Ragnarok M Classic High Priest Build, Full Support, Turn Undead, Magnus Excorcismus & Judex Guide!
High priests in Ragnarok M Classic play a pivotal role in any party, offering indispensable support that keeps battle classes alive while also dealing with dangerous foes. In this guide, we’ll break down two popular high priest builds—Full Support/Slave/Judex and Turn Undead/Magnus Exorcismus/Judex.
Each build has its strengths and specific roles, from healing and buffing your team to efficiently dealing with undead and dark monsters. Read on to discover detailed stat setups, essential skills, recommended equipment, effective grinding spots, and the all-important rune map that will boost your gameplay.
Full Support / Slave / Judex High Priest Build
Overview
The Full Support build is designed to maximize your party’s potential. Acting as the backbone of any team, this build ensures that bosses and challenging dungeons are manageable. By combining essential healing and support skills with damage-dealing buffs, you’re set to keep your allies in the fight.
Recommended Stats
- INT: 80-99
- VIT: 80-99
- DEX: 0-30
Skill Distribution
Acolyte Skills
- Blessing: Lv.10
- Increase Agility: Lv.10
- Heal: Lv.10
- Kyrie Eleison: Lv.10
Priest Skills
- Resurrection: Lv.4
- Aspersio: Lv.2
- Gloria: Lv.5
- Magnificat: Lv.5
- Clearance: Lv.5
- Sanctuary: Lv.9
- Impositio Manus: Lv.10
High Priest Skills
- Suffragium: Lv.1
- Safety Wall: Lv.10
- Meditatio: Lv.10
- Angelus: Lv.5
- Assumptio: Lv.5
- Lex Divina: Lv.3
- Lex Aeterna: Lv.1
- Free Skill Points: 5
Grinding Spots
For steady leveling, consider these areas with their corresponding level ranges:
- Tarou: Levels 1–20
- Familiar: Levels 11–25
- Thief Bug (Female/Male): Levels 11–30
- Pirate Skeleton: Levels 15–35
- Skeleton: Levels 20–40
- Soldier Skeleton: Levels 40–60
- Eggyra: Levels 41–81
- Isis: Levels 50–65
- Munak: Levels 50–70
- Archer Skeleton: Levels 55–75
- Dokebi: Levels 60–80
- Orc Skeleton: Levels 65–85
- Injustice: Levels 75–95
- Deviruchi: Levels 70–90
- Incubus / Succubus: Levels 70–90
- Wraith: Levels 75–85
- Evil Druid: Levels 81–90
- Dark Priest / Baphomet Jr.: Levels 81–99
- Black Witch / Bathory: Levels 85–99
- Zipper Bear: Level 90+
Pets
- Sohee: Provides +40 ATK and 10% SP recovery rate.
- Green Petite: Offers a +5% heal bonus and reduces SP consumption by 5%.
Equipment Recommendations
Lower Limit
- Weapon: Healing Staff
- Head: Any headgear (ideal: Romantic Leaf)
- Back: Any cape (Romantic Leaf recommended)
- Offhand: Round Buckler
- Armor: Scapulare
- Garment: Doflamingo Cape
- Footgear: Shoes
- Accessories: Two INT Earrings
Upper Limit
- Weapon: Croce Staff
- Head: Little Tree Hat or Dragon Scale Stripe
- Back: Marchosias’ Bag
- Offhand: Royal Silver Shield
- Armor: Holy Robe
- Garment: Staunch Cape
- Footgear: Staunch Shoes
- Accessories: Eye of Dullahan and Flame Ring
Cards
Equip your gear with cards for additional stat boosts:
- Weapon: Familiar, Fabre, or equivalent
- Head: Marduk, Incubus, or similar
- Offhand: Marc
- Armor: Thara Frog or Peco Peco
- Garment: Raydric
- Footgear: Ferus or Eggyra
- Accessories: Wormtail (equip on both accessory slots)
Rune Setup
To further enhance your skills, allocate the following runes:
- Heal
- Double Heal
- Lasting Heal
- Holy Attack
- Kyrie Eleison Rush
- Impositio Manus
- Warp Portal
- Double Portal
- Suffragium Duration
Essential Tips
- Always bring blue gemstones when joining a party.
- Use low delay skills in high-intensity situations like ET runs.
- Monitor your skill cooldowns to optimize your healing and buff rotations.
- Leverage Judex (Lv.1) for solo leveling when necessary.
Turn Undead / Magnus Exorcismus / Judex High Priest Build
Overview
The Turn Undead build is a niche but potent option for high priests, particularly effective against undead and dark monsters. This build capitalizes on skills that not only eradicate undead foes but also allow for effective mobbing and boss hunting—even against non-undead enemies thanks to specialized runes.
Recommended Stats
- INT: 80-99
- VIT: 30-60
- LUK: 30-60
- DEX: 0-30
Skill Distribution
Acolyte Skills
- Blessing: Lv.10
- Increase Agility: Lv.10
- Heal: Lv.10
- Kyrie Eleison: Lv.10
Priest Skills
- Turn Undead: Lv.10
- Gloria: Lv.5
- Magnus Exorcismus: Lv.10
- Sanctuary: Lv.10
- Magnificat: Lv.5
High Priest Skills
- Meditatio: Lv.10
- Lex Divina: Lv.3
- Lex Aeterna: Lv.1
- Angelus: Lv.5
- Assumptio: Lv.5
- Suffragium: Lv.3
- Jud/Judex: Lv.1
- Safety Wall: Lv.10
- Free Skill Points: 2
Grinding Spots
The recommended grinding spots remain similar to the Full Support build, ensuring a smooth leveling experience from low-level monsters up to high-level MVPs.
Pets
- Sohee: Adds +40 ATK and boosts SP recovery by 10%.
- Green Petite: Enhances healing by +5% and reduces SP consumption by 5%.
Equipment Recommendations
Lower Limit
- Weapon: Holy Stick
- Head: Any headgear (preferably Marchosias’ Arrow)
- Back: Any cape
- Offhand: Statue of Archangel
- Armor: Silver Robe
- Garment: Doflamingo Cape
- Footgear: Shoes
- Accessories: Two INT Earrings
Upper Limit
- Weapon: Nemesis
- Head: Little Tree Hat, Monocle, or Angry Snarl
- Back: Spring
- Offhand: Exorcism Bible
- Armor: Mage Coat
- Garment: Staunch Cape
- Footgear: Staunch Shoes
- Accessories: Orlean’s Glove (equip both for maximum benefit)
Cards
Equip with cards that align with your stats:
- Weapon: Familiar, Fabre
- Head: Marduk, Incubus
- Offhand: Marc
- Armor: Thara Frog or Peco Peco
- Garment: Raydric
- Footgear: Ferus or Eggyra
- Accessories: Wormtail (apply to both accessory slots)
Rune Setup
Focus on runes that enhance your undead-focused skills:
- Magnus – Mastery
- Magnus – Empower
- Suffragium Duration
- Turn Undead
- Heal
- Holy Attack
- Kyrie Eleison Rush
Essential Tips
- Always bring blue gemstones for party utility.
- Manage skill cooldowns carefully to ensure a seamless combo.
- The optimal Magnus combo is: Kyrie Eleison, Safety Wall, Magnus Exorcismus, then Sanctuary.
High Priest Rune Map: An Overview
Runes are vital in fine-tuning your high priest’s performance. Here’s a concise rundown of key runes and their effects:
- Ignore DEF (3): Increases ignore DEF by 1.0%.
- MDEF (5): Boosts MDEF by 2%.
- Auto Silence (5): 2% chance to silence target for 1 sec (duration halved in PVP).
- Auto Gloria (1): 5% chance to auto cast Gloria on auto attack.
- Auto Impositio Manus (1): 3% chance to auto cast Impositio Manus during attacks.
- Normal ATK (MATK/STR): Enhances the influence of MATK by 7% (8 runes) or STR by 5% (2 runes) on normal attacks.
- Holy Attack & Holy Attack II: Increase holy damage by 1% or 2% respectively.
- DEF (5): Increases defense by 2%.
- Heal & Lasting Heal: Improve the base healing and add a regeneration effect (with additional duration or percentage increases via further runes).
- Kyrie Eleison (3): Grants a 20% movement speed boost for 1 second after casting.
- Mace Mastery (3): Boosts physical attack when using mace-based skills.
- Ruwach (1): Can be stacked up to 10 times with continuous casting.
- Magnificat & Sanctuary: Reduce skill delays and modify healing effectiveness respectively.
- Impositio Manus (4): Adds a 5% boost to physical attack with this skill.
- Recovery (2): Chance to remove a buff from an enemy when using Recovery.
- Holy Amplification (5): Increases the stun chance of Holy Amplification by 15% (with a slight CD penalty).
- Turn Undead (3): If unsuccessful in killing an undead, regain 7% HP from the damage dealt (halved against non-undead).
- Suffragium Variants: Adjust skill delays, durations, and even reduce cooldowns for party members.
- Lex Divina and its SP variant: Affect enemy cast times and deplete their SP over time.
- Decrease AGI (1): Expands the area of effect for the Decrease AGI skill.
- Warp Portal & Double-Sided Portal: Enable quick party movement with added durability for the latter.
- Redemptio & Double Healing: Provide strategic party-wide healing benefits.
- Faithful Prayer & Repent: Offer critical damage mitigation and offense boosts under specific conditions.
Both high priest builds offer robust strategies to support your party while also delivering unique offensive and defensive advantages. The Full Support build excels at keeping teammates alive and ensuring smooth boss hunts, whereas the Turn Undead build provides a niche yet powerful solution against undead and dark monsters. In my view, mastering either build will not only enhance your gameplay but also expand your strategic options in Ragnarok M Classic. Experiment with these builds, adjust your gear and runes according to your play style, and embrace the dynamic role of the high priest on your journey through Rune Midgard.