Aion Cleric Guide

Introduction

There are a whole selection of interesting and fun classes in NCSoft's new release Aion, and you have chosen the Cleric to play. This class is one of Aion's core support and healing classes, and is one of the classes that is the most similar to the more traditional versions you see in other online games as well as table-top role playing games.

Although the Cleric subclass are built for support, this odes not mean that the Cleric can't perform some of the other roles in the game, just that in a healing role they really shine. And Clerics are even more of a healing class than even an all around support class. If you don't want to spend time buffing, healing, and ressurecting other players then the Cleric is probably not the class for you. They can be slow to level and difficult to solo play in PvP, but they are highly sought after for both their buffs and their powerful healing.

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Character Creation

Creating your character is the very beginning of the many adventures to be had within the world of Atreia. Creating a character in a new game for the first time can be a confusing process, and so this section has some important information to consider when creating a Priest (which will later become a Cleric).

In Aion, there are two factions available for players to choose from. One faction is the angelic Elyos, and the other are the demon-like Asmodians. Many multi-player online role-playing games have big differences in class skills and startign stats for different races and factions, but this is generally not the case in Aion. Each faction has only one playable race at this time, and other than appearance and questing area differences, they are almost completely identical. Both Asmodian and Elyos Priests start the game with 201 hit points and 375 mana points.

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Equipment

Once a Priest reaches Level 10 and chooses to be a Cleric, they gain the ability to wear mail gear, among many other new passive skills. So the Cleric can wear Cloth, Leather, and Mail gear. This flexibility brings up a debate as to what kind of armor the Cleric should actually use -- cloth, or mail? Once you hit the higher levels, the statistics on leather don't really match what a Cleric needs a tall, so after Ascension leather armor is generally ignored. However, Cloth gear is generally made for casters, and Clerics are casters, yes?