Cleric
Cleric is an archetype in Ashes of Creation.[3]
In a world often fraught with peril, a Cleric is never wanting for friends. They can protect their allies in a number of ways, and when necessary, snuff the life out of others. As masters over the very essence of vitality, they can sense the broken and corrupted... The strands of this essence connect everything and everyone. Clerics find themselves particularly attuned to the threads that channel life and motive energy. By reinforcing these tendrils, they can heal and even resurrect those that have been wounded. By tearing them, they can steal energy from their foes, turning their enemies’ powers against them amid the frenzied heat of battle.[4]
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Contents
Cleric classes
Skills/abilities
Restoration. Enhancement. Debilitation. Clerics keep their team in the fight by bolstering their combat abilities and cursing their enemies. Far from simply supporting their allies through healing, a Cleric is also capable of wielding destructive force in the face of danger.[4]
Clerics have control over life and this may relate to utility abilities that relate to corruption.[5]
Cleric combat abilities
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Skill | Icon | Rank 1 | Rank 2 | Rank 3 |
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Castigation | ![]() |
Lashes your target with holy energy whip, dealing direct damage and restoring health and mana to yourself over time.[6][7][8][9] | Heals you instantly for an additional amount upon hit.[6] | Restores health and mana to nearby party members for the duration.[6] |
Chains of Restraint | ![]() |
Call forth spectral chains in a target area that stagger enemies within or stun enemies already under the staggered effect, then leave behind an area that deals radiant damage each second over 8 seconds.[10][11] | ||
Cleansing Wave | ![]() |
Releases a wave of healing energy to a target ally restoring health and conferring a heal over time. The wave jumps to 1 additional ally within range for each stack of conviction the caster has and places a buff on each recipient. Whenever a target with this buff receives a healing effect, the buff is consumed and removes the most recent negative effect that the target received.[12][13] | ||
Communal Restoration | ![]() |
Restore health to all party members in range. For each point of Conviction the caster possesses, targets receive an additional 1% of their maximum health as temporary hit points for 10 seconds.[14][11] | ||
Devotion | ![]() |
Launch an orb of energy into the air that will fall upon your target, healing them.[15][7][16][9] | The energy orb will travel faster and heal for more.[15] | The target will be infused with a slow, long-lasting healing effect.[15] |
Divine Censure | ![]() |
Hurls a radiant spear at the target, dealing damage.[17][7][18][9] | Further attacks upon the target have a chance to heal the attacker.[17] | The target has a chance to deal damage to itself when it attacks.[17] |
Divine Light | ![]() |
Heals your target with a flash of light. Reduces the cooldown of Devotion and Radiant Burst.[19][7] | Increased healing.[19] | Reduced mana cost.[19] |
Hallowed Ground | ![]() |
Fills the surrounding area with radiant energy that damages enemies.[20][7][21][9][22] | The area provides a healing aura for allies.[20] | Allies within the area will receive boosted magical defense. Enemies within the area will deal less physical damage.[20] |
Judgment | ![]() |
Heals an ally, restoring life to the target. If cast on an enemy, it damages the target with radiant energy and has a chance to generate Conviction.[23][24] | ||
Radiant Burst | ![]() |
Heals allies around you in a wide area for a large amount.[25] Stacks up to 3 times.[7] | Heals for a greater amount.[25] | Cooldown removed.[25] |
Regeneration | ![]() |
Bathe your target with restorative energy that heals them over time.[26][7] | Reduced mana cost.[26] | Applies a 5% healing received bonus to the target.[26] |
Resurrection | ![]() |
Resurrects a dead ally with 25% health and 15% mana.[27][7][28][9] | Target resurrects with 50% health and 20% mana.[27] | Target resurrects with 75% health and 25% mana.[27] |
Cleric passive abilities
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Skill | Icon | Rank 1 | Rank 2 | Rank 3 |
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Cooldown Reduction | ![]() |
Reduce all ability cooldowns by 5%.[29] | ||
Critical Hit Rate | ![]() |
Increase the chance for damage and healing abilities to critically hit by 5%.[29] | ||
Defense Mitigation | ![]() |
Increase defense mitigation by 4.[29] | ||
Disable Defense | ![]() |
Reduce chance of being disabled by crowd control effects by 10%.[30] | ||
Health Regeneration | ![]() |
Generate an additional 1.5% of your maximum health per second.[29] | ||
Increased Healing | ![]() |
Increase healing done by 10%.[31] | ||
Mana Regeneration | ![]() |
Generate an additional 1% of your maximum mana per second.[29] | ||
Maximum Health | ![]() |
Increase maximum health by 75.[29] | ||
Maximum Mana | ![]() |
Increase maximum mana by 100.[32] | ||
Movement Speed | ![]() |
Increase movement speed by 5%.[29] |
Cleric augments
Classes with Cleric as a secondary archetype are able to choose between life or death augments.[33][34]
- Choosing life augments will provide self-healing benefits as well as limited life-giving benefits to other players.[35][36][33]
- Some cleric augments applied to certain skills will indirectly provide the ability to heal others. These will not replace the need for a cleric archetype.[37]
- Cleric augments will radically change the type of summons available from the summoner primary archetype.[38]
Any class that's going to choose Cleric as a secondary class will have the ability to pick from those augments to influence their skills to affect the life of others around you.[33] – Steven Sharif
Cleric timeline
The Cleric archetype was released in Alpha-1.[40][41]
Artwork
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Archetype list
Icon | Archetype | Type.[42] | Role.[43] |
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Bard | Arcane | Support |
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Cleric | Arcane | Support |
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Fighter | Martial | Damage |
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Mage | Arcane | Damage |
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Ranger | Martial | Damage |
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Rogue | Martial | Damage |
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Summoner | Arcane | - |
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Tank | Martial | Tank |
See also
References
- ↑ Video, November 1, 2020 (0:14).
- ↑
- ↑ Archetype breakdown.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Blog: The Gift of Life - Cleric Alpha One Preview.
- ↑ Livestream, May 26, 2017 (19:03).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 7.7
- ↑ Video, November 1, 2020 (0:33).
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4
- ↑
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Video, December 2, 2022 (18:26).
- ↑
- ↑ Video, December 2, 2022 (17:55).
- ↑
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2
- ↑ Video, November 1, 2020 (1:09).
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2
- ↑ Video, November 1, 2020 (0:51).
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2
- ↑ Video, November 1, 2020 (0:45).
- ↑ Livestream, March 28, 2020 (1:22:45).
- ↑
- ↑ Video, December 2, 2022 (10:14).
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2
- ↑ Video, November 1, 2020 (0:55).
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 29.4 29.5 29.6 Livestream, June 25, 2021 (23:08).
- ↑ Alpha-1 screenshot.
- ↑ Alpha-1 screenshot.
- ↑ Alpha-1 screenshot.
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 Interview, May 11, 2018 (51:11).
- ↑ Livestream, October 31, 2018 (47:18).
- ↑ Livestream, December 2, 2022 (1:02:54).
- ↑ Livestream, July 25, 2020 (58:38).
- ↑
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 Livestream, July 25, 2020 (1:41:46).
- ↑ Livestream, 2018-04-8 (PM) (11:27).
- ↑ Interview, October 17, 2020 (53:50).
- ↑ Interview, July 29, 2020 (49:53).
- ↑ Group dynamics blog.