What is the end of game setup?

I had
125 FCR ( I went 125 for tele bp )
Insight / Prayer Merc
Enigma
Shako
Maras
Arach
Hoto
Spirit ST
9x Pcomb
Torch
Anni


Maxed

Foh
Holy Bolt
Holy Shock


Felt like it just couldn’t do anything in P8 and went to hammers
Am I missing something? Maybe Infinity merc as I used redemption and even using conviction it only helps solo dps and didn’t seem to help too much it terms of clear speed.


Would a sunder charm take this character to next level and just keep insight prayer merc for survivability and continue running redemption?

I’m basically looking to smash chaos and baal runs as fast as possible with FoH focusing on the holy bolt damage off of FoH and I know lightning dmg doesn’t really matter with this build. I just figured this build would be a lot stronger DPS wise considering those 2 areas are just about 99% demons and undead.

This post was edited by Expanse on Oct 6 2025 02:02pm

86fcr is max foh bp

You can get more +skills with that, you can still cast foh + any other spell at same speed, but yeah you lose 1 frame speed when casting multiple tele in a row compared to 125fcr.

Don’t try to pump the light dmg part, it’s all about the magic dmg.

20 foh
20 bolt
20 HS
Some in redemption or meditation
You can dump remaining pts in res auras for the passive cap res, or defiance for 15ed on HS

6foh/10fcr scepter
Hoz
3pcomb/20fcr circ
2din/16fcr amy
Arach
Mage/trang
2x soj
Pcombs
No sunder

You don’t need anything from a2 merc…
No need infinity
No need insight, you can take care of your own sustain

So the best merc to help this build perform well up to p8 is this:
A5 frenzy with dual cmoon
He will proc a lot of static field, with -70 res, effectively removing a huge portion of all the mobs’ hp so you can finish them with Foh.
Foh is lacking a bit of dmg for p8 without that merc.
He needs dual leech from helm/armor to survive.
So Coh + either Vamp gaze or Arreat or Andy or Bulwark

What is best in slot base for crescent moon for A5 Merc? Would act3 static Merc with crescent moon also work?

This post was edited by Expanse on Oct 6 2025 02:23pm

A3 proc it way less often, not really an option…

Eth 15ed cryptic
Eth coh ap
Eth vamp cham (with max life leech and dr%) is probably the best survivability you can give him

CbF
23% DR
Dual life leech
Stacked res@