Spawned him in den of evil, simple reason: no LI monsters in there + no bosses. Was switching between zeal and smite all the time such as my physical damage is pretty shit with my shield and dia has 50% block. So zeal was doing more damage (way more) but with smite I can LL my hp back. Weird fight that lasted 5 minutes. Glad that crescent has statics, it really helped me A LOT.

Merc died in AoE couple of times, but end results are well worth it.

Ideally I prefer resistance + exp over stats, especially on single player.
