perfect equipment for mercs

[Crystalion]

I recently realized that Sazabi's set can actually be completed on an Act 5 barb merc.

Has anyone tried this?  Does it work well?

Looks pretty good at a glance, *if* you're fighting mostly demons.

Except that the clvl 73 req. in order to equip the sword and complete the set means this equip is competing with uber gear (assuming either such gear or this set is available to you). On that basis, I'd have to say the set isn't very attractive.

OTOH putting it on an act 3 merc might be interesting, if possible, since the resists are probably enough to max fireghtning resists in hell (didn't calculate it out, so I'm just guessing), and the +27% max life could be helpful. Of course the merc still gets to have a shield as well (even though it doesn't block, sigh)... lidless comes to mind.

BTW, has anyone seen or done a calculation for act 3 fire mercs on how good their spells are if you do +3 fire from hexfire, +1 shield, +2 helm, +1 torso? It might be nice if they fixed the inferno/WoI bug, of course.