What merc with what gear would you consider to be most tanky vs groups in Pit, AT or CS/WSK?

I need real tank on my zon, don't need any special features from him than staying alive and tank for a while (i plan not to use valk if possible). Act2 def? Act5?

What you guys think?

Act2 cold aura merc with Reapers.

Reapers
Shaftstop
Vgaze

Since you said it is for a WT, Kelpie Snare + LT Charges Wand on switch is a pretty solid combo when running Meph and other Bosses.

Pretty much what i was thinking



Maybe to much dr/ would miss @res



Switch is not an option, merc has to do it on its own ^^

Reapers
Gface
Treachery

reaper
delirium
treache

thank me later

Probably insanely expensive but I actually found the most tanky was

A3 Cold merc

Vex Lo in CoA
Eth Gladiator's Bane with Ohm in it
Stormshield with Eld in it
Lawbringer weapon

It doesn't have sustain cus no life leech, but feed em a health potion here n there and he tanks pretty well. Keep amp off him and he's golden (amp negates 100% of your reduced damage %)

a3 merc runs away instead of tanking.

Reapers
Eth gladi sol/ber or eth 4k+ def stone or eth upped shaft
Gaze sol/ber

Gladi sol gaze sol is prob better for regular and conv mobs due to high integer dr but worse vs fana mobs or elemental conv imo. On the other hand gaze has mdr too... hmm..

Edit:
Theoretically you could go for:
Coa sol sol
Eth upped shaft sol
reapers

This post was edited by Hell_of_Dammed on Jan 11 2019 12:58pm

i like where youre going with the sols and integer dr, but it only really works if it gets super high. Idk if you ever read TommyV's invincible sorc guide, but it is based on this premise.

If you dont reach insanely hit flat DR numbers it doesn't really mitigate much I think.

Definitely noticed A3 merc running away. I assumed it was a bowzon but I guess CS makes more sense so A3 wouldnt be crazy helpful. I tried to run some tests with A5 merc, but he just gets the beat down :\