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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 5554491" data-attributes="member: 463">IME a long battle doesn't feel grindy as long as enemies are going down, and multiple monsters can be hit by area-effect attacks.  For both those reasons 'more monsters' usually is better than 'higher level monsters'.That said, anything more than about 8-9 non-minion monsters causes a book-keeping headache for the DM, moreso if they are of more than 3-4 different stat blocks.  Therefore for large battles it's best to use lots of minions in conjunction with standard monsters, keep highest monsters level to around PC level +3 at Heroic (can go higher at higher tiers), and use elites and solos sparingly.  Typically 1 Elite BBEG, 2-7 standard monster sub-bosses, and minion mooks works best.</blockquote>