Gear for Merc

[destroyer68]

I need to know what is the best gear choices for my act 2 merc for my hammerdin. I have corpsmorn, crown of thieves and infinity on him now and he just wont quit dying. I'm thinkin my armor could be different maybe COH or something.

Any suggestions I would appreciate.

[DG.Havok]

What level is your merc? I would say your merc is mostly dying because of low res. Get a duriel's, eth if you can. That should make him durable. And I think a tal mask would be better than the crown of thieves.

[destroyer68]

He's lvl 89, yeah durial shell has killer res.

[MadMardegan]

I have an act II holy freeze merc for my hammerdin and atm he is lvl 90. Is wearing a CoA Shael'd twice, gloom rw, and an insight. He doesn't die and can tank pretty well. Plus the meditation aura is insanely useful :)

[saracen85]

you can switch out the infinity for an ethereal obedience, since you don't really need the conviction aura. it has great offensive (370ed/40cb/ar) and defensive mods (fhr/resists). that allows you more flexibility on your other merc gear. other choices are reaper's toll (great crowd control +life leech), eth hone sundan (high cb and 3 sockets for amns/shael) etc..

cot is not bad for its high life leech. if you want something more defensive, go for a vamp gaze since it also has 15-20 %dr. for extreme crowd control, get a delirium helm.

as for your armor, i think coh is a bit overkill if you want to cover resists. by lvl 86, iirc your merc should have innate 50all res. i recommend shaftstop/leviathan for the %dr, or fortitude for more damage/defense/extra resists..

overall, i think obedience/cot/shaftstop combo should be pretty affordable for you =)

[cthulhu dawn127]

My merc is mainly just used for meditation on my hammerdin, other than that i just try to keep him alive. He uses, A CV insight, Andy's helm for the str to equip a CV, and an Eth sacred armor fort. He stays alive but i don't use him to fight or anything so idk if that'll help

[destroyer68]

Thanks for all the replys, gonna go get some runes for all these goodies. And try some different combinations. :D

[DK_MelMan]

I'll always choose CoH for my merc, if I shall make an expensive armor for him! Insane res, Life steal, great dmg... and so on! And helm - Tal Rasha is my favourite too! life steal, res, life... Very good and cheap too! :)

[bigws]

get a doomed eth ca with fort for armor and andys for helm on a might merc....merc cant die when its doing 16k+ dmg like mine does

[Haxorz]

All around nice gear for Hammerdin a2 merc is insight, vamp gaze or andys visage (somthing with leach) and either coh, fort or 160/60. If u dont want ur merc to die get a crappy insight like less than 100 dmg, shaftshop and vamp gaze for dr so it can die from im and u wont waste money.

[N V]

Res really shouldn't be a problem for a merc up in the 80s/90s. My merc (lvl 86 I think) is using Shaftstop, Insight voulge and Vampire Gaze. He only dies if i die, or I'm not carefull with him.

Tals mask, Duriels and a weapon of your choice (low dmg to prevent IM, or high dmg to deal with wailing beast if you ever need that).

[JaBaSh]

It's basically what other said, but you gotta ask yourself what's your main hammerdin task;

-If you use it for all around rush, or mf - use any suggestions mentioned in posts above. You'll need IAS, fhr and most important, life leech.

-If you use it only to run/host/mf in Chaos Sanctuary games, use act3 cold merc with Lawbringer RW in phase blade for more damage and knockback to undead monsters, and best armor and shield you can equip on him ( i think you can search his gear options in some of posts in forums, or just google it ).
For regaining your mana pool ( and health ) use redemption aura when needed.

I have lv95 act2 Holy Freeze with Andariels Visage helm for leech, Stone RW in eth bugged armor ~3.8k def for def and mad FHR, insight for meditation aura ). He only dies while IM'd, but you can always tele screen away and use Cleansing aura to cut curse duration if needed. If Blizzard implemented better AI for him not to attack while cursed with IM, I reckon he wouldn't die at all.

[Mackdrizzle728]

I have a bugged eth fort on my a2 merc with Insight and Andariels visage.

Hes got max res in hell..and hardly ever dies. Nor do I ever run out of mana.

The poison nova doesnt or ed from fort dont hurt either.

[®@þþ3¬]

You think a person that uses Corpsemourn on a merc can affford a Fort?

[Habit88]

he can afford the infinity he's got equipped.

[aznmatt001]

if u play on ladder use these.....


Helm: Andariel's Visage (ral'd) so u have no loss in fire resist. u get life leech and LOTS of psn res and str

Armor: Fortitude (Etheral armor with 3k+ def) u get Enhanced dmg, resists, and chilling armor

and u got the infinity thats wat my smiter's merc uses yr merc should b able 2 survive with that gear.

[Riddleboxx]

I have one act 2 combat merc on my druid he uses:

2 Ber Coa
Ebug Treachery arm (45 %IAS)
Ebotd war pike


He's pretty good and durable. I think because he leeches so fast.