to survive duriel, give him ~4 Thawing Potion before the fight, it boosts his cold res for a while
(you can also take them to boost your own cold res if you are the one tanking the dmg)
You barely gain experience in act2 lvl 5-7, id recommend staying in act1 for some exp until 12-14 at least.
Act2 merc get stronk 2h polearm (Insight is great runeword), armor could be anything really, I use Smoke I think it was called not sure and Helm well pretty much anything you need; either dmg or resists.
to survive Duriel, give him ~4 Thawing Potion before the fight, it boosts his cold res for a while
(you can also take them to boost your own cold res if you are the one tanking the dmg)
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to survive Duriel, give him ~4 Thawing Potion before the fight, it boosts his cold res for a while
May not be enough; after all cold res only reduces a part of the damage received, and there is also physical damage.
Keep feeding the merc with potions, ideally rejuvs to save him from Duriel's damage bursts.
of course, but the cold dmg is ~60% of his dmg, if you can reduce that to 20% you reduce the overall dmg by ~50% which makes it much easier
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A1 merc like this, 6os bow, Ancient Armor, 3os Mask fill in poison jewel.
Does anyone have any recommendation for a2 merc setup? Usually when I reach a2 , it is likely around lv5-7.
It's much easier to level in A1, so i ususally try to time it so i fight Andariel at level 15(because that lets me equip some extra gear that makes it easy).
And then end A3 at around level 25, to avoid the XP reductions from being below 25 during A4 and A5.
For the A2 merc, at that low level, there's almost nothing you CAN use, but 3os Mask with psn jewels and 3 or 4 os armor with psn jewels and a 4 os weapon with, again 4 psn jewels... That gives 200 psn dmg/2s which is a lot. But at such low levels, he's still going to die all the time, especially in A2 from things like beetles releasing charged Bolts when hit.
A1 merc like this, 6os bow, Ancient Armor, 3os Mask fill in poison jewel.
Does anyone have any recommendation for a2 merc setup? Usually when I reach a2 , it is likely around lv5-7.
It's much easier to level in A1, so i ususally try to time it so i fight Andariel at level 15(because that lets me equip some extra gear that makes it easy).
And then end A3 at around level 25, to avoid the XP reductions from being below 25 during A4 and A5.
For the A2 merc, at that low level, there's almost nothing you CAN use, but 3os Mask with psn jewels and 3 or 4 os armor with psn jewels and a 4 os weapon with, again 4 psn jewels... That gives 200 psn dmg/2s which is a lot. But at such low levels, he's still going to die all the time, especially in A2 from things like beetles releasing charged Bolts when hit.
Yes, my previous run, it die a lot...planning new run to make it avoid Death , or at least survival 15 second when vs Duriel...
I already give up plan to let him survival diablo, it is impossible.
After above info, I am thinking about getting 3os Mask, 4 os /3os armor, 6 os Eth weapon, fill with +light resist, + psn and a little bit +life if I cant find things.
But do remember that a merc that dies against act bosses... well, it happens, you Revive him after the fight, if he at least absorbed the damage for a while, better than nothing
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godly rare jewels is made though 6 Perfect Skull +rare j + lv 1 char with 1-2 roll...
lv 1 affinx is fixed, I havent try this way yet. Some guy told me but I havent 100% trust it. Likely if it is 4 affinx, it will have poison, resist, -req, and some bad thing
I have fort, Eth-and setup in my end gear, this part is just like go back past and wield godly things with godly merc kill boss...
but I have feeling, Duriel and after boss are too strong...this merc may still die.
I wouldn't belive in that ...
(Unless it is some kind of bug )
Following the standard rules, there are 9 affixes with alvl 1 and 13 affixes with alvl 2- (the previous 9 plus the 4 single resists), so you may end up with something like
Rare Jewel 5 defense 10 Stamina 10% Gold
You will probably have to reroll much more than 2 times to get something valuable....
godly rare jewels is made though 6 Perfect Skull +rare j + lv 1 char with 1-2 roll...
lv 1 affinx is fixed, I havent try this way yet. Some guy told me but I havent 100% trust it. Likely if it is 4 affinx, it will have poison, resist, -req, and some bad thing
I have fort, Eth-and setup in my end gear, this part is just like go back past and wield godly things with godly merc kill boss...
I am wondering how that a2 merc can survival through a2 boss..
Smoke is good idea, I will surely use it to pass nightmare and with jail break...
That is the problem with mercs; they wont survive in bosses. Not until you have really good gear and even then they MIGHT still die, most likely not.
Good luck!
You can't get xp in Act 2 any earlier than lvl 9, and even then you'll need Enchant or something to kill stuff. Ending Act 1 at lvl 14-16 is a solid place of strength. Act 2 merc is great vs Duriel with Thawing Potions like others suggested. Giving them any gear that adds cold damage to their attacks will help. Get the Prayer merc. Also, shop around or just watch your item drops along the way for anything that has Weaken charges (any blue/yellow Helm,Wand,Dagger,glove could spawn with it). If you can manage to get a Hawkmail (unique armor) for your merc and/or a Death's Guard (Set Item Sash) for yourself, the Cannot Be Frozen would be very handy. But yeah, marinate in Thawing Potions before entering, then just go all out max damage output. If you're running Paladin, Thorns Aura is a no-brainer vs. Norm Duriel. Easy peasy.
If you can manage to get a Hawkmail (unique armor) for your merc and/or a Death's Guard (Set Item Sash) for yourself, the Cannot Be Frozen would be very handy.
If you can manage to get a Hawkmail (unique armor) for your merc and/or a Death's Guard (Set Item Sash) for yourself, the Cannot Be Frozen would be very handy.
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