Any recommendations for DT sovereign rune for epic trash/red named? (lowish HP toon)

[RS-Makk]

Hi,

I have some questions (and seeking advice) regarding DT and guards for epics.

My main is a ranger/rogue/monk - and thus a bit 'epic challenged' when it comes to generating auto-crit situations. So, I have put some focus on mitigating that. I have a pair of Greensteel earthgrab picks for generating auto-crits, and also crafted an earthgrab guard greensteel item. (for when fighting mobs immune to acid, I have a pair of maiming rocksplitters I can switch to).

I also have some DT outfits I am working on for epics, given the Icy's will get shelved for those.

What do you folks recommend I go for, for the sovereign, for the DT outfit for epic trash? I was psyched I put Earth on it, and then found that does me no good if I already have an earthgrab guard (can you folks confirm that is true? needless to say, it's a big bummer). So, my grind continues. My question is: what should I shoot for ultimately (especially given the rest of my setup - for example; would enervation guard help get more earthgrabs with the items I already have - would I get more bang for my buck with freezing ice guard - or should I just go for destruction and keep that on so I dont have to swap on/off the destructions weapon set while I am fighting the trash), and what are some potentially 'ok' intermediate ones to throw on while I am waiting to get ideal ones? (note - I also have a radiance rapier already so I am thinking radiance rune really wouldn't add that much to the total setup)

What about for epic red named? Yes, I do have a salt/disintegration set already but given the low proc rates.. and given as a ranger/rogue I am only sitting at ~450-500 when fully madstoned/raged.. I'm thinking I want to avoid getting aggro and thus would probably not see this proc often.

Lastly, does Melodic Guard work on epic at all or are the saves too low? I have a rune for it and trying to decide if I should crunch it. (even if it doesnt work, I may throw it on an extra outfit and just throw it on once in a while just for fun).

[bryanmeerkat]

Having a read through this http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=281591 might help you decide .

[Chette]

Assuming you don't fight unarmed, having destruct as your sovereign rune is probably the best thing you can do for you and your whole party for red names and non-auto-crit epic mobs. Otherwise disintegrate is the best DPS guard.