Mr J Daniels what level Cleric are you?
The following thoughts are experience from a PvP server.
I would add that Flash of Light is great for offense and defense.
If the opponent is not used to being blinded it will freak them out and if
they do not have there spells memmed it disables them. It uses small amount
of manna and is relatively quick to cast. Generally I cast it and if not
rooted I ran round the back of them and start hitting them. From the back no
melee weapon effects you. I always use a 1 handed weapon (fast=28) on the
principal that I have more chance to interrupt other players casts. I seldom
use stun though after that post I will reevaluate it. ( I just hate to waste
manna for no damage!) On the stun part. An experienced PvP Caster need not
look for you all he has to do is cast, unless of course he is being pounding
from behind which puts them off.
I would also suggest not to be hesitant to use divine aura quickly.
Especially if rooted. One hope is that you can be aided by other players.
Otherwise the general wiz technique is root and nuke. If they don't notice
(or do not understand) they may waste a lot of manna.
However I have in general lost to casters, mainly because the Pk's on Rallos
tend to wait till your health is at the last bubble while fighting a MOB
then kill you with one/two unexpected blasts. Which Sucks.
That happened to me at the chessboard once. I had a good laugh though
because I managed to cast flash of light on an undead bishop just before I
died. The PK'r must have had a little shock to see the undead bishop and his
summoned pet bearing down on him. At least I would think so since his body
was next to mine when I came to claim my stuff. *grin*
-----Original Message-----
From: Mr. J Daniels [mailto:
warpig@...]
Sent: Friday, September 03, 1999 6:27 AM
To:
EQ-Clerics@onelist.com
Subject: Re: [EQ-Clerics] PvP strategies for clerics
From: "Mr. J Daniels" <
warpig@...>
Clerics can easily beat any pure type caster class of their same level.
All you have to do is cast stun/ and the best offensive spell at your
level.
What i typically do is stun the chaster, then run behind them quickly at
an angle, then start nuking them. When they unstun they take some time
to turn around to look for you, when you notice this, stun them again.
It really works well. I havent dueled too much but i'm 9 and 1 vs casters
in duels.
On Fri, 3 Sep 1999, Woland Grauensturm wrote:
> From: Woland Grauensturm <woland@...>
>
>
> I have a few thoughts on PvP and clerics. I play a cleric on Vallon Zek
and
> occationally battle other players. In my experience, clerics are not good
> offensively, but rather good defensively, especially grouped.
> Once a necromancer cast dots on me (engulfing darkness and boil blood I
> believe), plus fear. I dropped HPs rapidly, but managed to cast a couple
of
> heals on myself, and then the DOTs wore off.
>
> Can clerics generally survive a fight versus casters by healing
themselves?
> If I cast 4 greater heals on myself I can heal for 1200+ damage. Although
I
> am not sure, I doubt a wizard will have the mana to deliver 2000 damage at
> my level (24), and some of his damage might be resisted. Assuming I have
> full armour, I should be able to root and melee the caster to death.
>
> Other useful spells are blindness and stun. I use the low level variants
of
> stun since they take less mana. Divine aura is useful since the attacker
> doesn't always observe that I am invulnerable, especially casters, since
> they don't get any damage information (="blabla hit by non melee for 140
> damage" etc).
>
> Buying an egg shaped pumice is also a good investment, although it is
quite
> expensive. It is a magic item sold by some vendors (in Neriak, the one
near
> the bank) and has 5 charges of "pillage enchantment", that will cancel
> several effects like charm/DOTs (and buffs) at the same time.
>
>
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