Merc gear? Advice needed inside.

ddrudge · **Joined:** Fri Jan 15, 2010 4:02 pm **Posts:** 101

I recently made an infinity for my a2 merc, but other than the weapon, im unsure what gear to equip on him. He gets slammed hard anywhere above act1 hell. I'd like to gear him so he is a decent tank for my light sorc.

Any advice on what to toss on him? ( im not uber rich so keep this factor in mind plz ).

Thanks!

WolfStar · **Joined:** Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:21 am **Posts:** 197

Glassglare if you have it, full elemental set, tri res boots/gloves are always easy. Shaft+string+rockstopper gives the 50% dr as well as plenty of res and ll.

Utter · **Joined:** Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:05 am **Posts:** 422

WolfStar wrote:

Glassglare if you have it, full elemental set, tri res boots/gloves are always easy. Shaft+string+rockstopper gives the 50% dr as well as plenty of res and ll.

Eh? Shaft+string+rockstopper gives three resists (20-40%) from the helm. None otherwise. And 6-8% ll from string, that's all.

mil44 · **Joined:** Sun Jan 24, 2010 6:21 pm **Posts:** 34

Unless this mod is different...max DR is 75% for monsters

muleofal · **Joined:** Mon Nov 23, 2009 2:09 am **Posts:** 736

mil44 wrote:

Unless this mod is different...max DR is 75% for monsters

no its not, its 50% DR player cap...that was put into effect in regular d2 i think in patch 1.10 or 1.11

WolfStar · **Joined:** Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:21 am **Posts:** 197

Utter wrote:

Eh? Shaft+string+rockstopper gives three resists (20-40%) from the helm. None otherwise. And 6-8% ll from string, that's all.

Yeah and you can get resists easy from other stuff and mercs don't need a whole lot of leech anyhow, unless you seriously expect them to tank some of the bosses. It depends, I suppose.

Unas_cF · **Joined:** Sun Jan 24, 2010 10:41 pm **Posts:** 13

Utter wrote:

WolfStar wrote:

Glassglare if you have it, full elemental set, tri res boots/gloves are always easy. Shaft+string+rockstopper gives the 50% dr as well as plenty of res and ll.

Eh? Shaft+string+rockstopper gives three resists (20-40%) from the helm. None otherwise. And 6-8% ll from string, that's all.

Does this mean damage reduced does not work on mercs?

Utter · **Joined:** Mon Aug 31, 2009 5:05 am **Posts:** 422

Unas_cF wrote:

Utter wrote:

WolfStar wrote:

Glassglare if you have it, full elemental set, tri res boots/gloves are always easy. Shaft+string+rockstopper gives the 50% dr as well as plenty of res and ll.

Eh? Shaft+string+rockstopper gives three resists (20-40%) from the helm. None otherwise. And 6-8% ll from string, that's all.

Does this mean damage reduced does not work on mercs?

No ofc not, %dr works just fine. I was just stating that there was almost no res nor ll on that setup.

Sumimi · **Joined:** Fri Oct 23, 2009 9:48 am **Posts:** 118

Did Knowledge and Insight stack...?
Anyway, I took the other route (since I have a CTA on my off-hand, I couldn't switch out my D.Shard for it) and didn't bother with conviction at all.

My merc uses the following...
Wraithflight (Unique Ghost Glave, comes Eth)
Spirit Ward (w/ Uber Skull)
Glassglare (w/ Ber)
Dream Helm (Diadam, Lvl 20 Holy Shock (R/W))
Worldstone Granite
Crafted Death Gloves w/ 2 Resists
Crafted Diamond Boots w/ 2 Resists (for the Vigor)

Tank's VERY well, aside from the fact that it gets owned by Extra Strong/Extra Fast/Fanat mobs (all 3 together, of course)

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