Priest of berath single or multiclass?

[superior987]

Hey all - I’m toying with starting or making a companion priest of berath. The high end spells seem interesting, so is there any merit in multi-classing? Do any classes fit well or is it the usual pick your preferred martial class?

[grasida]

People seem to really like the high end priest spells, so single class is always a good choice. For multi, probably you could make every combination work, but there are only a few where the skill sets are truly complimentary. Among the martial combos, I'd say berserker is a clear choice for any caster. Helwalker too, and especially for a priest of berath, it will make touch of rot, shining beacon and storm of holy fire do massive damage. Priest healing helps mitigate the damage penalty, and helwalker is stylistically appropriate for combining with priest of berath. Assassin could work too. It's should be an amazing DoT character, since you can stack rogue DoT's, especially toxic strike, on multiple targets with rot skulls, then supercharge them with cleansing flame.

 

I only played through a little bit of the early game with an assassin priest of berath, but it was a lot of fun. Assassinate makes touch of rot a devastating opener, then you can summon the spiritual great sword and deal tons of damage with backstabs. Later you can open with shining beacon and summon rot skulls.