I thought L-A did fine before, sure the exact spell wasn't named but the right direction was pointed out. I don't like spoon feeding myself because I think it reduces experimentation. Point them in the right direction and let them play around for a bit. At the least this way he would've read some help files and might've learned a new thing or two about other spells.
Second attack and BMGs
Open wide....here comes the aeroplane.....
She can spoon feed me all day! Hell, I'll let most of you spoon feed me all day! Too bad I already know most of what you know....except for that really ****ed up thing I saw today.....sorry, I don't spoon feed, even about what I saw. 
I was just wondering, I'm sure I rolled one before and he had it, amoung every other class in the game I've played (save monks and blms) but meh, I'm just getting a little rusty in my young age.
Dear Dale,
Shut up, stop playing a bmg, and play another evil cleric.
kthxbai <3 PieMan
Use haste when training your weapon. It will cut your training time in half.
Also Rank up always using a Practice weapon, for the same reason.
1 attack and no enhanced damage, leaves you with a awful meele output.
Keep a staff for PK. Or a weapon with good coded damage, like the short Katana, or the staff of fangs.
Some Bmage prefer to use a shield on off hand due to AC bonus.
I say use a staff/wand.
Sanctuary, curatives, or Word can save your day. As most non c/c will go for the dirt a low-mid ranks leaving you with the chance to Sanct up even blind.
Use slow in a Savant area while mastering spells.
Master Terra by 30.
Master Dancing blades by spam-casting as soon as you can.
Master rust.
Master Flashfire. Colour spray will go up as you rank.
If you need more advise just ask.
Use haste when training your weapon. It will cut your training time in half.
Also Rank up always using a Practice weapon, for the same reason.
1 attack and no enhanced damage, leaves you with a awful meele output.
Keep a staff for PK. Or a weapon with good coded damage, like the short Katana, or the staff of fangs.
Some Bmage prefer to use a shield on off hand due to AC bonus.
I say use a staff/wand.
Sanctuary, curatives, or Word can save your day. As most non c/c will go for the dirt a low-mid ranks leaving you with the chance to Sanct up even blind.
Use slow in a Savant area while mastering spells.
Master Terra by 30.
Master Dancing blades by spam-casting as soon as you can.
Master rust.
Master Flashfire. Colour spray will go up as you rank.
If you need more advise just ask.
falls over laughing
Don't spam blades - it will master by lvl 50. As wil dancing blade.
Don't train colour spray - you'll probably have it to 97 or so by the time you stop casting it.
I never even bothered training a bmages weapons - just rotate them ranking. All to 80, then all to 90 and so on. Staff will master VERY fast - and you use that for mastering parry. You already have a lot of defenses that discout blindness and whether you know the weapon type. If you're betting on parry to save you then you're doing it wrong.
Terra is spamable - I'm unsure if you can train it faster like a normal defense. I don't know if its reall necessary by lvl 30 though it is nice to have. If you don't have anything better to do I guess - but don't give up a group for it.
Metoer swarm also rocks...
L-A
PS - sharpmetal masters by lvl 50 if you cast it while ranknig too.
Terra is spamable - I'm unsure if you can train it faster like a normal defense. I don't know if its reall necessary by lvl 30 though it is nice to have. If you don't have anything better to do I guess - but don't give up a group for it.
Can't train it like a normal defense... and until either 25 or 30, it's pretty useless in PK anyways, so wait until then to do it unless you're just using the casting exp as a way to rank.
I could've sworn I have "gotten better at terra shield" through using it as a defense..
Actually, I think it was blur. One of them anyway. 
I'm pretty sure neither of them do. It's been a while since I've played a bmg, I'll admit, but I can remember trying to do those through use without it working.
I am sure in the OLD OLD OLD days that terrashield used to train like dodge and parry.
Cant tell you now. Been about 8 years since my last battlemage.
I am sure in the OLD OLD OLD days that terrashield used to train like dodge and parry.
Cant tell you now. Been about 8 years since my last battlemage.
still like that.
Huh. Could've sworn it didn't. shrugs
It does but you will not want to train it like that.
It SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!