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I'm playing Mosaic to 99 on NL. (97.4) I got rid of a high damage Infinity because he kills monsters I'm trying to build charges on, which wastes time.
I want him to survive and be a conviction/Holy Freeze bot.

Which armor and helm should he use to survive since he isn't using life leach to stay alive anymore?
He still has Fort/Andy's. Keep Fort for Chilling armor? Or is there a better eth def armor?
Helm? Something with DR?

Any advice is cool!

This post was edited by Homosexual419 on Mar 16 2025 06:37pm
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Mar 16 2025 11:28pm
There's a bunch of options for both.

Helm:
Bulwark
Cure
Gaze

Armor:
Fortitude
Stone
Gladiator's Bane

It depends a bit on which content you're doing for example at Baal Gladiators is really nice so he takes a lot less dmg from Wave 3 Hydras.
Also should consider Defiance as Aura. Defense is great.
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cure/ff
coh
low dmg infy

heals enough to stay alive, doesn't do enough dmg to mess with stacking.
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There's a bunch of options for both.

Helm:
Bulwark
Cure
Gaze

Armor:
Fortitude
Stone
Gladiator's Bane

It depends a bit on which content you're doing for example at Baal Gladiators is really nice so he takes a lot less dmg from Wave 3 Hydras.
Also should consider Defiance as Aura. Defense is great.


Should I focus more on DR instead of % max res?
I think I'll keep the fort for chilling armor, but I was thinking maybe Griz armor with runes? Or eth Guardian Angel with a vex or the % max light res rune lol

Edit: Also, would Defiance be better or Holy Freeze?

cure/ff
coh
low dmg infy

heals enough to stay alive, doesn't do enough dmg to mess with stacking.


Whats FF?
Oh, nvm. Flickering Flame I'm assuming

This post was edited by Homosexual419 on Mar 18 2025 09:35am
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probably go cure+eth coh. no cnbf is the only downside really.
If u dont want cure maybe go kiras + fort or stone (or coh if you farm cs a lot to overcap against conv + resurrected nonsense with lower res)
I prefer defiance over holy freeze because u almost never get hit. i think holy freeze delay is unreliable and wheelchair. also mobs are already slowed from ur aoe spam.
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