Act 3 cold merc question

[telegeek]

Im currently making a new amazon (lightning) and i decided to ask u guys on the NEcro forum about my mercenary, u are the ones i got most help from and the question doesnt got anything to do with the amazon.

I got pure lightning and physical dmg and was thinking of a cold merc for helping with lightning imune. I know it doesnt kill very well alone, but it does at least do some dmg.

I wonder what items is best for him, absoulutly best. To increase skills is to increase dmg i guess. And does the rainbow facets help him?

[Mad Mantis]

Are you sure you want to go with an Act 3 one? If your a Zon you could do with the extra tank, unless your Valk is good.

But anyway. I don't think that the Facets will help him. I can't say this for sure so I'll do some testing.

[telegeek]

Are you sure you want to go with an Act 3 one? If your a Zon you could do with the extra tank, unless your Valk is good.

But anyway. I don't think that the Facets will help him. I can't say this for sure so I'll do some testing.
thats really kind of you. I dont really need an extra tank, And since i dont got many minions i dont want to speed my time watching that much out for my hireling, if i use melee hireling he will try to tank everything and get killed. I dont really NEED an hireling but hell i want one and they do atleast something good. I just wonder how to make the most out of him if u understand :)

to bad there isnt something called the lower resist mercenary

[JohnnyShotMe]

I'm not really up to par on javazon builds, but I think the build you are going for will have low physical damage. A good act2 defiance merc would make a very good tank and probably kill things faster than an act3 merc. The life leech you could put on him would help him stay alive quite a bit as well.

Also on weapon switch you could use a lower resist wand to remove lit immunity from some of your enemies, making things a bit smoother as well.

Another good option if you really don't need a tank is to use an act1 merc and give her a really nice bow. That way you'd have a ranged merc with life leeching. There are bows with a variety of effects such as knockback, firing explosive arrows, and I think there's one that fires magic arrows. I'm not sure which if any of those options would do well for an act1 merc but it might be worth looking in to.

Again, I would strongly suggest a nice act2 merc overall and an act1 if you want someone that will stay back and fire.

[Mad Mantis]

I just wonder how to make the most out of him if u understand :)

I get it.

His equip must be geared toward the life of a caster. As a Necro you should know what equip that means. Just try to make rune words that give +skills. That and life will be what will keep him alive.

[telegeek]

Thx very much.. it helps

one last question, does facets give them extra damage

[Mad Mantis]

Can't test it right now, because I do not have any facets left. But they just might work.

[Necrochild313]

I'd imagine facets would help him.

If they do I'd say equip him with a cold faceted nightwing/fcr helm with a cold facet, a six soc sword with nothing but cold facets, and either a 4soc coldfaceted armor or a viper with a cold facet for the armor. Either a lidless with a cold facet or a 4soc faceted shield. Up to you, it'd be quite expensive.

Don't forget that fcr DOES effect mercs ;) , I know that for a fact