09-16-2004, 01:55 AM
Hi
I always do my best to equip my Act 2 mercenaries with some form of life steal, whether it comes from his hat or whether it comes from his weapon. It saves them in the thick of battle when I am too busy healing myself to feed the mercenary too. :lol: Also, I tend to dress the mercenaries better than I dress myself. If hard choices need to be made in equipment, give him the better gear. Mercenaries are not as good as you are about knowing when to retreat. ;)
Replenish life is nice, but not essential - very handy for an Act 3 mercenary but not so beneficial for the others. It can offset poison damage at times.
Magic Damage Reduction and Physical Damage Reduction will help a mercenary quite a lot, as will resist armour.
Iron Pelt is not a bad armour for a melee mercenary in Nightmare, although eventually you will want better defence and resists for him.
I would get rid of the Sigon's Helm and put a life steal hat on him, for starters.
As to the weapon, there are many nice merc sticks in the game. A deceptively good one is Woestave. Despite the low damage on it, the other mods on it make it very useful. I have used one right through Nightmare and have upgraded it to get use in Hell. The top of the line one would be the Reapers Toll. In between, take life steal over damage when making decisions. After all, he can't lend his useful aura to you if he is dead. Better to have him alive and tanking than only killing in between hospital visits, and, as you noted, those medical bills really add up.
I always do my best to equip my Act 2 mercenaries with some form of life steal, whether it comes from his hat or whether it comes from his weapon. It saves them in the thick of battle when I am too busy healing myself to feed the mercenary too. :lol: Also, I tend to dress the mercenaries better than I dress myself. If hard choices need to be made in equipment, give him the better gear. Mercenaries are not as good as you are about knowing when to retreat. ;)
Replenish life is nice, but not essential - very handy for an Act 3 mercenary but not so beneficial for the others. It can offset poison damage at times.
Magic Damage Reduction and Physical Damage Reduction will help a mercenary quite a lot, as will resist armour.
Iron Pelt is not a bad armour for a melee mercenary in Nightmare, although eventually you will want better defence and resists for him.
I would get rid of the Sigon's Helm and put a life steal hat on him, for starters.
As to the weapon, there are many nice merc sticks in the game. A deceptively good one is Woestave. Despite the low damage on it, the other mods on it make it very useful. I have used one right through Nightmare and have upgraded it to get use in Hell. The top of the line one would be the Reapers Toll. In between, take life steal over damage when making decisions. After all, he can't lend his useful aura to you if he is dead. Better to have him alive and tanking than only killing in between hospital visits, and, as you noted, those medical bills really add up.
And you may call it righteousness
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake