Because Tal's Mask offers Life/mana/res. Which is more important than 1 to skills.

hey i just read through all of this why no update lol u die

you obviously didn't read through it all lol

I lost my screenshots of doing throne and nm baal.

But this is where I am right now.

And it's going to be extremely hard because I need gear and merc's gear suck fucking dick.

what level are you?

75

just going to farm nm for a long time I guess until I get some items. So it will be a while for I can go through hell.

I might have to break my rule and use ladder rune words so my merc can do shit in hell.

But I'll get there eventually.

Need to find a titans, a ko, a mal, and some good merc gear.

Also my latest drop. Should be nice for when I make a sanctuary.

Sanctuary is awesome indeed.

Also try getting a Treachery for you and your merc.

I started this with the intention of not using ladder runewords, but I think I might have to break that rule

Sanctuary and Treachery aren't ladder runewords. I do my WTs without any mod of any kind, completely clean. I still use those RWs