Cleric Leveling Guide | AoE Grinding | Builds | Macros | Step by Step

[Linfang]

I been thinking of trying a cleric build. This post seals the deal on my decision

[Anashka]

at 20 you can run it the same way its high enough for all the core skills
http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=00drG.Vgkb.Vuz

Thank you!

What is your typical rotation?

[sanosuke]

Thank you!

What is your typical rotation?

at 20 it was vex 4-6 mobs, purifier shield, soul drain, then depending how many left standing I usually use my single target macro which consists of sanction heretic, bolt of radiance, censure, and strike of judgment to finish the last few off if they have a bit more health ill do another soul drain to finish the rest off. Use your doctrine of bliss as needed to heal yourself. Every couple of pulls I finish the last mob off with aggressive renewal to get some mana back.

[Anashka]

at 20 it was vex 4-6 mobs, purifier shield, soul drain, then depending how many left standing I usually use my single target macro which consists of sanction heretic, bolt of radiance, censure, and strike of judgment to finish the last few off if they have a bit more health ill do another soul drain to finish the rest off. Use your doctrine of bliss as needed to heal yourself. Every couple of pulls I finish the last mob off with aggressive renewal to get some mana back.

I played with it a bit before I saw your response, and actually came up with the same thing, macro and all. Glad to see I am not a total idiot lol -- definitely having fun with this combo. Thank you!

[sanosuke]

I played with it a bit before I saw your response, and actually came up with the same thing, macro and all. Glad to see I am not a total idiot lol -- definitely having fun with this combo. Thank you!

lol good to hear and it only gets better, as I leveled only diff now for me is I added excommunicate to my single target macro and after soul drain I have circle of oblivion so the single target macro really is only used when Im doing a quest and only 1 mob is in the area. Also you will get the nice AOE fear in case you pull too many..

[Lasica]

I didn't discover this sort of build until 50 (currently use a build with 44 points in inquisitor for aoe farming) and levelled as shaman/druid. Having seen how to works at 50 I'd definitely recommend it for levelling.

[heyjacleu]

My baby Cleric is running the Inq/Cab/Purifier build and has no problems running around gathering up mobs in Stonefield and AoEing them down. The rotation I use is the same as whats outlined in the guide. Vex, Vex, Vex to aggro mobs then Decay on the last one then Soul Drain and if anything else is alive use Obliterate or spam Tyranny.

[KnightMax]

lol good to hear and it only gets better, as I leveled only diff now for me is I added excommunicate to my single target macro and after soul drain I have circle of oblivion so the single target macro really is only used when Im doing a quest and only 1 mob is in the area. Also you will get the nice AOE fear in case you pull too many..

Do you use a 1h and shield or do you use a 2 hander? Looks like the minimum level to get this to work is 15 to get 6 points in justicar for heals and 14 points in inquisitor for the aoe.

[sanosuke]

Do you use a 1h and shield or do you use a 2 hander? Looks like the minimum level to get this to work is 15 to get 6 points in justicar for heals and 14 points in inquisitor for the aoe.

no reason to ever use a shield as a cleric really even as a tank.. so yea two hander

[sanosuke]

My baby Cleric is running the Inq/Cab/Purifier build and has no problems running around gathering up mobs in Stonefield and AoEing them down. The rotation I use is the same as whats outlined in the guide. Vex, Vex, Vex to aggro mobs then Decay on the last one then Soul Drain and if anything else is alive use Obliterate or spam Tyranny.

i did this for awhile but found inq/just kills just as fast and you have more heals and less chance of dying. Going high just with INQ adds a ton of survivability. Sine really INQ is all you need for AOE adding cab is a little overkill and you don't get any added heals or anything with cab. I'd def would not recommend inq/cab on a pvp server

[Linfang]

I'm starting a new toon is there any benefit if I become a armorsmith or will I be cranking out levels so fast it won't matter?

[sanosuke]

I'm starting a new toon is there any benefit if I become a armorsmith or will I be cranking out levels so fast it won't matter?

even with my warrior i took all 3 gathering professions all the way to 50.. depends if you have a guild and want to help them and work on something if not gathering ones are good to make money for your mount at 50 and anything else you may want from the AH. You get fine equipment from just questing or doing dungeons or pvp so you dont really need to craft unless you enjoy it

[SabbathViper]

not sure how you are having mana issues. I always end up fights with 80% mana or so and i just aggressive renewal and back up to max. Do you have unholy tutelage from Inq to lower all mana of all damage spells 10%?. I don't even have purpose yet and have 0 mana issues. It may be a gear issue I have mostly blues from DSM and questing also the area I'm questing in is 1-2 levels below me. But you shouldn't really be having any mana issues with inq/just. I guess if you are fighting things a few levels above yo could run into issues since you would have to soul drain several times but right now 1 fantasicm soul drain, tab vex till soul drain is back then soul drain everything is dead very little mana used at all

It's cause I was still relying on a combination of Soul Drain + Even Justice. I didn't have Fanaticism so I wasn't getting that huge crit on all the mobs each fight, so it wouldn't do enough damage to end the fight quickly. In your video you just basically Soul Drain twice each fight... I couldn't do that. But once I hit 28 I'm gonna try it out ;)

[sanosuke]

It's cause I was still relying on a combination of Soul Drain + Even Justice. I didn't have Fanaticism so I wasn't getting that huge crit on all the mobs each fight, so it wouldn't do enough damage to end the fight quickly. In your video you just basically Soul Drain twice each fight... I couldn't do that. But once I hit 28 I'm gonna try it out ;)

ahh yea even justice will drain your mana... as longs as you stick with mobs -2 your level you really don't need Fanaticism but it does speed things along

[sheb]

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