Now before I begin, YES I did SEARCH, and YES this may be so simple and obvious you will want to flame because you forgot and just remembered, etc.
Say you are a lvl 60 and are a Warlock. You want to start using staves instead of daggers. You only have 1 skill ins taves and want tit o be high and don't want to die to an equal or lower level. Go to a newbie starting zone, start a fight with one of teh mobs. Only use your weapon you are trying to raise!No spells or abilities!!! Bam you will raise it up maybe 5-10 points a battle, and once it gets higher, go battle the second town mobs and so on until it is high enough for you.
^NOTE^ You can be any class.
Now for defense.
Go to the starting newbie area. Run by and start a fight with all mobs you can and stand there and let them beat you down. Wahlaa easy defense. Easy if you have a heal bot if you are a healer so you can sleep and it will heal you as you stand there.
^NOTE^ You can be any class.
So simple yet I have seen almost no one do it!