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May 23 2017 09:35am
I've recently fired up my poison necro toon again and am having a lotta fun with him. I wanted to do something different in the merc department so I'm using an A5 barb, but I've never really found a good weapon for him to use.

Gear-wise he's currently wearing ethereal Duriel's and a Vamp's Gaze, and wielding a Flamebellow (non-eth), and his damage is pretty underwhelming. Have been scouring the list of uniques and runewords but nothing really jumps out. Was thinking maybe something with good elemental damage that would complement the Lower Resist spam :D Any thoughts?

Thanks in advance.
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May 23 2017 09:43am
very bad idea

maybe crescent moon only would be (somehow) useful for your request
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May 23 2017 09:43am
Crescent Moon or Lawbringer, or LastWish, or Grief
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May 23 2017 09:49am
Quote (kronosHardcore @ May 23 2017 03:43pm)
very bad idea

maybe crescent moon only would be (somehow) useful for your request



Haha. Yeah I know... like I say, just fancied trying something a bit different.

Quote (Arhimond @ May 23 2017 03:43pm)
Crescent Moon or Lawbringer, or LastWish, or Grief


Crescent Moon sounds a possibility then, and thankfully cheap :D I considered Lawbringer, wondered if "slain monsters rest in peace" would be a pain though, as I tend to use corpse/poison explosion quite a lot. Last Wish I will probably never have all the runes for, haha. Grief though... there's a thought :)

Thanks for your input guys!
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May 23 2017 10:09am
Quote (Dualice @ May 23 2017 07:49pm)
I considered Lawbringer, wondered if "slain monsters rest in peace" would be a pain though, as I tend to use corpse/poison explosion quite a lot.


This "SMRIP" mod working only for kills of ur merc. Much interesting question about aura.. he might destroy corpses of undeads, but it is not permanently, so you have a second - two for use CE.

in case of idias with psn necro, can reccomend some..

merc: A1 with Harmony
merc: A2 with Obedience (but it have cold dmg, so crap, less corpses)

Iron Golem by Insight/Lawbringer/Obedience/Crescent Moon (prefere made in Ethereal Ellite 2-hand weapons, fastest speed possible)

*if you will have some hrs, you can experimentate with Botd+Andy+Carrion Wine build "Psn nova when struck/strike/attack".. ^^
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May 23 2017 10:15am
Oath is pretty cheap and useful
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May 23 2017 10:30am
Grief cb

Adds -psn dmg too
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May 23 2017 01:18pm
Quote (KFO @ May 23 2017 10:30am)
Grief cb

Adds -psn dmg too


the - res does nothing for a necro because its on a merc
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May 23 2017 03:14pm
Quote (bioshocker @ May 23 2017 11:18pm)
the - res does nothing for a necro because its on a merc


meele nec?.. swap Beast, main- grief.. but i prefere botd pb, in case of psn nova cast.
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May 23 2017 03:38pm
ethereal last wish, fortitude and eth arreats or CoA is a pretty decent combo, but you'll get your LR overwritten by life tap and not benefit from it. Death works too but has corpse issues.
no act 5 mercenary is going to be as practical as an act 2 infinity merc boosting your corpse explosion and destroying bosses with 95% chance to hit crushing blow
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