In this Rift Cleric builds guide I will be discussing about some of the best and most widely used Rift Cleric builds. While some could be literally outstanding, some might just not even make sense. This Rift Cleric builds guide explores possible combinations for selecting souls for both solo and group or team play.
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In Rift you will be selecting three souls which will be the basis for all of your character’s abilities, generally you will have one main soul and two other souls which will mainly be used for the starter abilities they give. In this Rift Cleric builds guide I will be discussing the Cleric souls, what they do, and which ones I suggest that you should use.
If you’re looking to be a healer in rift you’re going to want to choose the Cleric class. However, there is also the route of melee DPS, ranged DPS, and also the ability to tank which makes this the most versatile class of them all. Of the eight souls the Cleric has one possible tanking spec which is the Justicar, however it is not recommended to attempt using this for tanking right now. The Cleric also has the Shaman and Druid souls for melee DPSing, the Inquisitor and Cabalist for ranged DPS, and finally the Warden, Sentinal, and Purifier for the three healing souls.
In rift you’re able to purchase up to four seperate roles for your character, and when setting up these roles you’ll want to make at least one for soloing and one for grouping. When playing a cleric it is wise to have a group healing role, a solo dpsing role, as well as a group dpsing role.
Rift Cleric Builds Guide for Solo play
When soloing as a cleric you’ll want to choose between ranged or melee DPS. If you choose ranged you are going to want Inquisitor as your main soul with Warden and Purifier as your off-souls as these provide 0pt abilities that give you a heal over time as well as a damage absorption shield. Inquisitor has great nuke spells which when coupled with the DoTs make it a very efficient damage soul.
Now you don’t want to forget all about the melee option, you’ll want to go with Druid as your main soul and have Warden and Shaman as your off souls. Druid’s are given a Faerie pet that will heal you whenever you take damage which makes this a great soul for soloing. You’ll want to disable your pets auto ranged attack that does not do a whole lot of damage and eats away at your pets mana which you’ll want to reserve for the healing it will do for you. One thing to note is you will want to use the Shaman’s base ability instead of the Druid’s. Overall this build makes for a lot of damage along with a great amount of self healing making it the best soloing build hands down.
Rift Cleric Builds Guide for Group Play
Now if you’re going to be playing in a group and you want to stay as damage, you can simply use the same souls I mentioned early and tweak them to give less healing and more damage. As for healing however you’ll want to choose what kind of healer you want to be before picking your souls. Purifier has a lot of really big heals and shields, the Warden is a heal over time healer, and the Sentinal has some instant healing and a lot of aoe group healing. You will want to use all of these together for healing as they all come with great 0pt abilities for healing.
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