Black hades [ETH] for merc

45 ias 120ed . your thoughts?

 

it's not bad but why not a forti instead?

 

this one seems alot better, that might not be a very effective one. (consdering u can get like 3.5k more defence for a small loss of atk rating to demons, etc, while still 3 socketed).

 

best merc armor eth forty ap bugged

 

maybe he doesn't have the runes for it yet

 

did u know that treachery rw has 45ias/20fhr and u able to bug armor up to 2k before do treachery?
my mercerrer has high speed with only 3k dmg which is right enough. so black hades are just waste more time and get non ^^

by the way, much more expensive is forty without any effect of dmg ^^
shael thul lem and ethereal ancient armor or kraken shall could be def-upped to 2k which is good.

 

Might be interesting to see how the IAS adds up on the merc attack speed breakpoints. with 120 ED it's considerably less damage output then forti, But:
Having high crushing blow and such on your merc can work really well with very fast attack speed. (This is also why some people use Eth thresher, to reach better breakpoints)

edit: the damage to demons can be nice too, especially if your merc wears laying of hands, demon types just melt away.

 

eth thresher infinity defo; I use steelrends on merc so that's my happy mercs stats:105 ias; Cb 75 ; 51 ds; 20fhr (giant skull also unique has very good add Knockback with all above power )

 

For Merch act 2 :
1. Guilaum Face
2. Bugged Armor elite Runeword Fortitude
3. Gloves Laying of Hand / Stellrend / Crafted gloves cb 10 % ias 20
4. Weapon Infinity, / eth Uniq Thresher / eth Gianstorm
5. Boots Gorerider
6. AMulet Higlord n ring with stolen life

 

What if this guy doesn't want to go the cookie cutter route? Ever stopped to consider that?

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Why aren't you ebugging the perf eth hades? It's only hel + tp scroll in cube to get it maxed out over a few transmutes

 

because it's non ladder

 

Sorry I don't play NL. Gl

 

With thresher [-10], 5 frame attack break is at 42% ias. With CV [10], 5 frame attack is at 89% ias.

Personally, i like draculs glove for merc to improve survivability, goblin toe / gore rider boot for CB, raven ring against cold slow, faster weapon (scythe type, not voulge), and go for fhr break at 86% / 7 frame.

Merc on very high lvl (lvl 96+) has better survivability without survival gear, so a damage gear could be better. On lower levels, that forty armor is not that much help as of my experience. Merc is better in a treachery.

 

Not entirely sure if you're using player IAS breakpoints here instead of merc breakpoints, but here is a link for Merc IAS breakpoints
https://www.diabloii.net/forums/threads/best-darn-act-2-merc-ias-table-period.718648/

Most important are the Frames per Jab, as that will be like 85% of his attack. Could go for 9/10 instead of trying for 9/9 for example and have 1 jewel socket leftover for 40% ed + something else

Here's something I cooked up last night for the fun of it.
105 IAS with 0 WSM weapon (Great poleaxe) == 9/10 Frames per Jab / Frame per attack
Great poleaxe infinity (0 WSM)
Eth andy (35 ias)
Laying of hands (20 ias)
highlords wrath (20 ias)
unique IAS belt (10 ias)
Eth hades (30 ias) =
== 115 ias

You could use another belt and still reach 105 ias but I like it for its +15 str / 7 LL also. (string of ears for its dmg reduction + life leech would work also)

Downside to this would be merc has like 57% cold res. Fixed with ED/cold res jewel or just leave it like that.

 

Yeah he doesnt have Lo but he has for 3x jewels ias + ed good logic

 

@Insz I wrote weapon type as well.