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I wanna try barb with Duress and
Executioner Sword
... anyone have fav picks?
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Whero 48

Barbarian Americas Switch
I wanna try barb with Duress and
Executioner Sword
... anyone have fav picks?
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Unfortunately A2 merc is the only useful merc without proper gear. The rest are just useless unless you have expensive gear on them.
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vued 1570

Resurrected Sorceress Europe PC
Semirotta wrote: 11 hours ago
Unfortunately A2 merc is the only useful merc without proper gear. The rest are just useless unless you have expensive gear on them.
A5 with full Sazabi's and Lawbringer is super tanky and cheap. And any A1 with Delirium has crazy
Crown
control for just an
Ist
.
Insight works on Bows, too.

Playing HC SSF right now.

Hell completed: Sorc, Druid, Paladin, Ama, Assa, Necro, Barb
Iron Man (Paladin): Nightmare A1
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kerph 225

RotW Americas PC
Semirotta wrote: 11 hours ago
Unfortunately A2 merc is the only useful merc without proper gear. The rest are just useless unless you have expensive gear on them.
I quite like Insight/Harmony on a1, you should give it a try! She's much more survivable than a2

♄♄♄ SC ladder & non-ladder ♄♄♄

Ladder equivalence *

Jah
=23
Zod
=21
Ber
=18
Cham
=12
Sur
=9
Lo
=7.5
Ohm
=4.5
Vex
=2.33
Gul
=1.1
Ist
/18
Perfect Amethyst
/30
Ral
=1
Mal
=0.75
Um
=0.5
Pul
=0.33
Lem
=0.25

Feel free to message me on discord @kerph for a quick reply 😊
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DasNarf 1008

RotW Europe PC
Act 1 Harmony is very good when levelling a Barb. She helps killing immunes, too.

For low items I also accept: Perfect Amys,
Ral
,
Hel
, Tokens, Keys. Please don't offer runes lower than
Pul
(with the named exceptions).
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Act 5
Frenzy
Barb with Grief
Phase Blade
( Alot of Raw DMG) + Lawbringer
Phase Blade
(20% Proc on
Decrepify
+ alot of dmg vs Undead with lvl 18
Sanctuary Aura
).
Eth
Crown of Thieves
(+12% life leech &
Cham
socketed to not slow down by freezing )
Eth
Fortitude armor,
for bosses you could swap out his Lawbringer for a Last Wish with massive crushing blow + Might aura & have him wear Duress for Open Wounds & CB or also give him a
Guillaume's Face
for more crushing blow.

more gear dependant and not cheap but fun.



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Don't train till you can get it right, train till you can't get it wrong!
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kerph wrote: 10 hours ago
Semirotta wrote: 11 hours ago
Unfortunately A2 merc is the only useful merc without proper gear. The rest are just useless unless you have expensive gear on them.
I quite like Insight/Harmony on a1, you should give it a try! She's much more survivable than a2
Did they make the merc any better with its movement? I always used to have a problem where the a1 merc just runs to the enemies or does not avoid them in any way and just dies :D
Had to be constantly re-positioned and it got tiring.
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kerph 225

RotW Americas PC
Semirotta wrote: 8 hours ago
Did they make the merc any better with its movement? I always used to have a problem where the a1 merc just runs to the enemies or does not avoid them in any way and just dies :D
Had to be constantly re-positioned and it got tiring.
I'm not sure if they changed it since i've only started using a1 semi-recently but
She likes to stick near you, particularly on summoners she stays very safe behind your minions
I haven't used her on melee classes, i could see her getting herself killed a lot with that kind of setup

Her
Inner Sight
isn't as good as
Blessed Aim
but still a huge bonus. Great budget uber support for warlock with
Riphook
+
Kira's Guardian
+ Smoke. Or even better,
Witchwild String
socketed with
Um
. I used it for probably 100 runs before i gave her Mist

And the best part is she never dies!! No more spending 100k each run reviving suicidal a2

♄♄♄ SC ladder & non-ladder ♄♄♄

Ladder equivalence *

Jah
=23
Zod
=21
Ber
=18
Cham
=12
Sur
=9
Lo
=7.5
Ohm
=4.5
Vex
=2.33
Gul
=1.1
Ist
/18
Perfect Amethyst
/30
Ral
=1
Mal
=0.75
Um
=0.5
Pul
=0.33
Lem
=0.25

Feel free to message me on discord @kerph for a quick reply 😊
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kerph wrote: 8 hours ago
Semirotta wrote: 8 hours ago
Did they make the merc any better with its movement? I always used to have a problem where the a1 merc just runs to the enemies or does not avoid them in any way and just dies :D
Had to be constantly re-positioned and it got tiring.
I'm not sure if they changed it since i've only started using a1 semi-recently but
She likes to stick near you, particularly on summoners she stays very safe behind your minions
I haven't used her on melee classes, i could see her getting herself killed a lot with that kind of setup

Her
Inner Sight
isn't as good as
Blessed Aim
but still a huge bonus. Great budget uber support for warlock with
Riphook
+
Kira's Guardian
+ Smoke. Or even better,
Witchwild String
socketed with
Um
. I used it for probably 100 runs before i gave her Mist

And the best part is she never dies!! No more spending 100k each run reviving suicidal a2
If she likes to stick close to you, then its definitely changed a little. As it used to just run off somewhere not shoot enemies constantly unlike a2 merc goes straight up fighting. I always figured it was in its AI to avoid battles xD
I need to try that out some day again, really liked the a1 merc as it has the
Vigor
aura from runeword and its hella good early on if no need Insight.
Thanks for the response :)
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I have heard Ginger Gaming Mentor (english speaking YouTuber) say, that Act 3 FireMerc can be quite good for summoner chars, as he rapidly gives every group member, mercs and minions
Enchant
, raising the damage output quite nicely.
What I can not say is, if that is only for those who want to use something other than the typical or if this constellation can keep up with the normal choices for summoner mercs...
Anyone here experience with Ironwolf Mercs?
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DasNarf 1008

RotW Europe PC
Yeah, that works, but solo only. I have a "fire summoner" Necro fun-build.

With gg gear your Ironwolf spends ~350 fire damage to each minion. This isn't much...

And the Ironwolves' damage is not able to keep up with other mercs. He does 0 damage to immunes tho. Ironwolves also lack good auras.

For low items I also accept: Perfect Amys,
Ral
,
Hel
, Tokens, Keys. Please don't offer runes lower than
Pul
(with the named exceptions).
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