Well, I didn't find thul down there, but I did find a staff.
The claw viper template was next, and I didn't screenshot. I guess the battle was too intense. Sorry guys. I have no such excuse for the summoner though. Seems like I just got lazy.
Here is duriel though:
Twitchthrow went on merc. I upped it too.
With A2 in the books I thought it prudent to go find a thul before A3. I ran countess once, but found my thul at the foot of a little dead blue carver. Hooray!
The spirit roll wasn't anything special and I forgot to screenshot
But with two 10 fcr rings, and two middling spirits, at least I had the 75 breakpoint w/o sacrificing resists on glove slot.
Starting A3 NM - Merc is really feeling lack of life steal. I don't drink mana anymore, but I do feed him red pots, and that is much worse. I thought I'd craft some blood armor & blood helm for him.
Better luck next time I guess.