Lineage II/Prophet

Prophet are the specialized buffers in the game. They are also the only mystic class except the orc clerics which gets a magic skill to use heavy armor (as well as any other type of armor). Like all other clerical classes, they also get a generic weapon skill that allows them to use any weapon.

Key Skills

 * Berserker Spirit – Increases casting speed, attacking speed, P.atk and M.atk while lowering P.def
 * Bless Shield – Increases defense rate with shield
 * Bless the Body – Increases max hp
 * Bless the Soul - Increases max mp
 * Death Whisper – Increases critical damage
 * Focus – Increases critical rates
 * Greater Acumen - Increases casting speed
 * Greater Concentration – Decreases chance that the magic will be canceled due to damage
 * Guidance - Increases Accurancy
 * Haste - Increases Atk.Speed
 * Invigor - Protects against Bleed
 * Kiss of Eva - Increases Breath Gauge
 * Magic Barrier – Increases M.def
 * Mental Aegis - Protects against various attacks (Dryad Root etc)
 * Might – Increases P.atk.
 * Regeneration – Increases hp generation
 * Resist Aqua - Resistance to water attacks
 * Resist Fire - Resistance to fire attacks
 * Resist Poison - Resistance against poison
 * Resist Wind - Resistance against wind attacks
 * Return - Teleport to nearest town
 * Shield – Increases P. def
 * Wind Walk - Increases moving speed

Equipment
As they need so much Mana for buffing larger parties, and benefit so much from casting time speedups when doing the buffing, robes are actually very popular for Prophets.

Most prophets seem to prefer dual swords to deal a little damage while not buffing.

Playstyle
As the prophet can buff so well plus can wear heavy armor, he is also the cleric who is best prepared to be played solo. At the same time, probably no other class gets a party as easily.

Class Comparison
As of Chronicle 3 the only buffs really unique to prophets are Resist Fire, Resist Aqua, Berserk, Regeneration, Bless the Shield, Bless body, and Bless the soul. Warcryers have the group buffs for Shield, Might, Guidance, Focus, Death Whisper, Acumen, Haste, Windwalk and Magic Barrier. Also Agility (Elven Elder) and Vampiric Rage (Shillien Elder). But Warcryers have no emergency healing like the good old Battle Heal of the Prophet, and Warcryers really need a large party to be really effective, while a prophet also shines in small parties. Last not least warcryers need a lot of levels to max their buffs, while prophets have all the good stuff much earlier.

Fun Facts
An interersting property of the prophet is that, after level 56, the only thing which becomes still better are the spells Bless the Body, Bless the Soul, and the Resist Element stuff. All other buffs are already maxed.

The important Beserker Spirit buff is often called Zerk in online discussions.

My own prophet is only lowlevel until now, but the page was such a horrible redundant chaos that I just had to clean it up.