Hi!
I would like to try a build that can do Uber tristam and Organs fast (means Enigma is a must) without getting merc killed. Why, you might ask yourself, and right you are to do so. I have no real good reason for wanting this other than not wanting my buddy killed. To make this happen I need your tipson how to change& improvemy strategy, my gear and my merc gear. Down below is a list of relevant information.
UberSmiter lvl 98
Note: All items are near perfect and some are perfect. The inventory's sc's has a lot of room for improvement (need more of 20l/5res and 20l/11L/11F/11P/11C)
Armor: Enigma
Weapon: Last Wish (Grief on Hell mule)
Weapon 2nd: CTA
Shield: Exile eth bug sacred targe (Upp:ed Zaka Ber:ed on Hell mule)
Shield 2nd: Spirit
Helm: Coa Ber:ed (Guillaume's Face soc 15ias/30light res on Hell mule)
Boots: Goblin toe (Gore riders on Hell mule)
Belt: Thundergods (Verdungos on Hell mule)
Amu: Highlords (all other good types on Hell mule)
Ring: Raven (-::-)
Ring: Dwarf (-::-)
Inventory: Full of sc (several sc of: 5res, 20l, 11light/11fire with 20l or less and several plain 20l)
The Hell mule is a char that can enter the same game as the smiter and provide me with needs for different situations. It has the already named items above and high Anni + high Palat as well as many tokens.
This means that I will have full resistance (without Anni + Palat.) when Uber Mephisto uses he's conviction aura on me (if fade from lw is active). To my understanding, he's conviction will only reduce my defense (and my merc defense and resistance). This makes me confident enough to use fanaticism (instead of Salvation) on all 3 Ubers at the same time without fear of me dying or having to spam potions. This could however be a bad strategy for the sake of my merc. So perhaps I'm better of not using fanaticism (instead salvation) when dealing with Meph for the sake of my merc's resistance. On the other hand, if I use fanaticism, he's ias will increase thus making he's gear bonus "life stolen per hit" more effective (could be as high as 25 life stolen if he uses andy + reaper) .
A2 Merc Build <---- I think I will need most help here
Aura type: Undecided (perhaps defiance?)
Weapon: Eth Reaper's Toll 15 life stolen (best alternative?)
Armor: Fortitude eth bug Sacred armor with full life and resistance OR Treachery eth bug Sacred armor
Helm: Andy eth 10l + soc with 15ias/30fireres OR 15ias/30lightres OR Ber (is there a better alternative?)
My own thoughts about all of this.
---> My merc <-- will ONLY be able to survive if:
* The merc gear is specially adapted for Uber tristam (and works for Lillith) together with my smiters gear.
* I Bo 6/6
* I don't take on all 3 Uber bosses at once.
* I choose a specific boss priority (unclear on what order is best) with best location in mind.
* I control merc by tele in order to give him a good strategic position (unclear on how to do this as I think life stolen per hit works bad against bosses and good against monsters)
* I give him full rev when needed (at what HP %?)
* The situation will determine the aura to use (unclear on how to do this)
* Probably missed more steps here.......
If you read all of this, then you have my thanks regardless if you contributed or not!
I feel like i have to say something about this build so I don't complete waste all readers time. I do highly recommend this build type if you wanna do easy and fast collection of keys, organs, torches and annis. The biggest bummer here is that this Smiter build require high lvl (but does not have to) if you wanna have extra life + skill points, expensive gear and the time it takes to gather enough sc's with life and resistance.
ps.
I would highly appreciate if the discussion could focus on what is relevant(read all and you will know) to avoid talks about eternal debate of Grief Vs Last Wish and alike, you get the picture.
This post was edited by taxfree2 on Aug 26 2020 11:30am