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Oct 19 2018 01:53am
equip:

40ias grief pb
eni
loh
arach
raven
fc ring
gores
highlord

invent:

max ar lifer gcs/scs torch anni

so my question is:

is gulli such a must for me cuz im a cs barb or is arreat also ok?
i got a decent jewl i wana sock and im not sure in which helm lol


atm im using a merc with reaper,andy & forty
next merc will be lvl15 fana faith to get max ias even with slow


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Oct 19 2018 02:05am
Well Guills would max out your DS and Arreat mostly offers health and ar wich are unnecessary
Guills is hella awesome
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Oct 19 2018 02:39am
well, AR isnt req´d ? what is a "fine ar" stat?
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well, AR isnt req´d ? what is a "fine ar" stat?


You are gonna use Fana anyway and Grief covers huge part of hitting things.

Of course AR is good for everything but you dont want to sacrifice too much for it.

What is your offhand?
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Oct 19 2018 03:00am
What's the point of Reaper on mercenary if you use Berserk ?
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You are gonna use Fana anyway and Grief covers huge part of hitting things.

Of course AR is good for everything but you dont want to sacrifice too much for it.

What is your offhand?


stormshield with req add jewl

Quote (feanur @ 19 Oct 2018 11:00)
What's the point of Reaper on mercenary if you use Berserk ?


slow the targets around me when i tele on the elite at seals
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slow the targets around me when i tele on the elite at seals


Indeed, that's all.

I'd choose the merc upgrade first : Pride, or Faith as you said.
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Oct 19 2018 06:58pm
went for gulli, and will get a1 merc


btw, what is a good avg AR?
got 15,2k atm, is that "okay" or shoukd i go higher?
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Get Holy Freeze mercenary. With good use of howl, you are unkillable despite being vulnerable whilst zerking. Use stormshield and get max block (all that dex adds AR too).

Don't worry about speed; you already hit good breakpoints with what you've got.

Use Arreat's; 20 str, +4 combat skills, +2 mastery, 20 dex, 20% AR bonus... Offensively it is as good or better than Guillaume's when you already have 70% DS already.

Put Pride on your merc for extra damage.

If you're using max/ar/life charms then your damage will be through the roof. Mine is. And that's without fanaticism. Diablo drops in about three hits.

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Quote (budhead @ Oct 20 2018 01:58am)
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btw, what is a good avg AR?
got 15,2k atm, is that "okay" or shoukd i go higher?


Suppose you are level 95.

Against a level 88 regular monster (the highest you can meet), your chance-to-hit is always 95% (even with 1 AR), because Grief ignore's defense.

Against a level 88 unique monster, with an average defense of 1704 defense (ladder value), your chance-to-hit looks like this :

AR || chance-to-hit
1000 || 45.6%
2000 || 63.3%
3000 || 72.8%
4000 || 78.7%
5000 || 82.7%
6000 || 85.6%
7000 || 87.8%
8000 || 89.5%
9000 || 90.9%
10000 || 92.1%
11000 || 93.0%
12000 || 93.8%
13000 || 94.5%
13750 || 95.0% <- cap

If you feel the need of higher chance-to-hit, use your 1 point Battle cry :

AR || chance-to-hit
100 || 47.3%
500 || 83.8%
1000 || 92.8%
1200 || 94.4%
1290 || 95.0% <- cap

As you can see, 15.2K is much more than what you need !
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