Merc can't deal with tomb vipers (nihlathak)

Hey guys, my problem is the following: my mercenary (Emilio, offensive, nightmare 2nd act) gets almost instant killed by tomb vipers when doing nihlathak, I say almost because I heal him quickly.
I recently gave him infinity on eth CV, appart from it, gillaume, fortitude on ebug ancient armor, highlord, verdungo, draculs, tearhaunch boots till I get gore, nature's peace and raven.
There something wrong with his equipment? does he need anything else?
Had the same merc before the wipe and had no trouble with it...

 

I would say as hi died seasons ago the same is current season. Vipers always were best friends of players especially on HC

 

Teleport placing the merc aside or from the back to vipers, then the merc will not come straight ahead to them. It works good.

 

i think if you wish your merc to get more tankish, just use items with "damage reduced by ..." number, not percent.
Examples: Gladiator`s Bane with Sol rune.

 

Runners say if there are vipers, just hit next game button. Being stubborn is not healthy

 

Never ! There can be TM griffon etc drop. just do what I say, place the merc correctly.

 

Navigating and tricking with positions takes more than 2 min in the run. You should not spend more than 25 sec in it. High-end unique drops after mass-murdering 1k Nihla. Do the math. Cheers

 

We're talking about grinding nihla or avoiding merc rip ? And pro nihla runners dont need merc.

 

That depends on the char you're using, light sorc my case, I get killed quickly, even with good gear on.

 

There are some bugs in tomb viper as there is physical damage counting on how long the movement within the poison. Never walking towards it or start a next one.