First tier
Acolyte
Though the Acolyte finds its roots in the support classes of old, don't let that fool you. Acolytes are more than capable of braving the wilds on their own, with access to a number of damaging skills beyond just offensive Heal. Their preferred weapon, the Mace, also provides a balanced amount of ATK and MATK, and with skills that leverage both, they have no difficulty fighting on their own. Coupled with the supportive abilities of their predecessors in Vanilla RO, the Acolyte is able to provide a huge boost of sustain to the party while still outputting its share of damage.
They are not, however, to be mistaken for the damage-dealing juggernauts like Merchants and Mages. The damaging skills of the Acolyte are locked to the Holy element, making them excellent against Dark and Undead, but in comparison they often feel lackluster against everything else. Together with the moderate cooldowns their skills carry, playing an Acolyte will still require a degree of patience.
Acolytes have access to one key status effect: Aspersio. As with Vanilla, Aspersio endows the user's weapon with the Holy element, as well as buffs the effects of some other skills.
Skill list
Skills
Skill names and effects are kept in English because that is how they appear in game.
- Heal
Instantly recovers a large amount of HP for the target. Can alternatively be used to damage Undead property enemies. Has a considerable cooldown.
- Blessing
Increases the Hit, Flee, and Perfect Dodge of the target for a lengthy duration.
- Piety
Improves the users Max SP, SP Regeneration, and Healing Power.
- Mace Mastery
Increases the damage and Hit Rate of Maces.
- Holy Light
Deals Holy element magic damage to a single target, which is increased if the caster is under the Aspersio status.
- Smite
Deals physical damage according to the weapon's property to a single target. If under the Aspersio status, the target will explode after three seconds, doing the same damage again to the target and all enemies in the area around them.
- Signum Crucis
Does hybrid Physical and Magical damage that is Holy element to all enemies in an area around the caster. Also endows the user with the Aspersio effect for a short time.
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