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Priest Guide

Subbing

Overview

The major consideration when subbing is to learn all of the skills and spells and, ideally, have extra stat points left over for subbing. This is somewhat difficult because priests need a lot of stats to learn all of their pre-master spells. However, it is possible to sub with all spells and extra stats using various items, but your final stats may vary slightly depending on what items you have access to.

You can choose any religion, but remember to incorporate those gained stats as part of your base stats. Choosing Ceannlaidir or Sgrios will make the stat plan more challenging, but still possible.

Plan

Str Int Wis Con Dex
Base 3 72 94 15 10
"Typical" Items 17 17 16 16 21
Sgrios Relic Buff 3
Book of Sages 3
2x Fae Fragments 4
2x Ghast Fragments 4
2x Succubus Fragments 6
2x Goblin Guard Fragments 2
2x Mantis Fragments 2
Target 23 96 120 33 33
Spell Suain Mor Dion Nuadhaich Deireas Faileas Dall

Extra Stats: 22

You can use up to 8 of these stats (leaving yourself with 14) to replace any of the above requirements as necessary. Or, if you don't care about carrying over any stats when you subclass, you may use any remaining stats to meet the stat requirements.

The "typical" items include:

Subsitutions

As it is possible to upgrade items so that they give extra stats, it may be easier to create upgraded gear sets, or borrow existing sets from other players. For example, with a full set of +10 gear, you will likely not need any fragments.

If you choose to create upgraded gear for yourself, it is recommended that you start with chest armour and a Hy-Brasyl belt, as these items slots typically do not provide stats normally, and you'll immediately get a benefit when upgrading them to +5.

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Recommendations

When leveling up and placing stats, you should always try to prioritize placing stats into Wisdom first as early as possible. In this way, you will have the largest benefit to your mana pool by the time you reach a high level.

You can fulfil your role as a priest knowing only healing spells and few other spells. Cradh spells are helpful, but they don't seem to have as large of an impact on the time to kill a monster as Fas does. Personally, I found learning Deo Saighead around level 41 to be very helpful, as it meant I could solo somewhat better. However, other priests will avoid this spell until much later, favouring putting more stats into Wisdom.