Cleric newbie. Help please!

[old.Galieran]

I've only played an Armsman before and I don't really know much about clerics. So I would really like to make a nice cleric, since I feel I fu..ed up with my armsman.

1.Where should I put my skill points?
2.What are the upsides/downsides of the different choices?
3. Ups/downs regarding RvR?

And please, I need arguments to why I should choose one thing instead of another.

Thanks!

Gal
lvl 29 armsman

RaiseDead
lvl 5 cleric

 

[Insurrextion]

2 ways to build a cleric really - smite or rejuv/enhance

smite template - 48 smite , 23 rejuv , 9 enhance (most common template)
rejuv template - 23 smite , 40 rejuv , 27 enhance (there are others but i like this one )

for the smite template 48 smite gives you the last spec line DD (some like 49 smite for the last AoE DD, but that means u only have 1 single target insta-heal instead of 2), 23 rejuv gives you 2 insta-heals and semi-decent healing abilities and 9 enhance gives you the second str/con spec line buff and the first AF, dex/qui spec line buff

for the rejuv template 23 smite gives you the 3rd best PB AoE mez which is useful in PvE and somewhat useful in RvR too u can easily up smite to 30+ with items u find and Realm Rank too ... 40 rejuv gives you the best rez in the game - full hps and half power (i love you Herbal ) and excellent healing abilities (ppl will remember a good rejuv cleric ) ... 27 enhance will give you the first set of new resist buffs which will be implemented in the next patch (body, spirit and energy resist) which will be useful for RvR

the smite cleric is just about the best non-stealth RvR character u could build the rejuv template i suggested is not too bad for RvR as well ... if u can get smite above 34 with items your damage variance with smite will be tighter

hope this helped a bit

 

[old.Galieran]

Thanks, just what I needed.

Gal
lvl 30 Armsman

RaiseDead
lvl 5 Cleric

 

[Flimgoblin]

There are also the very rare enhance cleric's...
Killer buffs

 

[Danya]

go 50 enhance!

 

[cAScADe]

every one should (IMHO) go 11 Enh for the int buff.. casters love it +22(i think)
and with 11Enh oyu also get the pretty usless Regen buff.. which is nice i guess