One question, I play sc and I am trying to figure out which armor I should put on my merc. Eth stone for 5k+ def, or eth fort for more damage, or coh for more life leech. Mine uses andy so it gets like 10 ll or soemthing. Great guide, but I lag a lot, so I can't play hc

IMO, you don't really need your merc to help kill for you, and that will get your merc killed faster with IM. I'd say CoH just to stack resistances, since all you need is for him to survive with the sanc aura.

Nope, wrong. Spirit is good, but Phoenix is WAY BETTER. I have 90% fhr anyway so I don't need Spirit. Try it for yourself first - you'll see that Phoenix is amazing for Chaos.

If I were to do only Baal Runs with my hdin, I would use Spirit/Tgods instead. Chaos, however, has alot of fire + physical dmg and there is never any souls there, so Phoenix + Verdungo's is better.

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Im making a HC Hdin right now and I think Ill use this build

Thanks man, great build and guide.

I don't see the "hardcore" in this guide at all srry

damn nice guide gj

Nice guide mate, leveling my hammerdin now. Even bought almost all same items that your guide tells to use... Only problem for me is now that I ran out FG to get all goodies
Keep up the good work.

Hello. I was wondering why you use act5 merc? I know its tough and everything but with act3 merch you wouldnt need to worry about IM, and still have the sanctuary aura. Thx for your answer.

vote..

i use h-din 2 hc myself..

merc gear:

helm
Kiara = mass res + nice fhr and nice cannot be frozen

arm
Guardian Angel = Block and the nice + max 15 % all res

shield
Phoenix = redemption aura + 10 max fire/ + 5 max light res and 15-21 fire abs

wep
Azure/lawbringer

nice guide