was reading about self wielding infinity vs crescent moon and 4 socketed faceted shield


My thoughts were, why can't you do both?

and i'm sure someone has, but really

infinity merc + crescent moon and 4 socketed faceted shield?

🤯 revolutionary

infinity merc is implied whenever any other build is discussed

comparison:

self-wield:
-55 (and -17 conv) + ~100 points into energy + lvl 17 meditation aura on merc that makes you unkillable

vs

cmoon + 20/20
-55 (and -17 conv) + nothing

so it revolves around having conviction and insight


would it be possible to not use insight? and use metal grid? to get a golem insight? so you could use both crescent moon / 4 socketed shield and infinity on merc?

just a theory craft....you'd probably need maxed out bo barb prebuff...but was trying to get around the insight/ mana regen problem


i have all season mabye i should theory craft this...

metalgrid golem dies from a light breeze

cmoon + 20/20 has no benefits, damage or other, over self-wield so why bother? what do you hope to accomplish by not using infy?

yes it has been done millions of times

sorc holds infinity usually in a low str none eth vougle for low dex str requirements. do not make it eth as you could use the cyclone armor, if you never intend to use cyclone armor charges then make it eth for even less str needed.
the merc has insight + base aura prayer
the meditation + prayer is around +40-50 +life rep and mana recovery
the sorc uses either es orb or es nova are the most common builds. es can be made into any sorc build just expect to lose 1/3 elemental damage.

the sorc has es on + chilling armor, while having around 70-90+ life rep from gear alone + 40-50 from mercs aura stack.

what should happen: a monster hits you and you tank a bit of damage to life and the bulk goes to mana. the mana regen should be so high you keep replenishing faster then you lose it. this is the theory....

what really happens: you tank massive damage and under certain situations like souls or archers or inferno the char's es instantly breaks and the sorc is dead. because the sorc does not have a ss shield she cant block, no damage reduction, low defense, low resistance. vita builds that have mid to max block, max dr, stacked res with 2k-5k life on a sorc always beat es setups in survivability on sc or hc. you can tank so much more damage in vita mode with hardened setups but the gear to hit all fhr / fcr is custom (caster crafts) and this is expensive for most players so they use a downgraded gear setup that does not meet standards and they complain why the setup fails.

This post was edited by WiseWolf on Jul 18 2025 01:51pm

lost brain cells reading this bullshit. thanks a lot

You sir are too smart for this world, what are you doing playing video games when you could be building rocket ships.

lol bro