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[MongoJerry]

But from my scant playing experience, the runes needed for a Delirium helm isn't exactly dropping that frequently.

Everyone else has talked about the rest, so I'll just comment on this point. No, in fact, the runes to make Delirium are quite common. My character, Gunter, came *this* close to making a fully untwinked 'Delirium' crown in just one pass through the game. The rarest rune in the word is an Ist which can be dropped by the Hell Countess (rare) and the Hell hellforge (more common). Even if one doesn't make some hell hellforge rush runners, enough people on bnet will, and it should be relatively easy to trade equipment or runes that you don't want for the Ist that you do want. (For example, Gunter could have traded his Gul rune that he didn't need to someone wanting to cube up to rarer runes for the more common Ist).

I notice that the Arreat Summit has made a change to the info on the 'Delirium' runeword, though, in that it adds the word "(stun)" next to the Delirium effect. Does this mean that in the final 1.10 release that instead of turning into a stygian doll, you'll get stunned for a significant period of time? That would be a significant drawback, although you could still put your 'Delirium' item on your mercenary.