Thursday, April 12, 2012

hand forced by run of merc items; need some advice on gearing

[:1]Hi folks.

I recently completed an Insight eth CA for my merc - the first good item I've given him. Since finishing it, I've found a Tomb Reaver, Vampire Gaze, Guillaume's Face, Tal Rasha's Horadric Crest, Shaftstop, and (just now) a Skin of the Flayed One. As each piece dropped I threw it in the bank intending to sort it out later. Since my bank's now completely full I think I have to make some decisions.

I'm running a stock Fishymancer atm. I don't pvp, and don't have any special goals in PVM beyond clearing Uber Tristam (at some point.)

What combination of the above items should I use on my merc, and what should I dump off on my WW barbarian alt?

Thanks for your time.

- Nsuh|||IMHO stick with the insight, use the g's face so he can kill bosses, and the skin of the flayed one for life leech (up it). Socket to cover resists.

the armor is obviously a weak link, but a fishymancer's merc doesn't tank as much as other classes, since all the skellies are absorbing hits, so it's not really that big of a deal.

other option is tomb reaver (you didn't say how many sockets but put at least one amn in it) g's face and shaftstop (up it). If you're the sort who doesn't mind drinking mana potions this merc will be more durable and kill faster. Resists are covered by tomb reaver so you can socket whatever you want (sols for PDR, shaels for FHR, or IAS jewels if you're able to hit a breakpoint - depending how many sockets are in tomby and what you do with them).

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