Fastest grinding class (poll)

I would go with an 'Axe BM' with there aoe stuns/skills with 'Veno' coming a close 2nd.

Arcane Barb.

these days bms can aoe grind charmless with crab meat + herb Yuanxiao combine that with hyper x12 exp and getting 4k+ exp off a single mob. aoe grinding 10 mobs = 40k+ exp in a few seconds and can keep repeating this for the next hour really easy.

so for me Axe bm gets my vote and no other class comes close. venos herc relies on deflect damage wile aoe grinding but it dosnt reflect hardly any damage back.

Valley of the Scarred: Assassins and Priests rounded up with Herc killed by Triple spark -> Nova -> Noxious, or just follow Nix around picking up loot. Jackaleopardites are fast kills for veno also.

Candie - Raging Tide wrote: »

Veno . Easy mode PW
/tonns of hate to venomancer class

Everyone hates the Venos, yet everyone parties with them. It's kinda how it works. Also, a sidenote about Average Vs Herc/Nix. Despite the fact that the idea of a Veno with a Herc/Nix is above average, the general consensus as of late is that a Veno WITHOUT one, is in fact, a sub-par Veno, therefore making Herc/Nix the standard. Why in the hell this idea is allowed to propagate is beyond me, but the fact remains that at least to the noobs of PW, if you don't have a legendary pet, you don't exist as a Veno.

That being said, however... Venos aren't the fastest grinders, even with said legendary pet. I've seen Psychics and Wizards violate mobs faster than any Veno could. Keep in mind the catch involving Venos. Said pet has to get to said mob before we get the other half of our DD. While that may only be a second or two, the psychic/wizard has already hit said mob with a spell much, much more powerful than that of our feeble wood damage. And unlike Venos, which have only one spell that can be fired with any amount of repeated use, Wizards and Psychics can sit there and hit powerful spell after powerful spell, where as a Veno has cooldowns on their more powerful skills, which when combined with the lack of spells we have, screws their capacity for spamming them. For example. The Wizard. D.Pyro > Glacial Snare > Sandstorm. All 300% of damage, all being able to be fired, Chi-less, right after the other. Granted, Glacial Snare has a 15 second cooldown, however, you can substitute Stone Rain, which is 200% damage, during said cooldown. Now compare the Veno. The only spells that come close to that DPS is Ironwood Scarab, which CONSUMES chi, and Noxious Gas, which, like Stone Rain, is 200% of damage. However, it is an AoE, which may pull aggro from nearby mobs. However, due to cooldowns, you are limited to firing other spells in between those, all of which only have a 100% damage multiplier, except Parasitic Nova, which consumes 2 sparks.

This is, of course, assuming a Veno and Wizard of maximum level to learn said skills, while not being Sage/Demon yet. For sake of calculations, both are 86, IE, the level in which you finally max out your 2 spark AoEs.

So, in the end, I'd say Wizard. Veno has a pet, but damn, wizards nuke things like no other.

Veno. What other class can grind by afking?

Magicgabe - Lost City wrote: »

solo, Clerics are definately good grinders after lvl70 if not the best

gather 20+ poisons mobs then throw a tempest and a couple razors and you get mucho drops and exp.

then cloud eruption and a couple BoPH,(5k mp pot if you're low on mana) and you're ready to roll again.

the only problem is that poison can usually 2shot, so you gotta be careful. and also, stacked crit gear allows you to kill mobs faster and usually adds some safety.

and to add, poison does not damage armor, so no repair costs

BMs are fast, but they run into some problems when grinding.

1) seem to have higher pot consumption
2) can't take on as many mobs at once

Read the OP lol, they said best aoe grinders in general not just us clerics against poison mobs b:surrender, otherwise we would win b:victory.

tweakz wrote: »

Valley of the Scarred: Assassins and Priests rounded up with Herc killed by Triple spark -> Nova -> Noxious, or just follow Nix around picking up loot. Jackaleopardites are fast kills for veno also.

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assassins and clerics with hercs using veno skills?
b:shocked

If you are ruling out the clerics grinding poison mobs as not general enough, then you have to discount the axe BMs for the fact their miraculous AOE grind only works on melee attack mobs. A BM doing his little dance in the middle of a circle of ranged magic mobs is a soon-to-be-dead BM. So, this contest is tilted in favor of versatility and veno with Herc and Nix seems to have a built-in edge.

At 99+ demon archers are by far the fastest 1v1 grinders since they have the highest ranged dps and have access to lots of -interval gear.

As far as AOE grinding goes clerics are best with wood mobs while BMs are best with physical. At end game however BMs, archers, and maybe wizards can AOE grind at about the same speed in old valley of the scarred due to having the best AOEs.

Proof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0UfOHnFDOs

Asterelle - Sanctuary wrote: »

Proof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0UfOHnFDOs

Impressive b:victory.

Nakhimov - Lost City wrote: »

Veno. What other class can grind by afking?

Charmed wizard + DB. Quite amusing when you come back to piles of coins around you. b:chuckle Just gotta make sure to set it in the right spot.

depends on class
eps can lure a ton of wood poison mobs and aoe ALONE
if only u have wood resist gear.

Over the level range 60 -> 100 I'm going to have to say the fastest grinder starts off with nix veno and ends up with demon archer.

The transition point is probably 90 when powerful archer weapons become available and demon archers get their spark / quickshot.