Cleric PvE guide (BoredAF)

• Small mistakes can be cleansed or healed. Big mechanic failures kill anyway, and then it's a res.
• Early on, Global players won't know the mechanics, so expect to heal more. Debuffs still come first.

Stigmas: Global allows 4 at a time (TW now has 6)

1. Light of Protection: PvE damage plus resilience for you and the party, from the base level
2. Resurrection
3. Earth's Punishment / Retribution: at stigma level 5 it guarantees crits on Condemnation, which resets on crit. This is your main damage engine
4. Noble Aura: constant damage. Alternatives: Prayer of Reinforcement, or Absolution / Benevolence if the group needs more healing

Rotation and keybinds (in-game macro only)

• Right mouse: the debuffs.
  • Weakening Mark: lowers the target's damage and defense.
  • Chains of Torment: lowers its damage resistance.
  • Earth's Punishment: crit for Condemnation, plus double attack, defense and damage for the party as it levels.
• Left mouse: spam basic attacks, or weave them with Judgment through the in-game macro (an animation cancel).
  • On TW right now, plain auto-attack without Judgment does more damage per target. Test this on Global.
• Hold both buttons to keep Condemnation resetting and debuffs refreshed. Use other skills, heals and cleanses as needed.
• Get Healing Light to level 16 early as the emergency heal.
• Specializations: Cleanse on Radiant Restoration, move speed on Light of Regeneration.
• [Author, comments] You never need to target to heal. All Cleric heals are AoE.

Passives that matter in PvE

• Empyrean Lord's Grace: crit chance plus extra damage each second. [Author, comments] It also gives double-hit chance.
• Earth's Mercy: crit damage.
• Healing Enhancement: scales heals with attack.

Stats and arcana

• Stats: attack, crit and double attack as high as possible, while keeping the accuracy minimum for each content tier. Stack Illusion for cooldown reduction.
• Arcana: use the 4-piece Vigor set (Primal Vigor; mana is a non-issue unless you spam Judgment). The video's names differ from the game's: "Glass" is the Chalice, "energy set" is Vigor (see Arcana cards).
  • Chalice (Time) for combat speed
  • Parchment (Life) for HP
  • Compass (Freedom) for accuracy
  • Mirror (Illusion) for cooldown reduction
  • From the magic set, only the Bell (Destruction) for attack.
• If you have too much accuracy, swap the Compass for a crit card and give up the 4-piece bonus.

From the comments

• [Author] Leveling advice: "You HAVE TO do literally every quest, main and side", because a lot of combat power is locked behind them.
• A PvP Cleric guide is promised after launch.