Faster Merc Clearer?

[annihilus5]

I was wondering which merc had the best kill speed in places like k3k, dunc, fautz.

If merc kills its his MF + your own.

With that in mind, is A1 Ranger the most effective killer?

Thinking TU short war bow or Sol rw with -100 poison res

What do you guys think. and what items do you use on this merc?

[Gekko64]

magic find has diminishing returns, so trying to exploit merc to have more is not worth it

that said, for me a5 merc has the best damage output due to the fact mercs get 1 ewd per point of strength and a5 has HUGE strength

try this combo for him:

qarak's will sword
zod rw barb helm
runeflesh armor
community set gloves
mal rw belt
clawfeet boots
rare amu with lava pit proc and -enemy fire resist

mo gear to -100 enemy fire resist, socket jah in sword, rest thai crafted jewels with 2%str and fire spell damage

add R.I.P. modifier to one of his items otherwise the reanimates from the sword will get hit instead of him and he will proc less

[Gekko64]

for a1 mercs, tu short war bow is a crowd control bow ( not fast killspeed ) and works best with priestess

for shockwave ranger, you'd have to use the Xis-Sol version as the regular one has proc with too low level to kill in destruction

sol-xis bow
tu crown
gul rw armor
deadfall belt
shimmering gloves with burning veil on kill
shimmering boots
banish/doom amulet MOed poison skill duration

mo gear for -100 enemy poison and poison spell damage, socket sol runes

[annihilus5]

Thx for the responses! will try both.

Currently was using flamestrike proccing a5 merc. malthael boots/belt, cinadide gloves/chest. Crafted sacred Flamberge with CtC flamestrike. It hits pretty hard!

[Gekko64]

it's nice but you need to stack good -fire res and fire spell damage, if you don't have those the procs are mostly eye candy since a5 merc has lowest base energy and energy factor

[noal]

magic find has diminishing returns, so trying to exploit merc to have more is not worth it

that said, for me a5 merc has the best damage output due to the fact mercs get 1 ewd per point of strength and a5 has HUGE strength

try this combo for him:

qarak's will sword
zor rw barb helm
runeflesh armor
community set gloves
mal rw belt
clawfeet boots
rare amu with lava pit proc and -enemy fire resist

mo gear to -100 enemy fire resist, socket jah in sword, rest thai crafted jewels with 2%str and fire spell damage

add R.I.P. modifier to one of his items otherwise the reanimates from the sword will get hit instead of him and he will proc less

But isnt it true that he will die a lot ? He has no def

[Gekko64]

he regens uberfast so he either gets 1shot or he lives forever

in fauzt for example he never dies, in tran athulua he can die if he gets unlucky with arrowsides

[noal]

That's nice to know, tks a lot for the info

[cowking]

for shockwave ranger, you'd have to use the Xis-Sol version as the regular one has proc with too low level to kill in destruction

Level 16 punisher deals 14355 avg /s without energy factor or spell damage.

A1 mercs have 750 energy at level 120.

I haven't checked but iirc they something like 500 str = 125 energy factor = +203% spell base damage bonus.

14355*3.03 = 43.5k /s = 87k /s with -100 res.

Multiply that by 1+spell damage and then quadruple it to get total damage over whole duration.

So the problem really isn't damage.

[Gekko64]

good to know, then I guess you can make a nice double mo bow and mo it with ed, max dmg and cb for nice damage output to trigger punishers