Flight Rising Discussion

Why these stats?
You need 115 Str in order to Scratch + Eliminate the Brilliant Psywurm and Rally Eliminate everything else. You need 72 Qck in order to get two turns against the Venomous Toridae in the second round. The rest of your points go into Vit, to make you last longer. Then you toss your extra two points into Agi, because that's better than Def or Mnd (which have no effect with that few points).

I've tested this build quite a bit, and this is my recommendation. It does require a Tincture of Dissolution, but most breeds can reach the Str/Qck numbers with a bit less Vit. I would still recommend investing in a Tincture, but if you're just trying this build out, you can get away without one for a while.

There are still three monsters that you will not get two turns against in the second round - the Psywurm, the Salve Kamaitachi, and the Scythe Kamaitachi.

Scratch
Eliminate/Rally/Sap/Haste
Berserker x3
Ambush x2

I highly, highly suggest using only an Arcane dragon for this. Arcane dragons are resistant to two of the mages in the Mire (the Psywurm and the Common Podid) and are not weak to any mage there. Earth works as a second choice - they aren't resistant to any mages there, but they're not weak to any, either. All of the other elements have at least one weakness to a mage. This can easily kill you while doing this. I usually say you can handle leveling exalt fodder with any element - not while you only have one dragon.

Update: Some people are saying they had no trouble with other elements. So if you're on the fence about this build because you don't want to level an Arcane dragon, you can try any element that doesn't have a weakness to Arcane (which means avoid Lightning, Shadow, and Light), as you'll get hit by regular Psywurms frequently, because they're so fast. I would still suggest an Arcane dragon if you plan to do this regularly - I think it will save you time in the long run - but it might be a good way to test the build or use if you don't frequently level exalt fodder.

It takes me on average 4 minutes and 50 seconds(4:50) to level a dragon to 7 in the Kelp Beds. Leveling 2 dragons to 7 in the Mire takes me 7 minutes and 14 seconds (7:14) - or 3 minutes and 37 seconds (3:37) per dragon. That's over a minute saved per dragon - which adds up fast if you're leveling a lot of dragons for a dominance push or even just profit.

Level 6 in the Mire
Double Mire Exalter with 2 exalts: 4.4 minutes, no toads
Double Mire Exalter with 2 exalts: 4.6 minutes, toad attempt or reload to avoid
Culex Kelp Bed trainers with 1 fodder: 4.7ish minutes, not a lot of data points
2 Double Mire Exalters with 1 exalt: 4 minutes (no toads encountered)
2 Double Mire Exalters with 1 exalt: 4.2 minutes, toad vanquished

Level 7 in the Kelp Beds
Culex Kelp Bed trainers with 1 fodder: 5 minutes (with Reflect all mantas vanquished)