Post ascension Bishop build

HS was a complete garbage skill for training outside big parties before Ascension, I can easily understand if someone left it unmaxed just for laughs/personal pride/etc. I didn't max it until 10x on mine, even Dispel was much more useful and allowed for higher %/h if you knew its advantages. A HSless Bishop could have easily chosen to just train at Leafre and ToT instead of LHC and gain much, much faster exp than leeching on a rope.

They are as great mobbers as the other magicians if you know what you're doing, but it requires a lot more character control than other classes which is why most give up and just leech. >.< With AR they now have three mobbing skills you're supposed to use right depending on the situation, being dependant on the close ranged Tele Mastery more than any other Magician class, along with having to keep up with all the buffs and party skills for yourself and everyone (when you're not soloing) makes Bishops have probably the largest gap between a poor and a skilled player damage wise. =/ I can understand why most Bishops just become lol buff support mules which just keeps building the stereotype of them being weak.

Bishops aren't being stereotyped, they fall into a certain category among Magicians and Maple Classes. You can choose to refute these realities and funnel your efforts and money into prove these truth otherwise, but the reality is that they are still true.

These Truths would be:
-Bishops are a Support Class
-Nexon did not design Clerics/Priest/Bishops to be an attacking class.

Proofs would be from the initial pitiful damage of Clerics and Priest, continued low attacking premise after various skill updates, or that by equally funding a "real" attacker and a Bishop, the Bishop would fall grossly short of the attacker. Instead of equal, the best of all equips possible, I suppose, would be a better use of words, because magic and weapon attack, INT and STR, LUK and DEX, all differ in values.

You could also cite disadvantages towards solo-Bishops in the game, lack of Elemental Weapons, lack of trainable Holy-weak monsters, and so on, but you get the point.