Optimum gear for Uber Mephisto?

I'm running Ubers with my Smiter but after respec my last 2 attempt were complete failure. From first one good Schnorki saved my ass but last one was one shot from Meph. So, I'd like to learn my lesson here. I have Grief, Exile, TGod, Wisp but not sure how much light res I need to be relaxed on Meph?

You need at least 300 lightning res.
Other res must be closed to that.

You can also put T-god, the 20 Lightning Absorb and 10% Max Lightning Resist are so good against Uber Meph and Soul.

With

Life Tap from

Dracul's Grasp, Uber Meph should be OK.

mockingbirdreal wrote: 1 year ago

You need at least 300 lightning res.
Other res must be closed to that.

You can also put T-god, the 20 Lightning Absorb and 10% Max Lightning Resist are so good against Uber Meph and Soul.

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When I put on Grief, Exile, GR, DG and activate

Fade it reaches 269 light res. With Wisp and TG do I still need to reach 300+?

basicnecromancy wrote: 1 year ago

When I put on Grief, Exile, GR, DG and activate

Fade it reaches 269 light res. With Wisp and TG do I still need to reach 300+?

It should be OK.

Or should I

Sacrifice Grief and use HoTo?

Don't, Grief is just too good.
You can use a paladin shield with high res and put 4

Perfect Diamond to reach 300 res.
People do that for budget Uber build.

I use 1 point in

Salvation while hitting meph, then switch to fanatism for Diablo and

Baal

mockingbirdreal wrote: 1 year ago

basicnecromancy wrote: 1 year ago

When I put on Grief, Exile, GR, DG and activate

Fade it reaches 269 light res. With Wisp and TG do I still need to reach 300+?

It should be OK.

Thanks. It seems this set up works well.

I think the main trick is getting lifetap up ASAP. I like to fight the skeletons that meph spawns first, wait for

Life Tap to activate and then ill engage meph.

Or use a

Life Tap

Wand for getting it activated and then switch to weapon.

Zero187 wrote: 1 year ago

I think the main trick is getting lifetap up ASAP. I like to fight the skeletons that meph spawns first, wait for

Life Tap to activate and then ill engage meph.

Or use a

Life Tap

Wand for getting it activated and then switch to weapon.

I have Exile and DG so mostly no need for

Wand. The problem was I was hit so hard that no chance to recover with

Life Tap. With my current set up, I guess he can't hit that hard. Wisp and TG are really good.

Weapon: Grief PB
Shield: HoZ (

Um / PDiamond)
Armor: Treachery

Helm:

Guillaume's Face (

Ort)
Amulet: Mara's
Gloves: Dracul's

Belt: Thundergod's

Boots:

Gore Rider
Rings: Ravenfrost +

Dwarf Star
Swap: CTA + Spirit
Inventory: Small charms with +lightning resist / whatever else you may need, Anni, Torch

With

Mephisto, it's all about stacking that lightning resists (easiest way is through small charms). I'm maxed out even after his

Conviction aura. With the gear above, I've been doing the Ubers ever since the game started and I haven't died a single time, no

Cap.

I take back my suggestion

While outleveling

Uber Mephisto's

Conviction aura is not the worst idea, you'd be wasting way too many skill points on an aura that's pretty much useless outside of this one particular encounter. I'd strongly advise against it. In addition, the OP is asking about the optimal gear for this fight, the one you've listed is far from it.

basicnecromancy wrote: 1 year ago

Or should I

Sacrifice Grief and use HoTo?

Yeah, don't.

Apart from just the res factor, Grief has too many benefits. Not only because the dmg is night and day per hit but also because with a Grief pb, you can quite easily hit max

Smite speed even without using fana. And not having max attack speed just means you take longer for

Life Tap procs and leech less due to less swings once it does proc.

Personally, I don't gear specifically for meph. I just gear my smiter to hit max res in normal play and then for meph switch over to

Salvation instead of fana (while keeping max

Smite speed even then). That typically leaves you with more than enough res to handle him (without silly stuff like a tgods) and it has the added benefit of keeping your merc alive, too.

in my mega budget paladin i use.

Heaven´s light
Guilleame
Duress
HoZ
BK Ring

Raven Frost

Gore Rider
Dracul´s

And Verdungo and Thundergod

Vigor


In order to do

Uber Tristram, before i enter de portal, i cast

Fade, then i equip thunders god

Vigor, kill

Mephisto, and the switch to verdungo to kill

Baal and diablo

Thanks for the insights, guys. After I opened this topic, I made 2 runs and there's nothing to worry about. Even the first one, Meph was right at the portal entrance but done nothing. My set up and preparation seem like a little overkill, but he killed me twice, so better be prepared than sorry.

For a brief explanation: After procing

Fade, I go with Fortitude. With Grief and Exile (30 AR

Eth ST base), I get 269 LR. With Wisp and TG, he actually even can't hit me. And the rest is completely easy.