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May 28 2023 03:13pm
Quote (MozartMcLaus @ May 28 2023 03:59pm)
I have been playing godly ES nova for a while.
105 or 200fcr Nova and aggressive telestomp play style eat though your 3.2k mana in seconds.

ES nova therefore needs insight aura merc.
To counter poison, curses and get even more life/mana regen you need Cure on merc! It is more superior to the old dusty andy + eth sacred armor combo in any imaginable way. Your sorc is the damage dealer, the one that crushes everything. If you rely on merc damage you must be doing something wrong with your build. What you really need are his auras and him just to survive. The latter one requires life leech.

With Cure helm as the new meta, CoH is going to be one of the very few and very best choices of armor with life leech. And eth 15ED lacquered plate is the top tier base for it.
+2 skills boost prayer, overstacked res, replenish life, life steal, damage reduction, mf. What other armor would even come close?
For eth Sacred Armor yor merc will never have enough Str.

Also: Cure + eth lackiered plate CoH cost fraction of high roll eth andys and eth sacred armor fortis. You simply get much more bang for less bucks.


This is pretty good info.
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May 31 2023 04:28am
You guys ARE using a prayer merc right? They benefit from the Insight's meditation, CUre's Cleansing and Prayer is a synergy. My mercs life regens at 60 a second. Mine uses fort and doesnt die. Well maybe I kill too fast? :) Let me know if I'm just a crackpot.

Btw I use a perf eth Kraken Forti - 164 str req/ 274 ed 17med CV 6 crit insight/ and a 58 (couldn't roll a 60) Cure Bv.

This post was edited by CorruptBovine on May 31 2023 04:32am
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May 31 2023 08:03am
with the introduction of sunders your merc doesn't need to do any damage at all, besides of course the life leeching he does to stay alive. with cure you're locked into using an armor with ll, meaning coh is the better option
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May 31 2023 09:51am
I haven’t used cure on my merc yet, but with meditation from insight, cleansing from cure and prayer from merc be enough to keep him alive? They do synergize together and he should be repping life back fairly quick
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May 31 2023 11:08am
Quote (Tatara @ 28 May 2023 21:37)
Eth treachery


why do ppl still think this in 2032 :D
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