Basic Guide: Raksha
Presets and Relics
General Knowledge
⬥ Raksha fight consists of 4 phases, with 200k HP for each phase (400k if duo).
⬥ Prayer flicking is crucial and mandatory as Raksha is able to use all three combat styles.
⬥ Raksha uses a special attack after every 4 normal attacks during phases 1-3, and after every 2 normal attacks during phase 4.
⬥ 
on 
to ensure 1k minimum damage with 
• To see if you meet the minimum damage requirement, go to dummies at War's Retreat, set them to minimum hit mode, and use with your Raksha gear.
• If you did not meet the requirement, use to 
/ 
while using
Unlocking Raksha
Raksha, the Shadow Colossus (Miniquest)
⬥ Slayer Cape 
tele to Laniakea, speak to her about the door at the top of the ruins.
⬥ Go through all the dialogue, then head to the south west, siphon the purple stuff (Takes like 1 minute).
⬥ After siphoning the purple stuff, head in through the door and space bar through dialog; miniquest complete.
Recommendation
Due to the nature of Raksha being very prayer-flick reliant, you may find it helpful to practice prayer flicking with nothing but a weapon until death, while doing damage and dealing with mechanics.
Repeat this until you get the hang of prayer flicking under pressure.
Note: if you are in melee distance, Raksha will not use the same style auto-attack back-to-back
Raksha Attack Pattern
Mechanics Summary
Phases 1-3
⬥ Rockfall
• Happens between phases 1-3 transitions.
• 5x5 rocks fall from the ceiling that deal heavy typeless damage.
• Small rubbles indicate the spots rocks will fall on.
⬩ Move out of the way before rocks hit the floor.
⬩ Utilise 
⬥ Tail Swipe and Charge
• Tail Swipe → If the player is in melee distance → Raksha spins around in a 3x3 radius.
• Charge → If the player is outside of melee distance → Raksha charges towards the player.
• Getting hit by either of those attacks results in heavy typeless damage and a stun.
⬩ Remain in melee distance to avoid getting a Charge attack.
⬩ Run out of spin radius once Raksha starts the Tail Swipe animation.
⬥ Shadow Bomb
• Raksha stuns the player before launching a shadow bomb that explodes and leaves a poison cloud in a 3x3 radius.
• Raksha launches 3 bombs in phase 3.
⬩ 
or 
beforehand to protect against the stun.
⬩ Move out of the bomb's radius before it lands.
⬥ 5X Shockwave
• Raksha walks to the middle of the room and unleashes 5 strong magic attacks.
• Phase Raksha before he can reach this special attack.
⬩ Restart the fight if you receive said special attack.
⬥ Mind Poison
• Raksha immobilizes the player and spawns 2-5 orbs that deal constant typeless damage.
• Failure of expelling the orbs will result in heavy typeless damage.
⬩ Click the orbs to expel them.
⬩ Clicking the orbs does not interrupt combat or channeled abilities.
⬥ Shadow Anima Pools
• Harmless 1k HP pools that spawn in 4 different areas.
• During phase 3, Raksha absorbs anima from said pools.
⬩ At the start of phase 3, kill all pools with + 
+ before Raksha can absorb any anima.
⬩ DO NOT use during global cooldown as it will deal no damage.
⬩ Use on the pool highlighted in green (using it on the pools in red will not guarantee all pools in the vicinity being cleared)
⬥ Minion Spawn
• Exclusive to phase 3.
• Raksha spawns a 10k HP melee minion during Mind Poison.
⬩ Pray 
against minion when Raksha isn't attacking, and focus on phasing Raksha.
Phase 4
⬥ Raksha heals up to 400k HP.
⬥ Tail Swipe and Shadow Bomb
• Tail Swipe → If the player is in melee distance.
• Shadow Bomb → If the player is outside of melee distance.
⬩ Stand anywhere on the red lines to force Tail Swipes.
⬥ Erebus Charge
• Exclusive to phase 4.
• Raksha stops attacking and covers himself in a blue dome.
⬩ Deal enough damage to break the dome.
⬩ The dome's health scales with how much anima Raksha previously absorbed from phase 3.
⬥ Inner Power
• Extra action button, exclusive to phase 4.
• Available after Erebus Charge special attack.
• Upon activation, increase your damage by 10% for each shadow anima you collected.
⬥ Shadow Anima
• Exclusive to phase 4.
• After destroying the blue dome during Erebus Charge, collectable shadow anima drop on the ground.
⬩ Collect 6-12 anima before activating Inner Power.
Basic Rotations
Ranged
Note: If you do not own the 
cape, use 
instead of 
Phase 1:
⬥ 
→ 
→ 
→ 
→ → →
Phase 2:
⬥ + 
Phase 3:
⬥ → clear pools with after all rocks fall.
⬥ 
→ + →
Phase 4:
⬥ Prioritise using in that order
⬥ Collect anima after dome breaks, utilise 
⬥ Inner Power → → → 
→
Magic
In general, use 
whenever you have excess adrenaline or if you need a little more damage to phase before a certain spec.
Phase 1:
⬥ 
+ → 
→ 
→ 
→ 
→ →
Phase 2:
⬥ Use powerful basics, and as they come off cooldown.
⬥ and then as soon as they come off cooldown.
Phase 3:
⬥ → clear pools with after all rocks fall.
⬥ → basics → → → +
Phase 4:
⬥ Refresh 
upon entry, use while waiting for 
cooldown, when it becomes available.
⬥ Quickly collect some anima after dome breaks, usually done by walking to a side of the and then to the other side.
⬥ Inner Power and try to finish off Raksha while in .
Example Kills
https://youtu.be/esnDkA33hig - Ranged Example (Crossbows 
)
https://youtu.be/iLVpl256hJo - Ranged Examples (Bow 
)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2NGGkN3YI0 - Magic Example
Alt1 Raksha Helper
Voice guidance throughout the kill
This tool reads your screen, and based on certain lines of dialogue in your chatbox, will trigger and play voice lines during the kill to let you know about upcoming mechanics and what to do for them.
Disclaimer: Alt1 is a third party tool, and while generally safe to use, is still recommended to be installed and used at your own risk.