Hello all,
For my Travincal Whirlwind horker barb, I would like a physical support mercenary that is not an Act 2 Might merc (who sometimes doesn't even turn on Might) and not a ludicrously expensive Act 5 Last Wish or dual Last Wish merc. An Act 1 rogue archer with Faith would provide a huge dps boost- about 20%, according to maxroll.gg. The main theoretical detractor of Faith is that it would rarely resurrect an enemy into a Returned, wasting a corpse, but if that only happens 10% of the time when the Mercenary gets a killing blow as online sources claim, it should be a negligible loss. So my biggest concern is the survivability of an Act 1 mercenary when running with an Engima-equipped, Trav horker WW barb. Has anyone run an Act 1 Mercenary on Travincal horker barb? Can an Act 1 merc survive?
I've started testing her with a non- Eth, non-upgraded Guardian Angel, a Kira's Guardian, and an Insight bow, and she's definitely quite squishy even with all my barb shouts on her. That said, non- Eth, non-upped Guardian Angel isn't that good, and I haven't even given her a form of life leech though I'm not convinced with the pathetic damage output that it would matter that much. That said, an Act 2 merc wearing similar gear would definitely feel tankier.
By the way, I'm wary of using Fortitude with her, because Fortitude will chill enemies, who will then, 25% of the time, shatter when they die, depriving me of a corpse. The Gloom armor runeword actually looks pretty promising, because it would offer very high defense and a lot of resistances.
By the way, looking for good mercenary weapons for an Trav horker is really, REALLY a pain. Blizz went way, way overboard when creating weapons that add cold damage, freeze, or have a chance to resurrect slain enemies as a Returned. Most popular merc weapons are actually unusable with a Trav horker
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Hello all,
For my Travincal Whirlwind horker barb, I would like a physical support mercenary that is not an Act 2 Might merc (who sometimes doesn't even turn on Might) and not a ludicrously expensive Act 5 Last Wish or dual Last Wish merc. An Act 1 rogue archer with Faith would provide a huge dps boost- about 20%, according to maxroll.gg. The main theoretical detractor of Faith is that it would rarely resurrect an enemy into a Returned, wasting a corpse, but if that only happens 10% of the time when the Mercenary gets a killing blow as online sources claim, it should be a negligible loss. So my biggest concern is the survivability of an Act 1 mercenary when running with an Engima-equipped, Trav horker WW barb. Has anyone run an Act 1 Mercenary on Travincal horker barb? Can an Act 1 merc survive?
I've started testing her with a non- Eth, non-upgraded Guardian Angel, a Kira's Guardian, and an Insight bow, and she's definitely quite squishy even with all my barb shouts on her. That said, non- Eth, non-upped Guardian Angel isn't that good, and I haven't even given her a form of life leech though I'm not convinced with the pathetic damage output that it would matter that much. That said, an Act 2 merc wearing similar gear would definitely feel tankier.
By the way, I'm wary of using Fortitude with her, because Fortitude will chill enemies, who will then, 25% of the time, shatter when they die, depriving me of a corpse. The Gloom armor runeword actually looks pretty promising, because it would offer very high defense and a lot of resistances.
By the way, looking for good mercenary weapons for an Trav horker is really, REALLY a pain. Blizz went way, way overboard when creating weapons that add cold damage, freeze, or have a chance to resurrect slain enemies as a Returned. Most popular merc weapons are actually unusable with a Trav horker
For my Travincal Whirlwind horker barb, I would like a physical support mercenary that is not an Act 2 Might merc (who sometimes doesn't even turn on Might) and not a ludicrously expensive Act 5 Last Wish or dual Last Wish merc. An Act 1 rogue archer with Faith would provide a huge dps boost- about 20%, according to maxroll.gg. The main theoretical detractor of Faith is that it would rarely resurrect an enemy into a Returned, wasting a corpse, but if that only happens 10% of the time when the Mercenary gets a killing blow as online sources claim, it should be a negligible loss. So my biggest concern is the survivability of an Act 1 mercenary when running with an Engima-equipped, Trav horker WW barb. Has anyone run an Act 1 Mercenary on Travincal horker barb? Can an Act 1 merc survive?
I've started testing her with a non- Eth, non-upgraded Guardian Angel, a Kira's Guardian, and an Insight bow, and she's definitely quite squishy even with all my barb shouts on her. That said, non- Eth, non-upped Guardian Angel isn't that good, and I haven't even given her a form of life leech though I'm not convinced with the pathetic damage output that it would matter that much. That said, an Act 2 merc wearing similar gear would definitely feel tankier.
By the way, I'm wary of using Fortitude with her, because Fortitude will chill enemies, who will then, 25% of the time, shatter when they die, depriving me of a corpse. The Gloom armor runeword actually looks pretty promising, because it would offer very high defense and a lot of resistances.
By the way, looking for good mercenary weapons for an Trav horker is really, REALLY a pain. Blizz went way, way overboard when creating weapons that add cold damage, freeze, or have a chance to resurrect slain enemies as a Returned. Most popular merc weapons are actually unusable with a Trav horker
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