First of all, what are the best locations? So far, my favorites are:
1. Outside Nolani Academy, for gargoyles (and a few Storm Riders, possibly).
2. Near Althea's Ghost, east from the Nolani Academy, for Charr.
Other obvious places are:
Great Northern Wall mission, for Charr (EDIT: I meant Fort Ranik. See below.)
The Breach, for Charr, leaving from Pikens.
Outside Sardelac Sanitarium, for a mix of grawl and gargoyles (uh, which direction is best?)
For an MM solo build, the best I've come up with is
Animate Vampiric Horror (the main self heal)
Animate Bone Fiend
Deadly Swarm (faster than Rotting Flesh)
Signet of Lost Souls (good follow to Deadly Swarm, while I'm doing my first minion recruiting)
Blood of the Master
Taste of Death (for emergencies)
Glyph of Lesser Energy (for speed)
and, uh, which elite?
I don't have Reapers Mark, Icy Veins, Jagged Bones, or Aura of the Lich (which would be pointless anyway, as the main problem is degen). Virulence doesn't fit well. That leaves mainly Tainted Flesh, Animate Flesh Golem, and Glyph of Energy (but that's overkill now that GoLE has been buffed).
Anyhow, this works against gargoyles, charr, and the occasional hydras I ran into after a wrong turn.
For nuking gargoyles, I tried a standard SF build with Mantra of Lightning added in, and it rocked. However, to keep going and kill the Charr too, I think an earth armor spell or two would be needed. Unarmored, you take much more damage from them than Aura of Restoration can handle. (On the other hand, Aura is enough to cover the Conjure Phantasm degen that is the only significant hurt the gargoyles put on you.)
And here's one playing tip, for those new to farming the area -- kill the Resurrect Gargoyles first. Because if you don't, they live up to their names, and you just have to keep repeating yourself.
Oh yeah -- if farming meleers (grawl for sure, maybe charr), it's fun to make room for Flame Burst.
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In Kryta, the obvious targets are Nebo Terrace, where you can get three of the four collectables plus traditional Wintersday drops, and the Gates of Kryta mission, where there are LOTS of undead.
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For ice imps, the obvious places are outside Ice Caves of Sorrow or outside Marhan's Grotto.
For Stone Summit I guess the earlier in the Shiverpeaks the better.
For Azure Shadows (Frozen Remains) I guess Talus Chute outside Camp Rancor, but as you know there will also be one out of three or four possible bosses spawning there.
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