CoH set up, prayer stacking

Hi all. Looking for help on best approach for

Nova sorce Merc set up. I want to run the stack with Cure and Insight with

Prayer. Leaves me with CoH as the life line for survivability. Is this the right approach? What suggestions for armor to make it in? Do I got

Eth or a 4OS

Archon Plate incase I ever need it in a char. Trying to maximize use of runes since I’m no”rush” in the game YET?

We just had a big ol' discussion about that over here.
forums/best-option-for-infinity-t1668567.html

If you're poor on runes and aren't certain about CoH on merc then I'd make it in a non-

Eth

Archon Plate in case you want to swap it to one of your characters instead.
If you are certain then make it in an

Eth elite armor with the highest defense you can get your hands on.

No reason to be uncertain. CoH is clearly the best option in this setup. Go for the best

Eth armor you can get.

Thanks guys. I don’t really see much reason to ever self wear it. Now I keep an eye out for the right armor. Appreciate it and thanks for the link to the other discussion.

Knappogue wrote: 3 days ago

We just had a big ol' discussion about that over here.
forums/best-option-for-infinity-t1668567.html

If you're poor on runes and aren't certain about CoH on merc then I'd make it in a non-

Eth

Archon Plate in case you want to swap it to one of your characters instead.
If you are certain then make it in an

Eth elite armor with the highest defense you can get your hands on.

* Highest def with suitable strength requirements. With Cure+Insight your Merc only gets 5 str (unlike setups with eg.

Andariel's gaze).

Go for a superior with enhanced defense, they have max base def +1.

Lacquered Plate,

Hellforge Plate, and

Archon Plate are the best choices and it depends on at which merc level you want to be able to equip the CoH.

I know that question is strict about armor, but thats link directly to weapon choosing because with that setup (Coh + Cure), there is no room for additional IAS, so it's no point going for threshers.
I've attached sheet below what it looks like for each option (reminder to all, for Infinity we can choose from spears too, so there are better alternatives than those presented)