Bishop

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Class Data

Class line

Priest ⇢

Cleric ⇢

Bishop ⇢

Sage ⇢

Iatromantis

Description

Give succor to defeated and injured party members.

Style

Specialty

Prerequisites

CP ×300
Lvl 20 Cleric and Sorcerer

Lvl 1	Healing +4%	Total: Healing +20%
Lvl 5	Healing +4%
Lvl 10	Healing +4%
Lvl 15	Healing +4%
Lvl 20	Healing +4%

Completion Bonuses

Healing +3%

Class Weapon

Nirvana

Release date

?

Other sites

Support Skills

Compassion

5% boost to healing.
20% boost to healing cap.

Saving Light

^[1]
Reduces

's cooldown by 2 turns.
Gain upon using

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Recommended Extended Mastery Perks

Attack, HP, Defense

Recommended Subskills

Miserable Mist: Massive increase to effective damage and survivability.
Double Trouble III: Raid-wide damage and charge boost via multi-attack.
Clarity: Raid-wide debuff removal.
Veil: Party-wide debuff prevention.

Skills

Skill Name	Effect	C/DCooldown in Turns	DurDuration in Turns or Seconds	SubSubskill usable on other classes	LVLClass level required	Notes
Panacea II	Restores 150 + 25% maximum HP to all parties (Healing cap: 2000 [1000 for other parties]).	5T	-	No	1
Dispel	Removes 1 buff from a foe.	5T	-	Yes	5
Revive	Resurrects one party member at 25% Max HP and places them in sub slot 1.	12T	-	Yes	15	Healing amount is affected by Master and Level Bonuses, EMP, Healing UpHeal skill's healing amount is boosted , and Support Skills.

Extended Mastery Skills

Icon	Skill Name	Effect	C/DCooldown	DurDuration	EMPCost in EMP	Notes
	Veil	All allies gain VeilDebuffs will be nullified (1 time) "Veil" is an unofficial name used by the wiki for this status effect. Its actual in-game name is "Immune.".	6T		10
	White Wall	All allies gain Shield (1500)Next ATK received will be ineffective for a fixed amount Strength: 1500Duration: 3 turns.	7T	3T	12

Assessment

A powerful healer and eventually essential for the Dispel subskill, but somewhat limited by the lack of synergy between the skills compared to other classes. Should be unlocked as soon (or late) as Dispel or Veil is needed.

The weakness of Bishop that Dispel and Revive are irrelevant for many fights and Panacea, while very potent, can have trouble with single-target damage spikes or area burst, both of which Holy Saber handles better. Panacea's short cooldown makes it extremely efficient in battles with low, consistent damage where it can be cast consistently without the party ever being in serious danger, but such fights are relatively scarce.
Spear proficiency valuably enables Double Trouble III, but Holy Saber can use that as well, and Miserable Mist will often be more efficient regardless.
For battles where Clarity is better than Dispel, Cleric can be superior despite being a Row II class.
Considerably more effective in multiplayer, where Dispel is more likely to be useful and you can assist all parties with Panacea and the aforementioned subskills. Raid-wide skills also generate considerable contribution, allowing even new/weak players to farm Event Honors or Pendants efficiently.

Overall, Bishop is usually at least decent, and potentially amazing when more than one of its skills finds use, but there is often a better, more specialized class for a given battle.

Veil is excellent, but may not be a priority as many characters (including Katalina) can provide it.
White Wall is not worth the EMP cost as Rain of Arrows III or Bard Song generally offer more survivability.