If it’s strictly trav you don’t really need the insight, I actually do a lot of pvm with my barb and move around and hork on my 2 hotos don’t need insight, if I need mana I pot or just ww a group of monsters full mama in a second

For me the amp I get with dreadfang it’s invaluable vs other champ packs and wwing them

This post was edited by Avenger47 on Apr 12 2026 04:44pm

Yeah that's my point. The only reason I can think of desperately wanting a merc with me for trav would be for insight and the runs aren't even long enough to run out of mana. Might just start running without him since he adds nothing lmao

Throw a single dual leech ring on you never run out of mana unless you get hit by mana burn ghosts. A5 with amp is goated now for pvm

Honestly I've got an *ANNOYING* amount of full juvs so I've just been popping them on the rare occasion that I need one lol but I think I will check out the a5 merc

Yeah don’t need much either, give it a shot a lot of amp helps with more then just trav

That fire absorb helm, forgot the name

He’ll never die again

I switched to portal barb. That seemed to fix every issue i had

Put the Steelshade on the merc

i used to use phoenix sword on a5 merc, with grief/lastwish.


found one old clip of a5 merc with phoenix sword.


that aura tho ruins it.

This post was edited by nepenthe on Apr 13 2026 11:49am