my nova sorc has no lpk or anything to recover hp with

Life is 550 ish after bo....could an a2 cure merc be good? Wondering if the life regen could be helpful and maybe cure would help with Poison which seems a pain in the butt, is this a convenient choice for light sorc?

Guess the merc would be pretty squishy though if Ihad to go put some LL on his chest piece.

I guess COH?

Anyone tried his out?

This post was edited by sammyt555 on Mar 23 2026 12:34am

merc will be squishy even with LL because you will be killing his targets before he can leech, so ranged enemies will pick him apart.

try one of two things, redemption or life after kill affix

almost all use cure

merc wont be dying much (at least didnt for me last season), could try opalvein now as a ring for the hp regen, or craft some blood boots, they can have up to 15 (?) life regen

There are two right ways since Cure was released

Budget: Insight + Cure + TREACHERY
Premium: Insight + Cure + Chains of Honour

The core is always build around Cure + Insight + Prayer Merc (which gives a tripple healing effect and thus is the OP meta)

So this is all assuming self wield infinity I am guessing.

Is it worth it to just do cure + prayer merc infinity? I am a humble crescent build spirit pleb at the moment. Self wield isnt out of the question though but I really like the current setup.

if triple healing is OP, is doulbe healing jsut good enough?



Yeah best opal can do is 3 per kill, I am not sure thats gonna do the work. I guess I could slap on engima and just see how that feels. but Id really like to find a way for cure to work since the posion and curse reduction are also huge huge pluses

This post was edited by sammyt555 on Mar 23 2026 07:57am

3 per kill is quite a lot when you are low on life

+ dont knock off the replenish from the boots (it isnt much, but it adds up)


just checked: mine had 658life (pre bo)


imo: self weild + insight on merc is needed

/can also try to find an amu that also has some repl on it

This post was edited by vitti on Mar 23 2026 08:00am

I got cure after I got my merc a fortitude.
As soon as he uses forti, he's a tank anyway. So losing the Andy isn't that big a deal at that point.

Especially as a nova sorc, you lightningstun everything after ur first cast anyway, and things die pretty fast.
He also survives diablo in a p8 game while getting lightninged and flame waved 2-3 times. 4th will kill him, but usually Dia is dead before that.

Using Cure made my runs soo much smoother, i rarely use juvs anymore.

This post was edited by teunverstraten on Mar 23 2026 08:01am

thanks ill consider that!

Yeah I finally got my griffons in singleplayer and it was the final piece. SHe is shredding wihtout the self wield infinity so far, hoping I dont need to go back to LK XD

sorry mate, go back to LK get those bers.
World of difference. Actual day and night.

Im actually more nervous about itemizing around it I guess, where am I gonna get FHR and FCR?

p sure she has -71 enemy light res as it is and can maybe squeeze a facet into the vipermagi. I am a nova noob for sure, so I am not super familiar with how to shifft things around.

Thanks for all the advice, that goes for everyone whos replied as well