I've read through the wiki, checked tropacat's guides and searched through this forum to no avail.

Is there any way to speed up Water/Wind/Clay Alchemy training? It seems kind of bullshit how few alchemy skills actually fulfill the requirements, so perhaps i'm overlooking something?

Currently:

Water: Water Cannon, Life Drain
Wind: Wind Blast, Life Drain
Clay: Sand Burst, Life Drain

Is there some way to make Shock/Summon Golem/etc count for kills?