EDIT Added another map for the second leg of the runs by the ascalon settlement in the north kryta province.
Step 1: You will need a high level warrior. My build is as follows::
I have recently been using the axe build listed below, only I use cyclone not flurry, it works great. Thanks to all who posted
Lvl 20 warrior/monk
Attribute distribution :
Healing prayers: 8
Swordsmanship: 12
Tactics: 12
Skill Set:
1:Healing Signet
2:"Charge" (an altranate running skill can be used)
3:Sever Artery
4:Gash
5:Galrath Slash
6:Final Thrust
7:Flurry
8:Mending
The reasons for skills are as follows:
:healing sig, to heal when you are very low when 3 or 4 ettins are bashing away at you.
:"charge", to run by the avicarra and mergoyles at the start.
:sever artery, to start an etting bleading
:gash, to do extra damage because of bleeding and lower health by 20%
:galrath slash, to do as much damage as possible
:final thrust, to finish each ettin off
:flurry, to build your adrenaline very fast
:mending, to keep your hp in the high numbers.
The strategy:
Start out at Beetleton and head out the east exit. put on mending right away and head up the hill towards the east. There should be 3 or 4 mergoyles on your left, and 3 or 4 on your right, and usally an aloe that pops up when you walk by. You should only need to agro the left group. you should be able to just run by without using your running skills (they usually do from 0-2 damage per hit to me). As you walk down the hill into the pass with cliff on both sides there will be two sets of avicara. One wild and one scout. The wilds will shatter enchantment, doing a little damage but nothing to worry about. You continue to walk untill just when you hit the second group of avicara, you then charge (or whatever runnning skill you have) and rush right by them into the clearing between yourself and the ettins. You then re-enchant with mending and feel free to use your healing sig to get back in business faster. Now its time for Ettins! You should only agro 2-3 at a time, 4 if all else fails. If you take 6 you are probably in trouble (although it may be doable, depending on your items and runes you have on). You should start out by hitting flurry and slicing away at one untill you have enough to sever artery, then you gash, then galrath slash, then gash again, then galrath slash again, untill you have them nearly dead, then use final thrust and put him down. If you don't need to use final thrust it is better because you then can keep your adrenaline. You should be using flurry periodically to keep your attack rate high and your adrenaline charged quickly. After you kill one you turn to the next and continue. When you have cleared one group feel free to recharge and regen. Then its on to the next. There should be 6-8 ettins right where you find them first, then go up the hill or around to the right to find more, there should be from 5-8 more ettins depending on your spawn.
Now the beautiful part is that the ettins almost always drop "Ettins Pauldrons" so therefor, whenever you would get a purple or gold, it is a rune. Which happens MUCH more frequently then I had suspected when I started doing this, I usually get a couple purples a run and a gold rune every 1-3 runs.
Now when you finish killing all the ettins, don't just zone back to beetletun and go again.... No no no, that is what some do and that just wastes time. What you do is go to the east and there will be a zone there (see my map below). Once you are in the next zone, zone back and there will be a whole new group of ettins just waiting for you, and this time you don't even have to run through other guys. You can start right at the ettins, do a whole run, then just run back, zone-zone, and you are ready again!
Here are the maps:
Here is the product of 3 runs:
Thanks to all who read, post what you like and what you find
my name is deepcameo in game. Pm me or post here if you have questions.My guild is looking for expirianced players for both PvE and PvP. If you like this thread and want to talk to me about the guild p.m. me in game.
and usually am an axe warrior, but for some reason I have always gone sword on these runs and had often wondered about using an axe build, this has been very helpful and I appreciate the addition to the thread. Lets keep this baby goin. Thanks again.
