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

100% = make Infi in scythe, take it to my hand, then merc got insight in eth cv or thresher

but tell me why? insight got FCR, what Infi got to trake it to my hand?

if you dont self equip infinity, you arent making use of that sweet -55% enemy light res...
this is why you run infinity. nova requires very few points to fully synergize, therefore all remaining points are used to buff es, and that is why insight is the best merc weap.
going full es on a nova build also makes the most sense, since things like your light gcs, will double dip for both offense and defense. imho, you should not run es with any other build, but thats just me.

This post was edited by C4NTWO on Jul 16 2026 07:23am

You take infinity for -res dmg +convic aura. Not for fcr. You get fcr elsewhere.

If merc got it in hand its not work as well?

when your merc equips infinity, his attacks benefit from the -55%, not yours, and vise versa.

This post was edited by C4NTWO on Jul 16 2026 07:20am

And the Merc probably isn’t using light skills.

If your merc dies, it's also better for you to have infinity in your hands so damage stays high. You can use mana potions to stay alive and teleport, so you don't need die only because merc dies.

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

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.