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Oct 12 2021 12:39pm
Just wondering if I'm doing something wrong. Is his defense too low? Did I waste time getting a Fortitude?
He's getting killed by council members, certain enemies in A4 and A5.
Or are these just really tough and I should expect him to die here and there.
Screenshots on his Fortitude and Andy's below.


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Oct 12 2021 01:05pm
Maybe too low level, so resists aren't that good especially fire due to Andy helm? What is his weapon?
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Oct 12 2021 01:12pm
He has an insight Giant Thresher
yeah his fire resist is only 51%, i'm not sure how to improve that though with Andy helm
He's level 87 does leveling up a bit help that much?
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Oct 12 2021 01:37pm
You can put a ral in the helm, then he gets 75 fire res
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Oct 12 2021 03:48pm
Ye if he does not have 75 fire resist then it’s not good.

Fortis is a Luxury item on your merc. I would say it’s best to have cta first
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Oct 12 2021 04:39pm
thanks for the tips
I've added a RAL rune to the helm to counteract the fire res
CTA should be the next goal then
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Oct 12 2021 08:37pm
Fire res or fire absorb on unique helm (forget name). Also maybe DR from vamp instead...check to see if that Andy's IAS is helping you hit the next breakpoint or not
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Oct 12 2021 11:42pm
you might need more crit roll on your insight
also im pretty sure giant thresher is lower dmg than normal thresher right?
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Oct 13 2021 02:20pm
socket a ral in andy helm . might help .
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Oct 13 2021 02:32pm
Quote (Giampster @ Oct 13 2021 02:20pm)
socket a ral in andy helm . might help .


did this, i think it definitely helped

Quote (Tkamp @ Oct 12 2021 08:37pm)
Fire res or fire absorb on unique helm (forget name). Also maybe DR from vamp instead...check to see if that Andy's IAS is helping you hit the next breakpoint or not


isn't andy helm best in slot for merc? is there a way to find breakpoints for merc atk speed? sorry pretty new to this

Quote (Travisr @ Oct 12 2021 11:42pm)
you might need more crit roll on your insight
also im pretty sure giant thresher is lower dmg than normal thresher right?


yeah my insight rolled pretty low, i think i'll reroll it
in terms of thresher, i think they're about the same avg dmg, thresher has higher max dmg but giant has higher min dmg
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