I'm looking for a creature to help me train TM.

TM: 488, Agi: 78.

My spell of choice is Pyre, which puts some restrictions on the sort of creature I need. Pyre is:

1) AOE, so I want a swarmy critter.
2) Fire damage, so I need a critter which isn't fire resistant.
3) Inaccurate, so I need a critter that's easy to hit with my ranks.
4) Finicky with undead, so I need a critter that isn't undead/cursed.

I tried black apes, and I could get glancing and light hits, but not enough to learn decently. So I guess I need something a little below them. Does such a critter exist?

Does bolt/arrow train TM better when spammed than Pyre? Would it be an option to simply slip a TM line into your script, swap Pyre with something else, and then go back to default when you have more ranks? I'm assuming Pyre will hit harder with more TM ranks.

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FWIW, I suffered with TM from around those ranks all the way until I could use Pyre in armadillos.

What you really want is a Gar Zeng spell scroll. You would not believe how easy it is to train TM using that spell, much less Chain Lightning :/

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Okay, Pyre + bolt spam in zealots gets my TM moving, but it does it very slowly. At the rate I'm going, it will take me 90 minutes to lock. Should I expect better, or does TM training just hurt for everyone?

They're my stomping ground and have been for a while. 470's defenses, 350-410 offenses. Both move rapidly. Maulers, however, are almost immune to slice damage. I don't know how they react to fire.