Raising defensive skill/dodge

[philjackson]

Team up with a friend that can heal you, and then fight light blue mobs with slow attack moves, just use the healer to heal you while you raise your stat. Then when it gets 150+ I would just join camping or leveling groups to raise it.

[kaev]

1. Gear youself to tank (AC+HP, fuck Wis) and group with a Rogue partner same level as you
2. Go someplace with a good supply of low blue mobs, melee mobs NOT casters
3. Load up Flash of Light, engage mob and use FoL to secure/hold agro, use Root to stop runners, embrace your inner Paladin!
4. ???
5. Profit!!! Skill-up while you're XP'ing (do humanoid mobs and the rogue can practice Pickpocket at same time)

[edit]Actually Wis is ok for faster skill-ups, it'll be lots higher than your Dex anyway I'm sure. Just don't sacrifice AC+HP since the idea is to survive the fights and heal in-between. If you can find a friendly Enchanter nearby to toss Clarity at you that helps as well since you get no med time while tanking. Cleric+Rogue duo is great for this and a lot of fun as well, just don't forget you're not a real tank so avoid high blue cons or you'll have a lot more downtime recovering.[/edit]

[Lifebar]

My main is a Dwarf Cleric. I maxed out my defensive skills by fighting guards once I was a high enough level that they had just gone mixed blue/light blue (before that was removed). So I would fight one or more guards at once by a zone line. They pound on me; I heal myself, pop DA, pop DB, go oom then zone and watch a move, cook, clean, whatever while I med to full & rebuff. I can confirm defensive skills up while invulnerable.

It took a while, but if you don't have access to a pet class willing to duel you for many hours it's something you can do all day by yourself, or for 30-60 min here and there.

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[Kandykiss]

I took some time today to tank 3 mobs ( long med break in between ) and nuke them down when my mana was too low. I got 5 skill ups with the 3 mobs but it took like 30 minutes. They were high green ( light blue ). Will higher mobs skill me faster?

[Pep]

Originally Posted by mr_jon3s [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I think you can get dodge up as a cleric easy but its risky. Load up divine barrier, pull a train run to the zoneline DB up and let them beat on you. Just zone out before it wears off I think you will still get your dodge skill up don't know about defensive skill.

This sounds like a great idea.

Go to a zone your trains won't disrupt people trying to exp. You stay near the the zone-line, with both DA and DB ready. Ask a high-level player to pull a ton of mobs and when he's close to you you heal him. Before the train reaches you you activate DA, and before it runs out you zone to safety.

Rinse, repeat.