Here is the BARTUCS



Hmmm...mine are better with tri-res and higher res overall. But I will get 10% MF, so using for now.



COOL! I love these boots but they require too much STR. Stashed for now.

Here is a set item POO drop



AHH! Got excited for a second but I see it is only a LUM rune. But hmm, this would allow me to make SPLENDOR. Vs RHYME, SPLENDOR gives me +1@skills and 10 FCR, but I lose my resists and CBF. I don't think I need CBF (does your block slow down when you are frozen?), but I could use the FCR and 1@ as long as I make up the @res with one of the 20+ dual res rings I have. I will think about it.



STORMSHIELD! Wait...no... OK I will use it on switch. I switch to my GULL dagger setup on the killing blow for MEPH. Until I make another shield with MF that is. Then I will have another 20-25 MF boost.

IRON PELT

And here it is! One of my holy grail items for this build.



MDR and DEFENSE both suck, but LOOK AT THAT PDR Now I need STRING OF EARS and GERKE, maybe a ROCKSTOPPER would be nice and I can progress through A5 without troubles. Still not sure if I should socket VMAGI with SOL and use that versus IRON PELT...I will wait for better rolls on both.



WOESTAVE, pretty useful with the slow enemy but I need insight. MANA = LIFE

Here is the WOESTAVE.



If only it was CHAIN GLOVES, would be another really nice upgrade.



GUILL's FACE

And TADA! Finally, my merc has the helmet he needs. This frees up his armor (no more RATTLECAGE), so he gets SPIRIT SHROUD for the +1@skill (for meditation) and CBF.

Ah come one! Almost a SOE. Demonhide sashes don't drop all that often, and when they do I get trolled. OK, I need a little bit more MF%, which I can safely afford. I'll make either 2nd RHYME or SPLENDOR and use it on switch for a total of 300%MF



Soon enough, I will get bored of MEPH and go to ANDARIEL for a bit. She has 50 cold resist and 25k life and meph has 25 CR but 75k life. But Andy is really tough on MERC. So does anyone know what armor would be good on merc while I wait for LEM? I have venom ward, that could be useful against poison.

nice WT!

for andy, the tedious approach is giving your merc antidote potions every run. i see speedrunners do it, so i assume that it works. ^^

Thank you sir! As for the potions, I tried it and it seems faster to just res my merc when he dies than to buy potions, lol. Also I am lazy!

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Check it out! This rack drops lots of BATTLE BELTS. Snowclash anyone? And look! Got a GOLDWRAP in the stash next to it.



Good MF boost, but 3 rows only so...



...let's upgrade

Ah CRAP! This is the 2nd WT that I have upgraded GOLDWRAP not remembering the huge STR requirement. It's a belt for crying out loud, how much strength do you need to wear it??



Another unique belt....give SOE please!



Y U NO +2 ENERGY SHIELD??? ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)

Tried some Andy runs, it's ok. Bloodfists and HEL rune. Need LEM.



Nice j00l!



Hmmm..no need

Cool! Visceratuant. Not running COUNCIL anymore, they are too dangerous. I've died to them before.





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I thought about my end-game build some more and it seems that DUAL SPIRIT is the way to go. It will give me the FCR, FHR, VIT, and MANA I need to free up every other slot for MDR/PDR gear. What do you guys think? With that setup, I can go pure VITA and continue to use ES. Also, with 15 hard pts in GLACIAL SPIKE right now, I think I will put them into WARMTH after a respec. This way I can have a very high MANA RATE with just my base mana, or I can have MERC use another weapon like OBEDIENCE. What do you guys think?