Unlocking Interrogator

[sbinpdx]

I have been looking for a guide on the quickest way to unlock Interrogator. Since I have been unsuccessful in finding a guide, I'll post what I did. I went Apprentice and Spellhound. My stats were left over from a previous challenge, Insight 25, wisdom 25 and Patience 150. I put Magic Missile, Spell Focus, Conjure Primal Elemental, Gem Resonance, Conjure Lesser Elemental, Conjure Greater Elemental on my bars as the spells became available. I emptied the traps manually and bought all upgrades and sources I could. It took me 2 hours and 20 minutes to get the 50,000 spell casts I needed. My Spellhound was 99 when I got to 50K spell casts so I let it ride to 100 for another achievement. Please post ways to improve this method or complete overhaul.

[FrankTheUnicornSlayer]

Use Arcanist: Arcanist has spells specifically designed to rack up casts quickly.

In particular, Spellstaff of Chamaon with a Conjure spell or two will give all the shards you could possibly need, then as many instant spells as you can fit in. Magic Missile, Spell Focus, and Lightning Bolt are all good... but best is Jas'Aham's Missile Storm, if you can get snag the levels for it. That last one clocks up *multiple*, up to *many many*, spells per cast.

[sbinpdx]

Great advise thanks for the response!