Act 2 merc aura stick helm

I am making Infinity for an Act 2 merc that will provide Might to my Urdar superdemon and Conviction for my Tainted summons.

I don't depend on the merc for damage--at all. Just want him to live and not get in the way. I am making Treachery for him and have a 15% IAS jewel to hit the max breakpoint for the ethereal Mancatcher base. Helms I am considering (ethereal if I can find/afford them):

Vamp Gaze, high LL and DR
Andariel's
Kira
Maybe a Delirium runeword?

Any thoughts on BiS for this guy and his particular role?

Thanks!

varangium wrote: 4 months ago

Depends on your use case and how fast you kill things. For general use, I would go Cure. Cleansing aura gets rid of amp damage curse in 7 seconds vs 1 minute without. Greatly boosts your own survivability plus his, amp damage means you and merc take 2x physical damage.

For specialized boss fights like mini Ubers or Ubers, Guillames, v gaze, Crown of Ages, or Kira’s depending on other gear and what you are solving for.

Cure is ladder-only, correct? I'm non-ladder. I understand Gface is for maxing your merc damage to bosses and ubers. I just need my mercs staying alive to provide Auras. Perf CoA would probably be nice for Physical and elemental resists and two sockets, but that's very pricey. CoA+ Ber+ Ber would be nice. No life leach, though, and none on the chest/weapon either.

Demons kill everything and pretty quickly even in P8. Probably nothing that would save the merc from a Herald pack of archers though. Or Urdar. Still thinking Vamp Gaze for the life leach + %DR in the event that Treachery doesn't proc Fade.