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Feb 20 2018 03:20pm
I'm tired of paying 50.000 to ressurect him every 10 seconds. Where did I go wrong with his items?

I know that the weapon isn't the best, but




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Feb 20 2018 03:21pm
His weapon sucks, get an elite base for it.

More damage = more leech.

This post was edited by MxIAoD on Feb 20 2018 03:21pm
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Feb 20 2018 03:32pm
Yeah, i've noticed that too. If he does too little damage, he will not deal enough damage to outleech the damage he takes and he will get chopped to pieces within seconds.
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Feb 20 2018 04:06pm
CA/Thresher/GT > Voulge
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Feb 20 2018 05:01pm
there are 3 things to do for a merc to survive
1 cap fire res
2 cap light res
3 life leech

right now your merc has uncapped fr, uncapped lr, and no dmg so no leech

resists can be dealt with by having him stand in fire until fade procs
leech can be dealt with by giving him a weapon with actual damage, so any elite polearm instead of a voulge
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Feb 20 2018 05:06pm
All very nice feedback! Thank you very much :)

Where would he get resistances from though? Can I change any of the equipped items to give him better resistances?

This post was edited by Fayme on Feb 20 2018 05:07pm
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Feb 20 2018 05:08pm
fade gives 60@
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Quote (Fayme @ Feb 20 2018 03:06pm)
All very nice feedback! Thank you very much :)

Where would he get resistances from though? Can I change any of the equipped items to give him better resistances?

Treachery gives 60@ w/ Fade proc

or

Forti gives up to 30@
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Feb 21 2018 12:56am
Stone armor and 20 dr vamp gaze will keep him alive. No point in using offensive armor like treachery if your weapon is garbage and merc is basically a medi-bot.

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I've been speculating in how to trigger Fade on merc by having him/them stand in fire, but they move about automatically, so i just can't see how that is viable.

Just roaming around in act 1, let some Fallen's hit him for a while, Fade will trigger soon enough.

If you have a strong weapon and good leech, you can just use Treachery as you play normally until Fade triggers, then go to town and switch armor at your leisure. But it is a little tiresome to do this all the time. Fade doesn't last too long for my taste.
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