phifi wrote: 3 years ago
I dont care if he dies during Boss encounters, but since hell difficulty it got something like a babysitter sim for everything but normal trash mobs
Yes thats standard Hell expeience. Can't be TOO easy or it wouldn't feel very hell-like.
Besides getting better gear for merc, you can try bugging your merc, it will make him impossible to target by melee attacks. However, keep in mind that monsters will target you instead, but if you are playing ranged build, you should be fine.
If anyone has the same problems as me:
I ended up equipping my merc with a Smoke armor as i do not have the other runes or items as suggested. It helped a ton with those +50 All res.
phifi wrote: 3 years ago
If anyone has the same problems as me:
I ended up equipping my merc with a Smoke armor as i do not have the other runes or items as suggested. It helped a ton with those +50 All res.
ah great point! smokes resistances are amazing. added smoke to my original response so others can see it at top.
Not a common strategy, but off hand Wand with lifetap can keep him alive in bad situations. Of course, its a bit of a burden to switch cast but sometimes better than him dying.
Colossus Voulge is 210 strength req on merc, won't get that naturally until merc is level 99, you'll need a strength item to even use it, Cryptic Axe is 165 str, Eth CV at level 93 without strength items
Wolfie83 wrote: 3 years agoColossus Voulge is 210 strength req on merc, won't get that naturally until merc is level 99, you'll need a strength item to even use it, Cryptic Axe is 165 str, Eth CV at level 93 without strength items
this is a good reminder. I also just recently created a CV Insight for my merc and went "DOH, he can't use it" and rummaged through my stash and found a rare Helm with +27 to str and problem solved
Late to the discussion, but just like ethereals aren't worn out by mercs, life drain doesn't apply to them. That's how I beat Duriel in normal as a low level javazon, my merc poked him with Malice.
Lafarga wrote: 3 years ago
life drain doesn't apply to them
Really? i only thought their life regen cancelled out the small effect from Malice. Its annoying how only some things work for the merc and others don't. Like how Prevent Monster Heal doesnt work
A very brutal combo I found is Kira's Guardian and Guardian Angel. Gives the Merc 90% all res, and if you socket those bad boys with Ums, your merc will very very rarely die even when facing hydras from Hell Travincal (the Ums are there to counter the occasional convition aura that they may have).
Also, this combo + a reaper's toll is what I use as the merc that goes along with my smiter. The merc normally survives the entire ordeal with lifetap procted by my smytey, unless he receives some crazy Uber poison from Lilith.
(notices that thread had been dead for a while, o well)
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