[Encroaching Death]

Originally Posted by Toxigen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you do wind up sticking with the cleric, some tips:

Don't be that lazy cleric that sits there and does nothing but heal.

First and foremost: just because someone asks for a buff doesn't mean you should give it to them. Any enchanter, necro, or druid with a charm pet should get your best HP buff and thats about it. If your tank and/or puller is in rags and asks nicely, go ahead and break 'em off a little cleric buff love. To hell with everyone else.

Help with rooting mobs if your group mates are lacking. Its far more mana efficient than trying to heal multiple people getting beat on.

Use your stuns:

- This will be more important when you start grouping with enchanters (and necros / druids possibly) that have a charmed pet. You can make a macro to /target (their pets name) and then cast stun. As soon as you see that pet break and go rushing towards your mate, hammer that macro hotkey / bind. You'll save them from staining their undies time and time again...nobody likes a poopypant enchanter.

- See an annoying caster in the pull winding up a nuke and no bard / enc / necro to mez? Stun that pesky mfker. Yes you'll get aggro, its ok. Run that thing around a corner, out of LoS of your group, root it, and run back to your med spot. Your group mates will applaud you for your situational awareness.

Always keep DA on your bar. You never know when you need to cast that and high-tail it to a zone out. If the cleric lives, the group is saved (most people these days don't want anything but a 96% epic click but sometimes beggars cannot be choosers).

No real puller? No worries, a cleric can help split tough pulls with lull / calm / paci. Just keep in mind, you can be critical resisted. Try to calm the lowest level mobs in the room first.

Its usually more mana efficient to dispel a mob that has a strong damage shield on it than it is to heal multiple melee through it.

Try to never go below 50% mana when in a busy group just in case shit hits the fan. If you do, tell them you're at 20% (its ok to lie they can't tell how much mana you have) and they'll slow down.

I'm sure I'm forgetting a whole bunch of other useful tips but you'll get there. Just always keep DA (and divine barrier if you can), at least 1 stun, root, dispel (when applicable), and gate on your bar at all times. Happy cleric times are ahead.

This makes me wanna play a Cleric.