Raptor farm for an ele - any secondary will do

[Lais]

Hey everyone! So I have been farming raptors again, with the following build:

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Energy storage 9
Inspiration 9
Earth magic 12

Mantra of Resolve
Channeling
Armor of Earth
Stoneflesh Aura
Mental Block
Ether Feast
Glyph of Renewal
Sliver Armor

The problem I am running into is that 95% of the time, I am unable to kill Rekoff - she kills me off instead.

Anyone have an idea of what could make the above build more efficient, and if not, do you have a build for an ele that works well for raptor farming and killing off Rekoff as well?

[Cloud Xan]

	Elementalist / Mesmer 9 Inspiration Magic 3 Air Magic 12 Earth Magic 9 Energy Storage Your maximum Energy is raised by 27.

Prophecies Glyph of Renewal 10 1 5 Elite Glyph. For 15 seconds, your next Spell instantly recharges. Factions Sliver Armor 30 1 10 Enchantment Spell. For 10 seconds, you have 45% chance to block attacks and whenever you are the target of a hostile Spell or attack one nearby foe is struck for 29 earth damage. (Attrib: 12 Earth Magic) Core Ether Feast 8 1 5 Spell. Target foe loses 3 Energy. You are healed 35 for each point of Energy lost. (Attrib: 9 Inspiration Magic) EotN PvE only Mental Block 15 1 10 Enchantment Spell. For 1..11 seconds you have a 50% chance to block attacks. This Enchantment is reapplied every time an enemy strikes you. (Attrib: Asura rank) Nightfall Stoneflesh Aura 15 2 10 Enchantment Spell. For 13 seconds, damage you receive is reduced by 25, and you are immune to critical attacks. (Attrib: 12 Earth Magic) Core Armor of Earth 15 ¾ 10 Enchantment Spell. For 30 seconds, you gain 53 armor, but move 21% slower. (Attrib: 12 Earth Magic) Prophecies Channeling 15 1 5 Enchantment Spell. For 37 seconds, whenever you cast a Spell, you gain 1 Energy for each foe in the area. (Attrib: 9 Inspiration Magic) Core Mantra of Resolve 20 10 Stance. For 66 seconds, you cannot be interrupted, but each time you would have been interrupted, you lose 6 Energy or Mantra of Resolve ends. (Attrib: 9 Inspiration Magic)

Just to put it into GWbbCode.

What problem have you got? Lack of health?

[Lais]

Well, my health is above 500 (I think it's 510 iirc), and my energy is at 91. I don't run out of energy at all, it's really the fact that Rekoff just kills me off after a couple of times.

Not sure what more I can do to stop her.

what's odd though is that sometimes I do kill her, but it's only like 15% of the time... which is quite frustrating.

[Lais]

I finally found out what I was doing wrong. I wasn't hugging the big boulder when I got to the Rekoff group, so she kept scattering and coming back and scattering and coming back.

[Iscaroth Warblade]

	Elementalist / Mesmer 9 Inspiration Magic 12 Earth Magic 9 Energy Storage Your maximum Energy is raised by 27.

Prophecies Magnetic Aura 60 ¼ 5 Enchantment Spell. For 17 seconds, Magnetic Aura has a 75% chance to block melee attacks. (Attrib: 12 Earth Magic) Nightfall Stoneflesh Aura 15 2 10 Enchantment Spell. For 13 seconds, damage you receive is reduced by 25, and you are immune to critical attacks. (Attrib: 12 Earth Magic) Core Armor of Earth 15 ¾ 10 Enchantment Spell. For 30 seconds, you gain 53 armor, but move 21% slower. (Attrib: 12 Earth Magic) EotN PvE only Mindbender 24 1 5 Enchantment Spell. For 6..16 seconds, you move 20..33% faster and your Spells take half as long to cast. (Attrib: Asura rank) Factions Sliver Armor 30 1 10 Enchantment Spell. For 10 seconds, you have 45% chance to block attacks and whenever you are the target of a hostile Spell or attack one nearby foe is struck for 29 earth damage. (Attrib: 12 Earth Magic) Core Ether Feast 8 1 5 Spell. Target foe loses 3 Energy. You are healed 35 for each point of Energy lost. (Attrib: 9 Inspiration Magic) Prophecies Channeling 15 1 5 Enchantment Spell. For 37 seconds, whenever you cast a Spell, you gain 1 Energy for each foe in the area. (Attrib: 9 Inspiration Magic) Core Mantra of Resolve 20 10 Stance. For 66 seconds, you cannot be interrupted, but each time you would have been interrupted, you lose 6 Energy or Mantra of Resolve ends. (Attrib: 9 Inspiration Magic)

Raptor Farmer

Hopefully you got everything figured out an reliable, but I've found that MA works well when facing Reckoff. Like usual, hit all your enchantments except sliver armor before you round up, then hit aura when Reckoff approaches. With this build, even if she runs, I usually (80%) survive long enough for sliver armor to recharge. I'm not the best yet at getting her into the right position in order to keep her standing still, so this works for me.

[Lais]

I will give that one a try with magnetic aura...