Editing Wizard Grind and Zhen (section)

== Advice for Solo Grinding ==

1. Max Earth Shield first, and perhaps you should have around level 7 water and fire by the time you hit Foxwing Supremes. Well for me I had level 9 earth, level 5 water, and level 9 fire or something like that.

2. Max '''both''' earth skills. Some say you don't need to max Stone Rain, but what the heck? It's so easy to get spirit points later on. I'd rather quickly level now and then try to farm spirit points. And you can get spirit points later easily once you hit 60s and start doing lots of zhen grinding. Ultimately you can max all skills so just do what is needed to level for now.

3. For me, I didn't even add 1 point to Divine Pyrogram until level 70 because I feel it only helped me much in Sutra, and my Pyrogram was like level 5 (why my Pyrogram was at only level 5 is because it's only needed to do that little hit of finishing a mob off). Instead I used more like GS>SS>Gush>SR. Still, feel free to add the Pyro family if you want advantage over metal mobs, but I prefer to suffer there a bit, and excel on my grinding. Because we will only need metal mobs for quests? And there are so few metal mobs after Lofty Pterosaur that gives really good EXP. Also, if I can I squad people when I'm questing. Even if you can't find a squad, your SS and SR deals very decent damage.

4. Gush, that's obvious you '''have''' to max it; it's so good in PvE and PvP. Glacial Embrace, max it too. Should be your opening skill for most mobs (especially Foxwing Supremes). Like I said, you'd be grinding on Supremes a lot, so just do a GE -> SS-> Gush-> SS. Yes, you have to use 3 hard Nukes, but the EXP is worth it. I got to level 70 in 2 months 3 weeks and I'm working too! Of course I zhen in my 60s too but thats a whole different story. So you should know how helpful these Foxwings are (I'll always remember them).

5. Please do learn Apothecary skills. Get Life/Focus Powder, it increases mana/HP recovery rate by 50 per sec over 10 min. Saved me a lot on pots. You imagine how many pots are saved when you kill over 10,000,000 mobs throughout your grinding career.

6. Buy Martial Arts Scrolls if you can and use them while grinding. They will grant a significant boost to your experience rate.

7. Now for your equipment, I'll try to explain it clearly. When you grind Foxing Supremes (fire), try to get your arcane robes with single/double resistance type, because when you have armor with fewer resistance varieties, the resistance of those remaining will be higher than what you would have on an armor having all the different element resistance.

For example, if a level 50 arcane robe with all elements gives:
:690 metal
:690 fire
:690 water
:690 wood
:690 earth

Then a level 50 arcane robe with two elements gives:
:??? fire
:??? metal

Then again a counter argument comes about what if you need to do quests which requires killing mobs of other elements? Now I'll say I always carry two sets of robes. One set is for specific element types, fewer resistance types, but high resistance in the given element(s), and the other set which has all element resistance, but average in all.

So when you grind you use your element focused gear and when you quest you can swap to your general gear. I'm now assuming you've fully upgraded your inventory slots to carry two sets of armor of course =). And it's not expensive to get these two sets because when you grind or quest, you'll definitely come across these kinds of armor. Just be sure to plan what elements you will need in the future, and don't sell it when you come across it. But please note, it's only advisable to have two sets when you're around level 60 and below. Because when you're higher level, there's a need for you to refine and imbue your armor.  It's too costly to upgrade two sets.

8. This is a tough one, if you can, try getting cleric buffs in towns near your grind spot =).  You'll see the difference! For example, you might need four hits to kill Foxwing Supremes, but with the cleric buff that enhances magic attacks, you'll only need to deal 3 hits, and this ''could'' mean that the mob will hit you one less time too.  This helps you save time, save pots, and makes you feel good about yourself. For me I have a cleric too, so it was easy.<br>
(NOTE: *Cleric's HP/MP recovery buff overwrites your life/focus powders, so for convenience sake, ask for buffs, then before you hit your mobs, use your powder to overwrite the buff. Powders are better!)

At your level, cleric buffs only last half an hour, so you'll only have time to get a cleric for the 1st half, unless you are lucky enough to find one half way through your grind.

9. Lastly, those mobs stated in the above list are those I've spent my time on. I'm sure somewhere in between there are other mobs. But I only chose water and fire mobs as our earth skills and water skills are amazing. Please do change your mob targets if you feel there are better ones not mentioned and share them with the new people too.

And the way I've played till now, I've never had grinding problems, never been restricted on learning any new skills later on. So just do what you have to do to level fast now. When you've finished your leveling fast, you can take the extra time to catch up on what you've slowed down on (e.g. quests). While others do quests at their current level, you who will be a higher level after grinding first, would be able to finish those quests that were given to you at lower levels easily.
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