Thoughts on which is better?
Guardian Angel vs. Fortitude
GA
Pros: increased resist caps
Cons: Not much else except AR to demons
Fort
Pros: 25-30% resists, +5 lightning Cap, +300% enhanced damage (no idea how that is calculated on a body armor), +X to life
Cons: Doesn't reach that 90% resist Cap that GA does
I have GA and I happen to have a nice Eth 4os Wire Fleece for Fortitude, so I'm on the fence about it.
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Thoughts on which is better?
Guardian Angel vs. Fortitude
GA
Pros: increased resist caps
Cons: Not much else except AR to demons
Fort
Pros: 25-30% resists, +5 lightning Cap, +300% enhanced damage (no idea how that is calculated on a body armor), +X to life
Cons: Doesn't reach that 90% resist Cap that GA does
I have GA and I happen to have a nice Eth 4os Wire Fleece for Fortitude, so I'm on the fence about it.
Guardian Angel vs. Fortitude
GA
Pros: increased resist caps
Cons: Not much else except AR to demons
Fort
Pros: 25-30% resists, +5 lightning Cap, +300% enhanced damage (no idea how that is calculated on a body armor), +X to life
Cons: Doesn't reach that 90% resist Cap that GA does
I have GA and I happen to have a nice Eth 4os Wire Fleece for Fortitude, so I'm on the fence about it.
Can be used to make Runewords:
Guardian Angel for Travincal runs, that's it. Using one on my barb's barb who is just an aura-on-a-stick.
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Can trade on LoD, RotW, and Ladder/Non-Ladder
Can trade on LoD, RotW, and Ladder/Non-Ladder
What aura is your Act 5 merc carrying and from what equip?Queegon wrote: 1 hour agoGuardian Angel for Travincal runs, that's it. Using one on my barb's barb who is just an aura-on-a-stick.
Double Last Wish for lvl 34 might aura. Act 2 Merc can't turn his on quickly enough and Pride with freeze goes against Find Item.FerociousTerrier wrote: 1 hour agoWhat aura is your Act 5 merc carrying and from what equip?Queegon wrote: 1 hour agoGuardian Angel for Travincal runs, that's it. Using one on my barb's barb who is just an aura-on-a-stick.
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Can trade on LoD, RotW, and Ladder/Non-Ladder
Can trade on LoD, RotW, and Ladder/Non-Ladder
If you don't need your merc's offense, GA with Vamp Gaze both Um'd makes for an extremely tanky merc.
Agreed.
Either Guardian Angel + Vampire Gaze for elemental runs or Shaftstop + Vampire Gaze for everything else is the go-to for survivability.
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Can trade on LoD, RotW, and Ladder/Non-Ladder
Can trade on LoD, RotW, and Ladder/Non-Ladder
Wow! That is... Expensive... And awesome. Just imagining my Lister on Lvl 34 steroids right now...Queegon wrote: 1 hour agoDouble Last Wish for lvl 34 might aura. Act 2 Merc can't turn his on quickly enough and Pride with freeze goes against Find Item.FerociousTerrier wrote: 1 hour agoWhat aura is your Act 5 merc carrying and from what equip?Queegon wrote: 1 hour agoGuardian Angel for Travincal runs, that's it. Using one on my barb's barb who is just an aura-on-a-stick.
I am currently planning out Act 1 merc with Mist or Faith + GA/Fortitude + Kira/Vamp, but also waiting to see what happens with demons in the next patch. Since both Concentration and Fanaticism might be possible rolls, perhaps should think more about Might auras from merc.
Good thinking. I currently have GA and Kira on my Act 2 merc, but he continues to cost me 50K. I will start looking for a vamp gaze and Um.
My Act 1 merc survived all the way through Hell with only a couple of revives. I'm thinking of going back to her for a Faith or Mist runeword on a Hydra Bow. She was using Edge on a Spider Bow previously, and while I don't depend on her offense, she actually did well sniping mobs coming from the back end, so I'm curious what her damage output would be with a nice bow and Fortitude. But an expensive bow with auras is only good on a live merc...
For mercs that don't have strong leech (like A1 or A2 with Pride) I tend to prefer Shaftstop + Vampire Gaze + Um, A1 need 2 Um but A2 get capped with a single Um, if I was richer I would do Ber for the second socket. With the exception of hydras and ubers, usually they die only if ganged up by a lot of melee monsters. It's rare for them to die by elemental damage. That's my experience at least.
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