Killing Merc

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I have finally made it to hell with my Skellemancer. It is going slow, very
slow.

I am trying to make a lean mean boos killing machine with my merc. I am a
level 67 skelemancer running with an act 2 might merc.

Meph was kind to drop me a Hone Sundan. Now I am trying to decide what to
socket it with and what armor and helm should go along.

Here is what I am thinking:

For the three sockets on the Hone Sundan: Shael, Shael, Amn

For the Helm it will be Gullaume's Face

For the armor I cannot decide between Duress or Durlel's Shell.
I like Duress, but Cannot be frozen mod is nice on Durlel's. If I went with
Duress, I could put a Cham on helm, but that sounds expensive.


Feedback please.

Rod.

 

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"rod jenkins" <rodj@rodandmichelle.com> wrote in message
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> Meph was kind to drop me a Hone Sundan. Now I am trying to decide what to
> socket it with and what armor and helm should go along.
>
> Here is what I am thinking:
>
> For the three sockets on the Hone Sundan: Shael, Shael, Amn

If you play ladder, thought about upping the Hone Sundan? Badass merc weapon
if upped. Not eth by any chance is it?

> For the Helm it will be Gullaume's Face
>
> For the armor I cannot decide between Duress or Durlel's Shell.
> I like Duress, but Cannot be frozen mod is nice on Durlel's. If I went
with
> Duress, I could put a Cham on helm, but that sounds expensive.

Duress is more efficient as a killer's armor than Duriel's is. None of my
mercs have Cannot Be Frozen at all, it's far from necessary, certainly not
worth a Cham on a merc unless you just have a high runes stash lying around.

> Feedback please.
>
> Rod.
>
>

 

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My necro merc uses Tal's mask, Duriel Shell, and amn amn shael Hone Sundan. He
needs resist from Tal and DS, else he dies too often from ranged attack. I tried
G Face, but switched back to Tal. GF didn't speed up big bosses kills that much,
and the frequent deaths from big bosses annoyed me.

rod jenkins wrote:

> I have finally made it to hell with my Skellemancer. It is going slow, very
> slow.
>
> I am trying to make a lean mean boos killing machine with my merc. I am a
> level 67 skelemancer running with an act 2 might merc.
>
> Meph was kind to drop me a Hone Sundan. Now I am trying to decide what to
> socket it with and what armor and helm should go along.
>
> Here is what I am thinking:
>
> For the three sockets on the Hone Sundan: Shael, Shael, Amn
>
> For the Helm it will be Gullaume's Face
>
> For the armor I cannot decide between Duress or Durlel's Shell.
> I like Duress, but Cannot be frozen mod is nice on Durlel's. If I went with
> Duress, I could put a Cham on helm, but that sounds expensive.
>
> Feedback please.
>
> Rod.

 

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On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 14:28:11 -0600, Shiflet wrote
(in article <Jpotd.2110$qN4.245@fe03.lga>):

>
> If you play ladder, thought about upping the Hone Sundan? Badass merc weapon
> if upped. Not eth by any chance is it?
>

Not Eth. I will prolly wait to see if I can find a better Hone (IE eth and
better ED) before I up it. I also need to wait for the merc to be able to
use the upped Hone.


> Duress is more efficient as a killer's armor than Duriel's is. None of my
> mercs have Cannot Be Frozen at all, it's far from necessary, certainly not
> worth a Cham on a merc unless you just have a high runes stash lying around.

I think Duress is where I am headed.

Thanks for the info.

rod.

 

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On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 18:09:58 -0600, Sean Dinh wrote
(in article <1102464599.970191@news-1.nethere.net>):

> My necro merc uses Tal's mask, Duriel Shell, and amn amn shael Hone Sundan.
> He
> needs resist from Tal and DS, else he dies too often from ranged attack. I
> tried
> G Face, but switched back to Tal. GF didn't speed up big bosses kills that
> much,
> and the frequent deaths from big bosses annoyed me.
>

I will keep that in mind for a backup.

Rod.

 

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rod jenkins wrote:

> I have finally made it to hell with my Skellemancer. It is going slow, very
> slow.

67 seems early for Hell. I stayed in NM for nearly ten more levels with
my skellimancer, and didn't find gaining levels too tedious. Just
requires Baal runs, either solo or in groups. I still find Hell in 1.10
to be rather tedious, regardless of the build.

M.

 

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On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 14:24:01 -0600, rod jenkins
<rodj@rodandmichelle.com> wrote:

>I have finally made it to hell with my Skellemancer. It is going slow, very
>slow.
>
>I am trying to make a lean mean boos killing machine with my merc. I am a
>level 67 skelemancer running with an act 2 might merc.

IMO 67 is a little young for Hell. What level is the merc?

-- Roy L

 

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>
> IMO 67 is a little young for Hell. What level is the merc?
>
> -- Roy L


67. He is doing much better with the shael ahm ahm Hone Sundan.

Rod.

 

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"rod jenkins" <rodj@rodandmichelle.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 14:28:11 -0600, Shiflet wrote
> (in article <Jpotd.2110$qN4.245@fe03.lga>):
>
> >
> > If you play ladder, thought about upping the Hone Sundan? Badass merc
weapon
> > if upped. Not eth by any chance is it?
> >
>
> Not Eth. I will prolly wait to see if I can find a better Hone (IE eth
and
> better ED) before I up it. I also need to wait for the merc to be able to
> use the upped Hone.
>

be aware that the dex requirements for a ghost spear are huge


>
> > Duress is more efficient as a killer's armor than Duriel's is. None of
my
> > mercs have Cannot Be Frozen at all, it's far from necessary, certainly
not
> > worth a Cham on a merc unless you just have a high runes stash lying
around.
>
> I think Duress is where I am headed.
>
> Thanks for the info.
>
> rod.
>

 

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tcells <tcells1@yahoo.com> wrote:

> > Not Eth. I will prolly wait to see if I can find a better Hone (IE eth
> and
> > better ED) before I up it. I also need to wait for the merc to be able to
> > use the upped Hone.
> >
>
> be aware that the dex requirements for a ghost spear are huge


Yes. The dex requirement is 163 - a level 93 might merc has only 162.

You will have to HEL one of the sockets or add Dex via hat or armor for
him.

 

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Really??