]

Vish the reaper
Priest of the silver flame
14/4/2 cleric ranger fighter
LN human
Trickery Domain

Str 8
Dex 16
Con 14
Int 12
Wis 18 +7
Cha 8
+6 tomes

Skills Umd, heal, jump

1 cleric (silver flame) empower heal
Human PBS
2 ranger (bow str) undead
3 ranger (rapid shot, twf) zen archery
4 ranger (diehard)
5 ranger (precise shot)
6 cleric extend
7 fighter manyshot
8-9 cleric ic ranged
10-12 cleric quicken
13 fighter imp precise shot
14-15 cleric sf enchantment
16-18 cleric heighten
19-20 cleric

21 oc
24 greater sf enchant
26 sp pos
27 blinding speed
28 doubleshot
29 fount of life
30 Celestia
Feat enlarge

Ap
33 radiant aura
28 aa paralyzers
14 dws
5 human

Notes
Dropping the stalwart d, keeping imp precise shot
Losing 300 hp, maybe the mass charm will make it up.
Not that I take that much damage as a cleric, even tho paralyzers draw aggro, I should be ok.
Adding in heighten and enlarge, in case it works out.
Since max and empower just for the burst, which I rarely use, is a waste. Will see if metas make any difference.
I could have went 6 ranger, but I would lose the ips, and I'm hedging my bets on this one. The only gain I would get would be tier5 during leveling, but not needed for endgame build.
The changeover will see more ap into paralyzers, and dws. I should have aura before 20. But mass charm only at 20, so will test in epics...

The trade up to this build is +5 to enchant dc. +3 from trickery, and another +2 from enhancements in aa. Now I will have banishes and smiters. So it's an upgrade for that 300 hp.
Besides I run in dc, and have consecration/sacred ground to make up for damage mitigation. Should be fine.
Also, I pick up +2 wisdom. Since new ap spread, I get 1 in dws, and 1 in aa. So actually a total of +6 enchant add. That may make a difference, since many tgts in mid reaper require multiple hits.

Vish is a 36 pt build, with 3 cleric lives and 1 epic. So he is my proof that minimum investment can pay off. But the trickery here is max gear. Which he has all bis with slavers. No set yet, that will be decided during ravenloft.
Will tr and pick up a human life. Will test at cap then decide if I want to reroll again for a +1 wisdom. But likely he will be my camper.

Will post build notes.

Did a LR +1
Ran with rah and kildoes and did some reaper7 and reaper10
In both situations, paralyzers worked
The mass charm was meeting sr,
Maybe useful in lower reaper
Will test further

But LRed as posted build
But changed ap
On suggestion, went cure focus in radiant
Testing it out
Added banish, smiter and another +1 wis in aa
Haven't added yet in dws
Still have a few free ap
Build has 1100 hp, but short 25 prr mrr from stalwart
But mostly I don't draw aggro

Haven't been playing vish lately,
So it'll be a bit of comeuppance
To get him back in the saddle
But I can hang high reaper
Ips is useful in high reaper,
Since tactics are different
There is a lot of drawing,
So in long corridors mobs line up
Ips sweet there

Still have a LR in case I need to change something
But this is a reaper cleric
Now to reap

[Vish]

Level 30
Str 24
Dex 40
Con 52
Int 21
Wis 74
Cha 38
Hp 1144
Hamp 166
Sp 2408
Pos 858
Pos spell crit 28
Spell crit mult 30
Aura ticks for 250
AC 66
Fort 67
Reflex 54
Will 78
Bab 21/30
Doubleshot 20
Ranged attack speed 22
Sr 0
Fort 175
Prr 141
Mrr 65

Skills
Heal 71
Diplo 57
Umd 44
Jump 42

Ap
40 radiant. aura, cure focus, core4
27 aa. Paralyzers
8 ds. Imp weapon fin, empathy
5 human. Rp boost, hamp

Level 30 gear
Head halcyonia
Neck l.hypnotic pendant w good luck
Eyes rng30 enchant6 insight3 insspot10
Trinket l.symbol w fest wis globe of true blood
Body platemail of celestial avenger w ff
Cloak mysterious w str7
Bracers l.slavers 17wis4 devotion185
Belt l.slavers 17con4 resist14
Ring1 l.prowess
Ring2 l.slavers 17cha4 umd7
Boots l.devil commander
Gloves cc34 dex15 hamp61 insdevotion79 draconic soul gem
Quiver epic dynamistic
Bow LGS pos150 inswis7

Paralyzers
20 + wis mod + enchant spell bonuses
20 base
32 wis
6+3 goggles
2. Pendant
4 Paralyzer, smiter, banisher, terror
3 Twist enchant specialist
3 Cleric domain trickery
2 Feat. sf Enchant and greater
75 total

Notes
Realize I didn't have a gearset for the new vish
Same as the old vish, just some ap and hp changes
Included detail on paralyzers. Only thing could make them higher is higher wisdom. Maxed as I can get it.
This is my hella max wisdom enchant build. Notice no AC. But decent prr. So he takes hit but aura keeps him alive. But really he can paralyze anything. Tested reaper 10.
Also, running cure focus. With 858 standing pos means heals through the roof.
He still ain't getting no play time. Too busy running Kil as aasimar testing. But with ravenloft he will saddle up. Don't know where Kil will be in the cycle when it hits. Either way I am prepared.

[FuzzierSage]

Considering making one of these right now with the free Level 10 Vet Status event going on.

Given that you'd be able to start at level 10, do you think it'd be better to go Ranger 1 instead of Cleric 1 to get some relatively free Skillpoints out of the deal?

Ranger 'starting gear' for starting at 10 also gets you a set of character-bound 30% movespeed boots for free, which seems like a good deal (though you'd be able to get those just by taking a Ranger level).

Leaning towards making an Aasimar. Any results on the testing on that you mentioned?

This build concept sounds almost exactly like what I was looking for (except I'd prefer Repeating Crossbows, I know that's not an option with the game at current).

Thanks for putting this together!

[Vish]

Considering making one of these right now with the free Level 10 Vet Status event going on.

Given that you'd be able to start at level 10, do you think it'd be better to go Ranger 1 instead of Cleric 1 to get some relatively free Skillpoints out of the deal?

Ranger 'starting gear' for starting at 10 also gets you a set of character-bound 30% movespeed boots for free, which seems like a good deal (though you'd be able to get those just by taking a Ranger level).

Leaning towards making an Aasimar. Any results on the testing on that you mentioned?

This build concept sounds almost exactly like what I was looking for (except I'd prefer Repeating Crossbows, I know that's not an option with the game at current).

Thanks for putting this together!

I'd go as built for role playing
Start a cleric, end a cleric
But really, with 12 int, that 3 skill pt
So heal, Umd, jump
Eventually with tomes you get more, so diplo
And you only go 4 ranger, so at 10,
The split 5/4/1
Can scroll raise dead barely
But good dps as ranger with bow, and cc

Run speed up to you, 30% is best
I have rng ff boots at 10, so I'm covered

Ya, on aasimar,
Make great extra heal if wis build,
Which this is
Need 7 ap for regen loh
Very worth it, would be extra sweetness in cycle
Cocoon, heal, loh
Tho I use it as self heal in reaper
Because at 74x30 is 2200 x40% is 900. Awesom self heal
For emergencies, still got aura

And as for repeater,
That would be arti cleric build,
Which I haven't done
Could be done, just substitute arty for ranger
But you lose paralyzers
And this is bestest cc build,
So you're choice

Good luck on running it,
Let me know

[Vish]

Ok, Vishs time is up
It's retirement time
This paralyzer build has been a faithful steed
And I have kept the jokers strong
But the itch has to be scratched
I have came up with a new build
More or less pure caster
Vish the Imploder
Don't know what to do
Guild is the silver flame jokers
Guess the joke is on the silver flame now
Bows were so 2017

[Vish]

Bumping this thread
Have learned a lot in last couple years
Went to a new build for vish,
The bird man in cleric

But I'm working on a fvs aa
Divine intervention in fvs,
And wanted to revisit what kind of gear I used