Help with SK Evocation skillFollow

As an SK, I got my first Evocation spell at level 22 - against undead only. At level 42, I can't even cast it because it fizzes so much, but as some of the later level evocation spells are quite good, it is not a skill I want to let wither. I cannot go to PoK and cast it on myself because I get the message it is undead only. I would rather not waste points on it, but I am having trouble figuring out how to raise it. Could I duel a Necro friend's pet in an arena and cast on it? Any suggestions are appreciated.

Bingo. Assuming your friend isn't a wiseguy, all he/she has to do is give the "pet back off" command every time you cast.

Another option is, of course to just go nuke a ton of decaying skeletons. I'm guessing though, that you want to skill up as quickly as possible.

Even easier. Go to any newbie area. Kill a decaying skeleton. Do *not* loot it. Target the corpse and cast your anti-undead nuke over and over.

To this day, I do not understand why people assume they must target a live mob with a nuke. By far the easiest method for raising evocation is to just kill a mob and nuke it's corpse until it poofs, then get another newbie mob. A mob with any loot on it will last like 7 or 8 minutes. And it's a hell of a lot safer/easier then mucking around with dueling or any other such non-sense.

This is odd, as I am having the same problem with my SK, but its slowling raising its skill level. I go to PoK and grab a C3, then summon my lowest level pet, then nuke his *** with 'Ward Undead' until mana drains. You should improve a decent ammount of times. When mana runs out, med. Mod rods help very well for raising skills, also. Just curious, whats your Int at? Mines 84, and as a 44 SK, I feel like I lack in the casting department.

My necro nukes pet all the time. Only way I ever got evo up. Does not hurt pet btw.

Do I have to nuke my own pet in a "safe" area like PoK, or do I have to take him somewhere else to skill up. It did not seem to raise when I tried this in PoK, but maybe I was not patient enough. To answer someone's question, the SK is a Dark Elf (not sure what yours is but he sounds like an Ogre maybe) and although I am not sure about his exact INT, I estimate it to be around 140.

Thanks for the tips!

Zombie-tacular.

I remember I skilled up by 'nuking' ("Target is protected") my pet while standing in the Guild Hall regen pool for maximum efficiency.

It's a level 18 spell now called Ward Undead (See https://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/spell.html?spell=218 ), and I used to go to Befallen, in the NE or SE most room of the first floor, there's a single skellie that heals itself, that the spell won't kill, but you can cast it every few seconds after it heals itself to get alot of skill ups. I don't remember if I'd put any starter pts in it or not, but probably by 20-30 skill you shouldn't be fizzling too much.

EDIT: And bah, a necro thread. I knew there was a reason I hadn't replied yet. :P

Yther Ore.

Edited, Jun 13th 2013 6:03pm by Yther

I recently used Ward Undead to skill up by casting on my pet. Worked like a charm.