Curse

onerabbit · Apr 06, 2007, 12:48 AM // 00:48

Ah, good ol' ettin farming days

Realm of Fiery Doom · Apr 06, 2007, 03:00 PM // 15:00

Oopsies!!!

Evilsod · Apr 06, 2007, 04:01 PM // 16:01

Hehe, i was wondering why i couldn't see Stoneflesh Aura in the OP's build.

Think i'll stick with my sword warrior... till i can be arsed to make a Derv build for it anyway.

TheBigL481 · Apr 06, 2007, 05:52 PM // 17:52

ettins still drop the odd sup rune but not as much as they used to :/
regardless, they are pretty fun when you can't think of anything else to do and want to make a bit of money and have some fun. My prefered build is:
hundred blades
sever
gash
sun and moon
sprint
breeze
vig spirit
balths ....(the thing that gives nrg and adren)
Only other thing is to bring a sword with an elemental hilt (pretty much essential i'd say, as it doubles you damage)(also, dont use zealous hilt, its pointless when you have all the energy gain from balths

i've tried loads of different builds and this one which i came up with myself seems to be the most fun and quick

penguinious · Apr 06, 2007, 08:38 PM // 20:38

tsk...tsk...tsk...

Ettin farming... anyway, here it goes. (This is still a decent farm, since it can kill so fast and easy. Do this while watching TV or something, it takes absolutely NO SKILL AT ALL)

E/Mes
16 Earth
8 Inspiration
5 Air
Rest in E-Storage (Energy doesn't really matter)
20% enchants makes this even more ridiculously easy than it already is.

MAKE SURE YOU DONT HAVE A 20% HCT mod for earth on your staff.

Stone Striker
Mantra of Earth
Stoneflesh Aura
Sandstorm
Earthquake
Aftershock
Storm Djinn's Haste
Optional - (I just leave it empty =/)

Ok, to get to ettins, sprint past mergoyles (Can kill em no problem if you want), kill both groups of tengu (Kill the wilds first, or you will die... they will interrupt sandstorm, but EQ + AS will kill)... Then, when you see the ettins, put up stone striker, mantra of earth, stoneflesh.

Aggro AS MANY AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN (They will all be hittin 0's, very rarely for some reason one will irresistible blow for like... 2 damage...) When there is like 8-12 sitting around you whaling on you, just cast SS>EQ>AS in order, no pauses. 80% of ettins will be dead, those who used endure pain will have next to no hp left (meaning they will not use heal sig)... Wait 2 secs for them to run back and use AS again. Dead.

David Spooky · Apr 06, 2007, 09:30 PM // 21:30

12 Fire + 3 + 1
12 Water + 3
3 Energy Storage + 1
Attunement runes
20/20 water staff with Insightful and Enchanting mods.

-Mist Form
-Arcane Echo
-Mark of Rodgort
-Lava Font
-Frozen Burst
-Inferno
-Armor of Mist
-Fire Attunement

Killing Mergoyles: walk up to them, cast lava font and then inferno. GG

Killing Seeds: Cast Inferno. GG

Killing Tengu: Cast Fire Attunement, Mist Form then Armor of Mist. Run to the Tengu Wild and he'll shatter your Armor of Mist. Use Mark of Rodgort to make him waste his cry of frustration. Cast Lava Font then Frozen Burst and he'll die. Depending on your health and whether or not Mist Form is recharged either kill the ranger or run and recharge. To outrun the ranger hit him with frozen burst and run, it'll be like you having a speed buff on and he'll go back to his post.

Killing Ettins: Cast Arcane Echo. When you aggro the first group of ettins activate Mist Form and proceed to gather the ettins in the first group. Make sure to pay attention to the 20 seconds and cast the echo'd Mist Form before it reverts back to normal. Once you get all of the ettins your original Mist Form should be recharged so cast it. Clump your ettins in a ball then cast Mark of Rodgort, Lava Font, Forzen Burst then Inferno. If any ettins survive recast Lava Font and they should drop.

Phane · Apr 07, 2007, 05:00 AM // 05:00

I thought ettins dont drop runes anymore. I Tried it few months ago and they didnt drop much stuff. I did check wiki updates and I saw they did something to it(cant remember really). Anyone can confirm that?

Yzarc · Apr 14, 2007, 06:43 AM // 06:43

This is the build I use to farm ettins.
Please note that i only use this to farm the ones above ascalon settlement and have not tried the full run.

Expertise 5+4
Wilderness 8+1
Marksman 12
Inspiration 8

Poison Arrow {E}
Kindle Arrows
Sundering Attack
Savage Shot/Distracting Shot
Troll Unguent
Physical Res.
Storm Chaser