Then FINALLY! Didn't take too many runs tonight. Had been playing sporadically so didn't getting too many in.



And the formula



And the result

AND THE FAIL!!!!!! WHAT THE FUCK!!!!!



So this is the second time in this WT I've been oblivious of req's and my mercs stats...this one isn't the end of the world though. I have a short and long term solution.

Short term solution....

Hel + TP



Add Amn + Shael for 63% ias bp and extra LL, while keeping 3rd socket open for Hel, which I don't have a 2nd of.



Then go to normal mod(because I wasted 10 minutes just trying to find a jewelers helm in hell and gave up) and make this little guy

lmao hate when i do that myself.

lol

So yeah...glad I found a solution. Once I find a Hel, it won't be all bad. I'll lose an IAS breakpoint, but gain 7% LL, which will actually help a lot. In the long run, I'll be on the hunt for a nice jewel with dexterity on it to put in Gaze, but I'll probably switch over to Crescent Moon anyway. All-in-all I doubled my merc's damage, gained 7% LL and lost some attack speed...not bad at all.

Tomorrow, first thing will be find a Hel, second thing will be to go through Act 2.

edit: just did a countess run and my map is insanely good...so at least that worked out well

This post was edited by Flame-Masta on Dec 7 2012 10:09pm

haha good try

So the crazy good countess map made me want to get a Hel real fast so I could move straight forward when I play tomorrow.

2nd run this drops...My 2nd, so not sure when to do with it.



Then this drops in like 4th run



Since I was running out of room in my stash, I decided to use a Lem and Ko to upgrade my String. Was debating between String and Gaze; chose string because it was a guaranteed upgrade and I knew I would use it til the end, I also don't care too much for merc's defense because I'd almost rather have Fade proc quicker everytime.

So here's the formula

Result = 64 defense bonus...obviously not much, but its kinda just for the looks and stuff ya know?



Then on like 9th run got my Hel



And here is the merc equipped the way he should be

So with the Upgrade my merc's damage went from ~1400 with venom to ~3000 with venom...pretty nice upgrade of 1600 physical damage. With 14% LL, 35% Damage Reduce, max resists and reduced curses w/ fade he really shouldn't die from now on.