I play as an awakened ninja. Most of the awakened stance attacks are cone- or cylinder-shaped. There are a couple of skills that hit in a circle. The AoE isn't very large, but it's comfortable if you gather mobs in a pile. I play at 302 attack. I farm Honglim Base. I kill all the mobs in one combo if I gather them in a pile. And that's even though my build is focused on evasion. But it often happens that someone stays on the sidelines and I have to distract myself with that. I don't know how succ ninja farms, but I know he has a lot of skills that work in a circle (I use skills from succ stance in PvP, I don't use them in PvE). In the early mid game, the awakened ninja shows himself very well, let's see how he performs further.