Hi,
I have always been fine with forti, but recently I gave treachery a try, on both hammerdin and light sorc, and I came to a conclusion, that it's a total crap. My merc keeps dying like shit on things like nihlathak, chaos and is literally being oneshot by the council, even with fade on. And here is the thing: fade. 5% chance to trigger, sometimes I am very unlucky to get it early, and I dont like spending much time on trying to trigger it. If it comes up, toughness is more or less ok, council still risky so I dont do that, forti still provides merc with more survivability.
On the other side, Treachery is often used on a light sorc due to a chance of CB on infinity, thus, the more frequent attacks are, the more CBs are inflicted on target. But my merc rarely has a chance to come closer because of getting oneshot.
And here is my question: why is Treachery recommended so frequently? Imo, merc with forti is not only safer, but also probably deals more dmg (but I'm not sure of that).
Don't consider a price important factor here, assume, that you can afford everything. What would you go for?
This post was edited by tytanradzior on Jun 29 2017 04:37am