Best spells to Persist

[Artur Hawkwing]

Persistent Spell is balanced by being a +6 adjustment, however the Ultimate Magus can apply it to 5th level or lower spells resulting in mid level casters able to cast 11th level spells. Nice.

What's your favorite spells to Persist? A few of mine.

- Any of the Bite of the X series. Go for several of them to really cheese.

- Improved Blink. Wall? Through it. Hit me? Roll percentile. Visible? Nope! Warning: DMs will throw books at you.

- Nerveskitter. I move first, and I will win.

- Swift Ethereal, if you have Transdimensional Spell. Look ma, no body! More immunities than anything shy of constructs and you still affect foes.

[littha]

I am sure there is a list in one of the cleric handbooks, they are generally the masters of persist.

[sirpercival]

- Nerveskitter. I move first, and I will win.

IIRC this only works on your next init roll, so no dice.  Much easier to have it in a wand chamber in your spiked shield.

I always like Friendly Fire...

[Halinn]

I am sure there is a list in one of the cleric handbooks, they are generally the masters of persist.

The title of Master of Persistent Spells belongs to the Incantatrix. It's just that it's so good that most people intentionally stay away from it. Clerics are the usually the ones that get to do it in an actual game.