Quote (mysticsword353 @ Jun 17 2013 02:48am)

The difference is 40% life leech And the ability to leech off monsters that don't let you leech normally.

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Quote (feanur @ Jun 17 2013 01:40pm)

No, because life tap ignores :

a) Difficulty penalty on leech (Hell = 1/3 IIRC)
monster's resistance to leech (which was a part of your answer, but concerns every monsters, not only those unleechable).

Quote (sebhehe @ Jun 16 2013 10:35pm)

This post has so many wrongs in it I don't know where to start...

10% life stolen per hit does nothing where it actually matter, which is on bosses. Also 10% life steal or any life stolen per hit for that matter is not the same as Life Tap. Not even close.

And Treachery is always better than Fortitude. ALWAYS.

Quote (Xatu @ Jun 17 2013 09:48pm)

My merc never dies with this build and that's what the poster wants i guess..

Quote (mysticsword353 @ Jun 17 2013 11:06am)

I concede it's more useful in many situations. The thread which you probably didn't take time to read actually states that there are scenarios where Fort is better. Mostly in a melee situation fort will perform better, but most of the game's enemies use spells so being in a melee fight vs melee is less likely to occur.

Quote (cowkiller222 @ Jun 18 2013 12:22pm)

Except that the Fade from Treachery gives %DR, something that is more than a little useful in melee situations.

Quote (mysticsword353 @ Jun 18 2013 05:28pm)

wow my last reply to this topic...I AGREE treachery is great armor. Fade is great for survival. But there is something to be said for a merc who just does a huge amount of damage in burst vs over time.

+bigger defense on an eth fort + chilling armor proc = big defense = fewer hits.

Quote (sebhehe @ Jun 17 2013 03:07am)

No, because Treachery put's out more damage than Fortitude could ever do.

Quote (Telefunken @ Jun 20 2013 11:16pm)

Not true. The table you linked analyze might mercs (250 off-weapon ed already). However, It is true that on a side of a hammerdin (conc), treachery is always better.