Priest of Eothas as a Support DPS?

[Jaime]

Hey guys,

So I'm thinking about playing a Priest of Eothas for maximum lore potential, and I was wondering if there are any builds/multiclass options available to allow them to be a decent support DPS class? Basically, when my allies aren't in mortal danger, I want a way to help them bring down enemies. I was thinking Priest/Druid for wider access to fire elemental spells, and then going Might/Perception/Intellect.

What do you guys think? Is it worth trying to go that route, or should I just stick with pure support? In that case I'd probably go Eothas/Chanter for summons/buffing.

[Pok]

Eothas Priest / Paladin Maybe ?? Priest can summon weapons i think... balance that with Paladin skills and then go on Ultimative Religious ^^

i think its all about ur choice

[Eyune]

No joke if you want support dps role just place a arblest or rifle in their hand. (anything with a +10 penetration).

Just make sure they have a perception above 10 and they will be doing alot of damage.

Yes even in PoTD difficulty they will share alot of the damage load.

[Jaime]

Priest of Eothas/Kind Wayfarer with a gun?

... That's honestly kind of amazing.

Reminds me of this iconic scene.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfkHkdu5IEI

[cptcooolguy]

That's funny, I want to go Priest of Berath for de lores

[Eyune]

having played through the game both of you are correct. You are the herald of berath and the something of Eothas. (forgot the title.).

[Jaime]

Honestly, it's been kind of a toss-up for me between who would get more lore. Both Berath and Eothas seem like they'd have a lot...

[Jaime]

Hmm. In that case, I'll probably go support/healing for Eothas with Chanter.

[Beer Squirrel]

Originally posted by Jaime (Naoko):

Hmm. In that case, I'll probably go support/healing for Eothas with Chanter.

I'm playing a Chanter (Troubadour) support right now - it's very versatile. Both your Chants (passive AOE buffs) and Invocations (active spells) can be tailored to fit nearly any situation. My Troubadour is a support/DPS melee hybrid -- stats into might, dex, perception, and intellect.


For a DPS Priest multiclass I would recommend forcusing on might, perception and then intellect. Might for +damage/healing - makes perfect sense on a priest. Perception is extremely important for any offensive spellcaster as it's the only non-item way to increase spell accuracy.

A Ranged Priest would work best here (that is, choosing the longer-ranged 5m+ Priest spells). You can bring your constitution and resolve down to about 7 or 8. might / perception / intellect to 15 then put your remaining points into dexterity to reduce the recovery time between spells. You'll also have the Chant that decreases ranged reload speed AND recovery which will increase your back line DPS. You'll be using the longer-casting evocations and preist spells from the back lines where you cant be interrupted.

The other option would be focusing instead on might / constitution / intellect - then resolve and playing more as a support-tank hybrid. Your chants will be in range to buff your front line, or debuff most/all of the enemies you're engaged on. You'll also focus more on the short-range chanter invocations (usually AOE CC or AOE ally buffs) and preist spells that have faster casting times.

[Wintermist]

The priests get a summon spell that summons a weapon of their Deity. It's what I've been doing on my priest and he kicks pretty hard.

[Sombrero]

Priests are very supportive by nature in combat but they tend to have a lot of melee range support abilities whereas the Druid can cast his/hers from range. So I'd recommend to have a melee oriented build for a priest (it's not a requirement but it makes more sense i feel). I don't feel it being a problem to go Priest only but going with any multiclass that gives decent combat abilities can help (or simply moving around abilities) such as Fighter, Monk, Rogue or such. If you want to be on top on the healing side I'd recommend to stick with very short cast times with whatever multiclass you may pick (which makes multiclassing with a martial class even more logical to me).

[LuckSkillVictory]

Eothas isnt the best for priest dpsing, not sure if you are all in on eothas for rp. Generally priests arent that good for dps but berath+ranger once you hit 12 or 13 or whatever power level 5 is and get rot skull and driving flight does silly aoe dmg with high int. But double casters is a trap imo, after the early game you just cant even use half your spells in a fight and priests are the class that relies on slow casts the most, devotions of the faithful being absurdly strong in pillars 2 for instance and it has 4.5 sec cast 3 sec recovery, that and like any other buff and then using a quick healing spell is like 8 seconds of cast time and another 7-9 of recovery. Then you need to be able to respond to afflictions and such. Also not sure if you played through any of the game or not but ill just say berath is a pretty flavorful choice as well and one of your first companions that you get is a priest of eothas.