Thanks, i would probably stick to my 230ed eth arioc and socket it finally with 15/40.
I also feel lack of burst on Wulfgar (double eth upped Headstrikers) compared to Waheed.

So maby i shall also just sell headstrikers?

Solidly sub 1 minute at least.

Lol 130 pages to theorycraft a legacy A2 etomb merc, barb gets Gavel and a tele charge ammy. Cham the merc’s CoT and add 2x ed/ias and a Lem to the etomb for the extra fpa.

On d2r it’s ugly.. don’t know what’s most cost effective lol

This post was edited by SackShadow on Apr 19 2022 10:27am

Eth Arioc is a solid option. Beast is still a great weapon on your barb though, since it boosts the damage and attack speed of both you and your merc.
My favorite setup atm is Beast+Ali Baba or 6x lem weapon while merc is running eBotd War Pike, eth CoH, and 3os life leech helm with Cham and 15/40s. Fantastic damage and clear speed.

Plus I run a 58% Find Item setup that is really great with the current hidden/bugged bonus from Find Potion.

I will keep my act 5 merc gear for now since I don't want to go through the trouble of finding it all again. They might change things up with new patches further down the road anyway.

What build u play, zerker ?

WW is also good now after new changes?

U use gavel of pain on switch too ?

This post was edited by Spartacus160 on Apr 19 2022 10:59am

Been switching between Zerk, Whirlwind, and Pure merc with Leap or War Cry as support. Really depends on what I want to do since I have all the gear I need for different setups laying around. That being said, I have not tried Whirlwind after the patch. How do you like it?
Right now I like the relaxed playstyle of letting the merc do all the heavy lifting while I support with Leap or War Cry. I use Gavel on this setup, yes.

Interesting :))

Iam also playing merc only with gavel leap/wc
Ebotd andy forty but soon will switch to
Aricos, coh and 3 os lamprey chamed with ias dtd jewels

Just trying to improve clear speed on travi with zerk mb faster but ofc less goldfind...ww didnt tried yet

This post was edited by Spartacus160 on Apr 19 2022 11:15am

Dual Grief on A5 Merc seems to work best somehow. Tightest, consistent damage range so far?
Demon Limb/HOTO on swap for the prebuff, ditching Gavel (tragic). Technically you don't need Demon Limb since you can just Battle Cry for -100% Def, but whatever, it's a little less micromanagement this way.

Drawback is, well, no Amp Dmg means Phys Immunity is unkillable. With Gavel, the time per clear doesn't improve at all, unlike with A2 Merc. Probably something to do with Amp Dmg allowing the A2 Merc to burst and confirm kills shortly after engaging every monster, whereas the A5 Merc doesn't get to do that as reliably and always spends a fair bit of time on each target.

It's very odd. Could be that the Merc just overrides Amp Dmg too often for Gavel to matter, so better off sticking with Demon Limb? Unsure.

Assuming I just focus on picking up gold, I can be in/out of games in 40-45s~ or so. Never exceed 1 minute so far, with or without Gavel, or Beast.

This post was edited by Exokek on Apr 19 2022 01:30pm

With the new synergy of find potion to find item, is it best to dump excess points into find potion now instead of extra into resist/increase speed?

Yes. Def max Find Potion first imo.