Merc IAS

[xberto]

Merc 85 holy freeze equiped with:
Eth banehew w/sheal = +50% IAS
Andrials Visage = +20%ias
Eth Gladiator bane =0%

I have on open socket in armor, weapon, and helm so how should I go about filling them considering breakpoint?
Fire immune is only 19 so once I hit a weapon speed breakpoint, I may add a ruby or jewel to help bring it up. Any opinions or help appreciated.

[Pitboss_2000]

Put an Amn in your weapon for additional life steal. One of the low level runes (I think it's Ral) gives you 30% fire resist in helms and armor, keep an eye open for those!

[sangfagel]

You can check this (http://diablo2.ingame.de/tips/calcs/weaponspeed.php?lang=english) clculator. Notice that you can choice mercenery option.

[krischan]

Merc 85 holy freeze equiped with:
Eth banehew w/sheal = +50% IAS
Andrials Visage = +20%ias
Eth Gladiator bane =0%

I have on open socket in armor, weapon, and helm so how should I go about filling them considering breakpoint?
Fire immune is only 19 so once I hit a weapon speed breakpoint, I may add a ruby or jewel to help bring it up. Any opinions or help appreciated.

Rubies add to fire resistance only when put into a shield socket. For helms and armor, use Ral runes. It makes sense to put the Ral rune into Andy's Visage because that helm is responsible for the fire res. Jewels can have up to 30% fire res as well, but Ral should be much easier to obtain. On the other hand, the jewel will also work when you put it into a weapon (might make sense if it has another mod).

My standard merc setup: Reaper's, Gris armor/Black Hades with 3 IAS jewels, Tal's Helm/Crown of Thieves. Cheap and effective.

[sunshine]

I couldn't get that link to work. I use an act1 rogue merc with black hades and guillame's face socketed with 4 15% ias jewels, plus a shael in an upped goldstrike for a total of 80% ias.

Was that a waste? What are the breakpoints for a rogue merc?

[Frosty_The_Snowman]

Merc 85 holy freeze equiped with:
Eth banehew w/sheal = +50% IAS
Andrials Visage = +20%ias
Eth Gladiator bane =0%

I have on open socket in armor, weapon, and helm so how should I go about filling them considering breakpoint?
Fire immune is only 19 so once I hit a weapon speed breakpoint, I may add a ruby or jewel to help bring it up. Any opinions or help appreciated.

Here are the IAS Breakpoints :


Settings
Character Mercenary - Act 2
Weapon Ogre Axe / Ogeraxt
Skill Jab
IAS Frames per attack Attacks per second
0 % 8 3.1
9 % 7.5 3.3
20 % 7 3.5
37 % 6.5 3.8
65 % 6 4.1
105 % 5.5 4.5
200 % 5 5


So 70% is enough for the 6 FPS BP. Put an AMN into the 2nd socket for more LL. That's your best bet.

Note : Instead of SHAEL, you could have put a 15% IAS Jewel with nice second mod (Giving you exactly the 65% IAS required for the 6 FPS BP).

[xberto]

[QUOTE=Frosty_The_Snowman]Here are the IAS Breakpoints :


Settings
Character Mercenary - Act 2
Weapon Ogre Axe / Ogeraxt
Skill Jab
IAS Frames per attack Attacks per second
0 % 8 3.1
9 % 7.5 3.3
20 % 7 3.5
37 % 6.5 3.8
65 % 6 4.1
105 % 5.5 4.5
200 % 5 5


So 70% is enough for the 6 FPS BP. Put an AMN into the 2nd socket for more LL. That's your best bet.


Thank you, exactly what I wanted!

[erratta]

... Jewels can have up to 30% fire res as well....

the jewel that I have in merc's Andarial Visage has more than 30% fire resist
from the mods I guess it's:
7 to max damage
7 to dexterity
cold, lightning and poison - 8%
fire resist - 35%

[krischan]

the jewel that I have in merc's Andarial Visage has more than 30% fire resist
from the mods I guess it's:
7 to max damage
7 to dexterity
cold, lightning and poison - 8%
fire resist - 35%

You are right, rare jewels can have an allres affix and a single res one. That's quite a good jewel for Andy's Visage, I admit.