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Dec 13 2019 05:16am
Hey guys! how do i keep my merc alive? he dies all the time ..
Eth Treachery 612 def
Tal mask
Eth Partizan Insight

any suggestions? Pretty relient on that insight? Should i go for a better base or other items?

Thanks!
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Dec 13 2019 05:25am
you can upgrade the partizan to an elite base
you can use gaze instead of tal
you can replace insight with reaper's toll
you can replace treachery with forty
you can replace treachery+tal with delirium + coh
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Dec 13 2019 05:27am
Quote (lilith0 @ Dec 13 2019 06:25am)
you can upgrade the partizan to an elite base
you can use gaze instead of tal
you can replace insight with reaper's toll
you can replace treachery with forty
you can replace treachery+tal with delirium + coh


Eth andy with 15ias 30fire res is better if you ask me
But also alot more expensive

For the armor it depend what ur merc die off ? Elemental or physical dmg
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Dec 13 2019 05:33am
What character are you playing?
Where’s he dying?
what’s the level?
Are you Bo’ing the merc?
Get a better insight base

Don’t rely on your merc so much...
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Dec 13 2019 05:36am
Quote (vaiav @ Dec 13 2019 12:27pm)
Eth andy with 15ias 30fire res is better if you ask me
But also alot more expensive

For the armor it depend what ur merc die off ? Elemental or physical dmg



Quote (vaiav @ Dec 13 2019 12:27pm)
Eth andy with 15ias 30fire res is better if you ask me
But also alot more expensive

For the armor it depend what ur merc die off ? Elemental or physical dmg


Thanks! Where is the best place to farm for better bases? Im currently act 2 maggot lair in hell, and playing singleplayer p8 :) ? So forti, Coh and Reapers toll is a long shot haha

Physical dmg, i can't tank 3 skeletons or zombies in act 1 hell p8, lvl 83 :(
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Dec 13 2019 05:37am
Quote (fox_trot05 @ Dec 13 2019 12:33pm)
What character are you playing?
Where’s he dying?
what’s the level?
Are you Bo’ing the merc?
Get a better insight base

Don’t rely on your merc so much...


Javazon, everywhere actually, Lvl 83, no bo currently act 2 Hell
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Dec 13 2019 05:47am
you can max valk
she can carry you through anything
when you're in lower kurast you can farm for runes from chests and bases from racks
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Dec 13 2019 06:03am
Quote (vaiav @ 13 Dec 2019 12:27)
Eth andy with 15ias 30fire res is better if you ask me
But also alot more expensive


artisan diadem of the lamprey is superior to andy by far
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Dec 13 2019 06:24pm
Quote (Duttelej @ Dec 13 2019 06:36am)
Thanks! Where is the best place to farm for better bases? Im currently act 2 maggot lair in hell, and playing singleplayer p8 :) ? So forti, Coh and Reapers toll is a long shot haha

Physical dmg, i can't tank 3 skeletons or zombies in act 1 hell p8, lvl 83 :(


Then you need fast atack speed, lifeleech and high def armor on ur merc
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