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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5478393" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>Yeah, I don't know really why people are down on clerics these days. There ARE other very nice options, warlord and bard are both very cool. OTOH you have 3 totally viable cleric options. If you have Essentials (or DDI) build a Warpriest. Sun domain is more CHA oriented, and Storm domain is your 'beat it to death with a 2 hander' type guy. They both heal well. It isn't too easy to mix the two because Essentials picks many of your powers for you, but you can to some extent.</p><p></p><p>The other 2 options are the PHB1 STR and 'Laser' (CHA/WIS based) builds. A bunch of people are going to try to tell you the STR cleric is worthless/gimpy, ignore them. As a pure melee build the Storm Warpriest is probably a tad better, but you can build a very nice STR/CHA based cleric that rolls in there and beats things with a beat stick and then tosses off some heals. He won't win a contest for best healer, nor for best melee guy around, but he'll do both pretty well and supply a lot of valuable buffs to his allies in the process.</p><p></p><p>The laser cleric is good too, he's just not going to do much with a weapon. OTOH his buffs are nasty as heck and he can heal better than almost anyone else without putting a huge amount extra into it.</p><p></p><p>You can build a STR/WIS cleric too. He's not going to be the 'charismatic' type, but probably more effective overall than the STR/CHA version. He'll have first class healing and quite good melee capability. </p><p></p><p>I won't disagree though with the people who would say that paladin might be an equally good choice for melee healing divine character.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 5478393, member: 82106"] Yeah, I don't know really why people are down on clerics these days. There ARE other very nice options, warlord and bard are both very cool. OTOH you have 3 totally viable cleric options. If you have Essentials (or DDI) build a Warpriest. Sun domain is more CHA oriented, and Storm domain is your 'beat it to death with a 2 hander' type guy. They both heal well. It isn't too easy to mix the two because Essentials picks many of your powers for you, but you can to some extent. The other 2 options are the PHB1 STR and 'Laser' (CHA/WIS based) builds. A bunch of people are going to try to tell you the STR cleric is worthless/gimpy, ignore them. As a pure melee build the Storm Warpriest is probably a tad better, but you can build a very nice STR/CHA based cleric that rolls in there and beats things with a beat stick and then tosses off some heals. He won't win a contest for best healer, nor for best melee guy around, but he'll do both pretty well and supply a lot of valuable buffs to his allies in the process. The laser cleric is good too, he's just not going to do much with a weapon. OTOH his buffs are nasty as heck and he can heal better than almost anyone else without putting a huge amount extra into it. You can build a STR/WIS cleric too. He's not going to be the 'charismatic' type, but probably more effective overall than the STR/CHA version. He'll have first class healing and quite good melee capability. I won't disagree though with the people who would say that paladin might be an equally good choice for melee healing divine character. [/QUOTE]
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