Quote (kayko @ Jun 24 2022 11:52pm)
Never really played like this.
Life tap means you are giving up additional 100% dmg (amp). And the merc doesn’t really die anyway with all the skeletons nearby.
Insight is a good QoL because CE costs a lot of mana. And it kills the first mob fast enough, imho.
Obedience has cold dmg also which will shatter a corpse from time to time.
And with gface and treachery he won’t have life leech either.
Endgame infinity is best.
I guess the setup you are describing can be killing diablo & baal quicker than insight & vgaze.
Let's dissect:
1. You rarely cast life tap because he rarely is in danger. 99% of time, amp is up.
2. Insight can be made in ab iron golem, problem?
3. Obedience doesn't freeze target like pride so not really a problem. You don't need that many corpses for a CE chain.
4. Again, for a summoner who can cast life tap anytime leeching isn't a problem.
5. We aren't talking about endgame but budget. Infinity is of course BiS but that obedience combo is VERY strong. Guili makes s huge difference damage wise with 15% DS, 35% cb and 30%fhr. Fhr animation is a big problem fir act 2 merc. The budget killer combo doesn't have any fhr lock problems.
Quote (HK21 @ Jun 25 2022 08:48am)
Lv 96 Summoner here
Guili 15ias jewel or cham
Obedience / infinity
Treachery / Fort
self wield beast axe for merc ias bps
this is the best combo for cb and he will rip 8p chaos
he barely loses life with all the skeletons and if he does just cast lifetap, so most of the time you'll still be using amp so that doesn't change anything
for cold shatter it wouldn't be too big of a deal, it only shatters 1-3 corpses in 10 kills and only if he does the killing blow, which you'll have skeleton warriors to cover that so maybe only a couple shatters but yeah, infinity is the best for lowering enemey defense
baal and dibbles will die really fast due to high cb and thats your only source of big damage for merc so gface is essential
Tl;dr
75% CB is king
Gface is king
Obedience/Infinity for cb
Only Lifetap if hes low
Use amp or decrep for bosses
Insight iron golem if u want mana
Pride golem if you're bALLer
An actual summoner here proving the point. Now imagine, mancatcher obedience can be actually be worn at lvl55 by the merc then you have your BiS setup until infinity. He applies DS/CB at 4.5fpa.
Quote (Glock23cj @ Jun 25 2022 07:14am)
I'd swap g face for a LL helm. Vamp gaze is lv41 so no problem there. Even one with 5% would be a better choice. With a fast weapon there's no need for 75% CB. That way you can use amp or decrep.
Noob multi spotted..
This post was edited by babun1024 on Jun 25 2022 02:37am