5-Box leveling speed

[Sisyphus]

I just can’t seem to speed things up - I don’t mind the grind but I’m currently 38 on warrior/priest/mage/lock and 35 on other mage. I’m doing AoE pills of about 8 at a time in the armory. Between resting I’d say each pull takes 3 minutes. And that nets me 1% xp at 38. Hoping maybe it speeds up when my 3rd AoE hits 36 and gets the next level of blizzard

[Drmanhattan]

Horde, Undead!

Currently at 2 days 4 hours played, lv 34 (5 hours or so was afked). Planning to hit 40 before 3 days timer is up. Leveling is usually 70 mins per level. There is downtime to travel to cities, learn spells, get some gear etc.

Pure arcane.

Could you please describe your typical pull in a dungeon, and what spells you’re using? I’ve gotten into a good groove with my pally tank+ 4 mages aoe, but my pace has been a very consistent 2.5 hours/ level from 20-40. I’m aoe farming to get that

[Madsage]

Any suggestions to not get burnt out? I thought about AoE grind non elites too but not sure how fast that would be or if my team is able to do it.

Level another wizard and play him with your group and level the rogue solo or have a higher level healer follow him, that's the way it goes with bad comps in vanilla. Remember you are half way done with leveling at level 44-45

[Peregrine]

Could you please describe your typical pull in a dungeon, and what spells you’re using? I’ve gotten into a good groove with my pally tank+ 4 mages aoe, but my pace has been a very consistent 2.5 hours/ level from 20-40. I’m aoe farming to get that

Generally, I pull 2 packs of mobs and then arcane explsion them down. No holy nova, ST heals on mage (Flash heal plus shields and at end I usually don't have problems at all).

Also, using armor potions 1 hour to midigate as much dmg as possible.

Usually, insta drink after every pull, so I got downtime of 15 sec before pulling another trash. Last level (35) took 1 hour and 15 mins.

The usual scenario for this setup is :

level to 14 via quests>get buff from orgrimmar>rfc massive farms to 19>get to wailing caverns>aoe trash the raptors(initial circle area) to 22>swap to bfd>pull here to 28>quests till 30>gy>33>library>36>armory>38>cath>44>zf>50>brd>60 .

The reason I choose brd over ubrs is the fact that gauntlent in bael gaer has so many mobs and until 56, it will take you 1.5 hour to hit level up (mages).

Also, don't forget to use imp frost shield once you hit the full arcane (extra armor helps). and after that go for stun (ignore all bosses in game, will have plenty of time for that when i hit 60).

The only thing i really want to test is blizz specc in brd (pull 40 mobs) then aoe down. Would be omegalul efficient (typically 200k xp per hour).

WIll post more info as i go on. Focus on int and stam (no spell power, as arcane explosion only benefits 14% of your sp).

[Madsage]

Peregrine which comp do you like better?

[Peregrine]

Peregrine which comp do you like better?

So far, I am blown by mages and the utility plus dmg they bring. 95% chance I'll make this my main team despite having locks on60 already.

The fact it only took 2 days to hit almost 40 (where as in with locks it took i think 6 days) is mesmerizing. Plus the dmg is sick tbh.

At lv 60> pom pyro>precast pyro>fireball>pom pyro>fireblast (ignite stack). You're looking at 40k dmg within 5 sec.

Also, the Ice armor is so godlike vs melee due to pulling and attack speed once you got gathered groupl. I mean 30% attack speed is so noticable that you don't even feel melee dmg as frost mage.

My xp/h is around 44k in SM (lib).

[Anemo]

So far, I am blown by mages and the utility plus dmg they bring. 95% chance I'll make this my main team despite having locks on60 already.

The fact it only took 2 days to hit almost 40 (where as in with locks it took i think 6 days) is mesmerizing. Plus the dmg is sick tbh.

At lv 60> pom pyro>precast pyro>fireball>pom pyro>fireblast (ignite stack). You're looking at 40k dmg within 5 sec.

Also, the Ice armor is so godlike vs melee due to pulling and attack speed once you got gathered groupl. I mean 30% attack speed is so noticable that you don't even feel melee dmg as frost mage.

My xp/h is around 44k in SM (lib).

I assume you went arcane spec on your mages? Just hit 14 on mine but havent committed any points yet

[Peregrine]

Yeah, arcane and after full arcane (ap) going 3 points for extra armor and resist, and after that stun points, after that ignite,and you can just randomly put point after that.

[Anemo]

Just wondering, how do you handle bosses with no tank? I just hit 16 and Taragaman in RFC is a struggle.

AOE hasn't been too bad but this is about the most I can pull and I've had quite a few deaths. Not sure if I'm better of kiting, using more frost novas, or just standing there tanking it.

I haven't worked out my xp/h yet but it doesn't feel very high.

Edit: Just calculated run from entrance to Jergosh and back to reset and it was only 15k an hour

[Battleshrimp]

Just wondering, how do you handle bosses with no tank? I just hit 16 and Taragaman in RFC is a struggle.

AOE hasn't been too bad but this is about the most I can pull and I've had quite a few deaths. Not sure if I'm better of kiting, using more frost novas, or just standing there tanking it.

I haven't worked out my xp/h yet but it doesn't feel very high.

In general you should be prepared to skip bosses unless you need them for a quest or if they have gear upgrades that you can not live without.