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Mar 2 2026 06:36am
the big problem on treachery is, without that fate proc its garbage...

imo best combo with cold sunder is:
act2 prayer merc, eth elite cure, eth elite coh (eth upp'd um'd 7ll "skin of the flayed one" will work too, if u can get a cheap one to dodge the ber rune for coh)

without cold sunder i would go for act2 might/holy freeze merc, eth "andariel's visage" at least ral'd, if no ias/fr jewel in hand and eth elite forti

non eth variants are good too

for cheap:
tal mask or cot or 8ll gaze and griswolds armor socket with ral, ort, tal, thul (cot already have fire res)


always have the life pool from merc in ur eyes, to give him pots with short keys or tele back

if u want a tanky merc just as a blocker and u can give up insight, full sazabi act5 is great


Think I want to dodge the ber for now… so best option is upped flayed or a griswolds? Using griswolds atm with a tal ral ort
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Mar 2 2026 06:40am
swap helm for vamp gaze or bulwark.. higher dr the better


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Mar 2 2026 07:20am
Just give him a tal mask or something

He needs resist and lifesteal

Or just give him a coh and he won’t die

This post was edited by Stefbef on Mar 2 2026 07:21am
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Mar 2 2026 07:32am
Until level 85, damage reduction does more than defense or anything else. Afterwards, cure/prayer/insight combo is the way to go on a blizzard. If he still dies too often afterwards your blizzard sorc sucks.

This post was edited by babun1024 on Mar 2 2026 07:37am
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Mar 2 2026 07:39am
A2 merc can still use cure + insight without an expensive COH setup
your 2 real choices are;

>greyform (unsocketed or use ias jewel or whatever, just get 75/75/60/75 resists with cure equipped)
>skin of the flayed one (must have um or resist jewel in it to get 75/75/75/75)

Greyform, the unique quilted armor, somehow comes full circle as a good endgame option for his armor. Skin of the flayed one with an um in it is better since you cap his lightning resist and get 7% leech, but greyform does it with little effort and no wasted um/socket and gets the others maxed.
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Think I want to dodge the ber for now… so best option is upped flayed or a griswolds? Using griswolds atm with a tal ral ort


give him a talmask and stay with treashery till u willing to offer coh than swap back to cure...

maybe get holy freeze or might merc, prayer for the coh cure insight setup
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Kill him and buy new one with new name
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Mar 3 2026 08:52am
Prayer over the defense from Defiance?


Defiance is why he's dying. Prayer merc with insight and cure doesn't need leech and doesn't die if you don't push him too hard. Treachery is fine.
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