01 Jun 2006 at 15:17 - 4
I farm ettins without a problem using a four string combo, crit eye, WoP, Shadow Refuge, and an optional slot i like to fill Dash in to make it go by quicker
Jagged Strike, Golden Lotus Strike, Wild Blow, Death Blossom, Crit Eye, WoP, SR, opt
This has worked for me, not a death yet, can kill all bog skales/fire imps in the way too. I tend to go through the tengu, run past em and cut through the ascalon settlement.
Death Blossom is great against ettins, since the second ettin your not fighting will use healing sig to give you time to focus on the one. I can take up to three effectively. Ive survived four. Keep WoP and Crit Eye up as long as possible
Dagger Mastery - 15 (shiros blades works well here to keep health up as well, although id rather have a better pair of vamp 5/1s, but dont have them yet)
Deadly Arts - 0
Shadow Ars - 9
Critical Strikes - 10
This is all without any sup runes, in fact, only a minor shadow and major dagger.
EDIT: Forgot to mention, im using all craptastic Valkries armor., with a +1 dagger mastery mask
Im a A/N, a A/W with evasion stances would rock here i think. I did this to see how well i could do in melee farming. Its quite quick and effective, might try it other places as well.
Not sure if ettin rune farming is really dead, but my first two runs i netted 4 sups, and gotten a few majors since then. Ettins are easy to run out of stock lol, drops arent that good after the first few runs, but then again, its not my fav farming spot.