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Hi,

I am currently using Act 5 Merc with Sazabi set + Malice sword, even when I prebuff him with
Fade
using Treachery, little bro does not really survive much.
I am on a smiter with CoA + Last Wish, so I can tank the whole fight, but I was looking for a new Merc set up so:
- He can survive long enough and tank a bit for me to make my job easier
- Or I have been thinking about trying a long-range Merc and giving him a weapon that gives an aura, so I can benefit from the aura. But I am not sure at all about the aggro, if any Ancient goes onto him, he won't last longer than the current Act 5 little bro

Any ideas?

Thanks,
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Hi,

I am currently using Act 5 Merc with Sazabi set + Malice sword, even when I prebuff him with
Fade
using Treachery, little bro does not really survive much.
I am on a smiter with CoA + Last Wish, so I can tank the whole fight, but I was looking for a new Merc set up so:
- He can survive long enough and tank a bit for me to make my job easier
- Or I have been thinking about trying a long-range Merc and giving him a weapon that gives an aura, so I can benefit from the aura. But I am not sure at all about the aggro, if any Ancient goes onto him, he won't last longer than the current Act 5 little bro

Any ideas?

Thanks,
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BigD 497

RotW Paladin Americas Switch
Following because I'm interested to see as well. Uber Ancients definitely appear to have gotten buffed. Pre patch 3.2 my FoH smiter could get them done without a ton of difficulty. Just tried them a little while ago with my nonHC FoH smiter and died twice and used up two sets of statues trying because i couldnt get my corpse back. And I've done Ubers many times with this same char, FoH smiter w/
Gface w/
Um

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Uber Ancients slapped harder than I remember and harder than Uber Trist IIRC. Would like to hear some people's strategies or if I'm just retarded and doing something totally wrong.

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Necrarch 3720Moderator

RotW Necromancer Europe PC
Seems that new Uber Ancients are wayyy harder than before, and depending on your build can be harder than
Uber Tristram
.

For all the reports I have heard of, except with super fast clearing builds (Mosaic...), mercs are pretty cooked in all cases.

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oOKIWIOo 2010

RotW Paladin Europe PC
In my experience having capped resistances is the most important issue. Try to get 275+ for Lightning, Cold and Fire (simply switch your dmg Charms with res Charms).

If you can keep your Merc alive with the right gear I don't know. Mine can "help" with killing one but gets killed at the latest when they enter the second phase. My Merc uses
Andariel's Visage
, Fortitude and an Infinity (The Infinity is nearly useless in this case but I am too lazy to switch it to maybe
The Reaper's Toll
😁).

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I think Smiter with CoA and
Fade
may be one of the best builds. I kill
Talic
first, he seems to be the final boss, doing a lot of damage with whirlwinds and the fire tonados. Once he is down, the two others are sitting ducks at least with a smiter.

But my little bro typically never makes it that far.
Have you tried a ranged merc ?
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