For act 5 merc? last wish costs 5 hrs but maybe is nice for killing bosses. I don't know how much ias it would take to get to a good breakpoint.
crescent moon has only 7% to cast static, so i'd prefer crushing blow ( ignore enemy def doesn't apply to bosses, so ar would be an issue ).
kingslayer appears to be a super budget version ( ar issues as well, since the -25% target def becomes -12.5% against bosses ).
wrath overrides your own curses, and i believe crushing blow only works at 50% efficiency on ranged weapons. It has only 20% cb and no ias

edit: oh, and remember that the increased dmg to demons/undead works different than % increased damage on weapons. You will get way less phys dmg output with 300% dmg to demons than with a +300% increased dmg modifier.

This post was edited by Axel420 on Jun 19 2022 04:25am

Yes, act 5 merc. I use it just for its visual effects btw :
https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=93539818&f=161

But life tap from LW might annoy Necro...

So Infinity seems the best?

Thresher's BP: 0, 8, 22, 42, 75

Thresher+Andy(IAS)+Treachery=80 IAS = 4.5 frames

How about:
Thresher+Dream+CoH=0 IAS = 6.5 frames

With lower res, this combo might give some significant dmg? At least it's fun to see mobs are killed by the tick in normal and maybe act 1 in NM

I would be up to try act 5 merc

2x hand of justice "runeword"
Dragon armor "runeword"
flickering flame "runeword"

this might be viable now that the act 5 merc can dual wield and the new flicker flame runeword can have -15 fire res and the additional 30% damage added to holy fire.

maybe an iron golem from the runeword plague



This post was edited by TbsGeno on Jun 21 2022 04:38am

The poison nova will override your stronger poison nova, and the lower resist should override your stronger LR.
That's why BotD on a merc is not good for a psn nec.

I recommend a cheap runeword for the iron golem, like harmony (vigor aura) or maybe something like insight.
Would be interesting to have an infinity iron golem to increase merc fire dmg^^

edit: lol, bows are not made with iron, so this one sadly won't work xD

This post was edited by Axel420 on Jun 21 2022 05:06am

ooooooooooooooh gg swap the golem from plague for "cleanse" to infinity god damn idea's

also I missed the part where he said he wanted it strictly for boss killing this may not be his best option as its pricey and more effect for mapping.

plague will simply lower your damage and force you to cast your spells more often.
Infi is just an idea for theorycrafting, not to jam your first 2 ber runes into an iron golem.

No idea what you try to say with the boss killing part; I never talked about bosses.

op said "basically a boss killer merc."

also almost certain cleanse will not over ride any other aura damage since cleanse does zero damage to begin with but Im not here to argue with you guy

This post was edited by TbsGeno on Jun 21 2022 05:16am

You may want to take a couple deep breaths and relax for a bit.
I quoted you to tell you that you override 2 of your spells with plague. Sry for trying to give some advice in the discussion forum

won't but thats cool you know I mean an aura character right?

This whole topic is about merc setup for psn nec. At no point you mentioned that it's not about nec.
Since i cannot read your mind, I didn't know that you're talking about other chars.

You're such a weird guy man