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Jul 16 2026 10:12am
There's some niche scenarios like p1 act boss farming where you can swap to self wield insight + mf armor. But otherwise self wield inf is superior in the general case due to -45-55 lr
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Jul 16 2026 10:28am
but tell me why? insight got FCR, what Infi got to trake it to my hand?


-55 elr on self weild
es sorc doesnt need resist
coh cure insight merc is op
105 fcr vmagi infinity scythe bis
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Jul 16 2026 12:15pm
What is better and tell me why

Make insight in scythe and take it to my hand, then merc got Infi in eth thresher
Or make Infi in scythe, take it to my hand, then merc got insight in eth cv or thresher


Full tal rasha sets , 2 sojs , silkwave or 3 resit boots , spirit monarch 35fcr Guardian thunder and 5/5 facets into evey tal peace possible is much funnier and tanky
Skillers , life mana charms , and Crack of heaven with - enemy resist
Infinity merc Prayer with COH and Cure

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Full tal rasha sets , 2 sojs , silkwave or 3 resit boots , spirit monarch 35fcr Guardian thunder and 5/5 facets into evey tal peace possible is much funnier and tanky
Skillers , life mana charms , and Crack of heaven with - enemy resist
Infinity merc Prayer with COH and Cure


This. Once you accumulate enough wealth you can switch to CoH, Jmod and Eschuta in my hand + infi in merc.
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This. Once you accumulate enough wealth you can switch to CoH, Jmod and Eschuta in my hand + infi in merc.


Nope Full tals is too OP in bonuses

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Jul 16 2026 02:14pm
Read the items

Use your brain
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Jul 16 2026 02:23pm
There is actually a theoretical optimal build which utilizes a godly magic orb (with 2 open sockets and + skills to Nova and such) that involves facets in your armor and shield. However...such an orb can run you over 500K fg.

But you can get most of the way there with self wield
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Jul 16 2026 02:52pm
You want 105fcr

Griff 25
Viper 30
Arach 20
Magefist 20
Amy 10
= 105

The extra fcr on insight wouldn’t help reach the next fcr bp which is at 200 :p

On the other hand, here’s the massive advantage:
Infinity on you = extra 45-55 light pen
Insight on merc = tripple heal aura combined with prayer and cure

You’ll also want to get 95% ES, 20 in telek, and dump all your stats in energy. At this point, you don’t even need res anymore. You just want a big mana pool, as 95% of the dmg gets redirected to it, and the 5% left taken by your hp pool is mostly negated by the mdr on viper, while any dmg taken is quickly healed by your merc’s tripple heal auras.

Poison is negated by Cure.
The only dangers left are:
Stuff like souls that can quickly burn all your mana.
The blood mana curse casted by succubus that cause you to lose life per mana spent, so you just need to avoid casting while it gets removed by Cure.
Against most things you’ll feel invincible (how much depends on the quality of your gear), but there’s always a limit to it… you can definitely die if you play poorly.


Self weld infidity is one of the best builts in the gam
Whoever i employ you to look into the jsp consensus best in slut built which is coh eschuta jmode but u said u cannot afford jmode so this point is mute. Until u are able to afford it then just go self weld. If ur scared and want to use an shield then consider crescent mon weapin. If u dont use energy shield for some reason then u can go place with souls but just not bother with them. Self weld infidity must use energy sheld. She is near unkilledable if it u avoid souls, baal, ect
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Jul 17 2026 04:51am
What is better and tell me why

Make insight in scythe and take it to my hand, then merc got Infi in eth thresher
Or make Infi in scythe, take it to my hand, then merc got insight in eth cv or thresher


Coh/eshuta/jmod
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