User:GW-Shem

General
Easier to farm when you are aligned with Kurzicks, otherwise you cannot use the spawn point in front of Saint Anjeka's Shrine and thus you will respawn pretty much in the center of Drazach Thicket if you get killed. Even though it is possible to run back to Chkkr Thousand Tail from there, it is pretty annoying.

Strategy
Get to Chkkr, aggro him, then hide behind the small wall to the west. Cast Soul Barbs/Spirit Shackles/Spirit of Failure/Awaken the Blood/Price of Failure/Reckless Haste/Spiteful Spirit/Empathy in that exact order on him, then recast spells whenever theyre available. He shouldnt get off a single Troll Unguent and usually drops in well under a minute. The whole run takes about 2 minutes if everything goes smooth.

Problems
Sometimes the first group of Wardens blocks your way down the slope. You can either:
 * wait for the Wardens to move out, so you can run past them without aggro.


 * bowpull the group of Mantis that will run in when you approach the slope, so they will get up the slope and fight the Wardens while you run past both groups.


 * bowpull the Wardens back to the spawn point in front of Saint Anjeka's Shrine (assuming you are aligned with Kurzicks), so they will fight the Kurzick NPC's while you run past them.

Rarely some Oni will pop up close to Chkkr. If that happens you are pretty much screwed because usually they will just kill you and then Chkkr.

General
Easier to farm when you are aligned with Luxons, so you will spawn in the western corner of Arborstone (Explorable), behind all the bosses and with no enemies near you at all. Only works on the first death though, if you die another time a group of Wardens will be at the spawn.

Strategy
Get into Arborstone (Explorable), go up the ramp on the west side into the hallway and get killed by the group of Wardens there. After you respawned, follow the hallway to the east until you arrive at Craw Stonereap. Aggro him, then hide on the southern side of the door. Cast Parasitic Bond/Spirit Shackles/Spirit of Failure/Price of Failure/Reckless Haste/Spiteful Spirit in that exact order on him, then recast spells (not Parasitic Bond though, only recast if it runs out) whenever theyre available. Do not use Awaken the Blood as he will take that as a reason to cast Lingering Curse on you, effectively cutting the healing from Parasitic Bond in half.

After you wasted him, move on to Zarnas Stonewrath. Make sure that you aggro him at a point where he doesnt have LOS, there are a few places where that is possible. If you need to pull him while being in his LOS, be aware that he will most likely use Gale right away to spam you better with Stone Daggers, so do the Happy Dance as soon as you get back up and run for cover. When you are safe, put up Awaken the Blood, wait until he gales you, cast Spiteful Spirit, wait until he gales you, cast Backfire, rinse and repeat. He is quite proficient with using Gale as an interrupt, so only cast after you got knocked down.

Because spamming Stone Daggers through Backfire is not healthy, you should be on your way to the 3rd boss soon. Aggro Meril Stoneweaver, then pull up the stairs until you get out of his LOS. Cast Parasitic Bond and Awaken the Blood, wait untill he uses Smite Hex, then cast Spirit Shackles/Spirit of Failure/Price of Failure/Reckless Haste, recast Parasitic Bond, wait untill he smites it off, then apply Spiteful Spirit and recast whatever has recharged (up to 4 spells are usually the most you can cast before his Smite Hex has recharged), top it off with Parasitic Bond again, rinse and repeat.

Problems
If the statues break up and attack you, you either have to finish or abandon some quest i guess, though im not sure which one atm.