Merc guide?

[XRazorX]

Hi there, I was just wondering if anyone could link me to a merc building guide somewhere on this site (I found one a while ago but can't seem to find it anymore) anyhow yeah ive been playing diablo for about 2 months now and I have a lvl 80 druid and a level 77 Sorceress. Their doing pretty good But I cant seem to make a decent merc (whenever I hire one he dies within like 30 seconds of when he tries to kill any monsters). I have a level 50 summoning necro and want to get him a decent merc So if someone could write something to help me or link me to a guide somewhere that'd be great. Thanks in advance :innocent:

(whenever i try to use the search feature a blank page comes up)

[Skinhead On The MBTA]

I reckon you just get an Act 2 merc (the others can't hold a candle to them for most builds), and try to make sure he stays a similar level to you. If he starts to fall behind, go back to places with monsters that are similar levels to his level (use Darkness (darkness.diabloii.net) to find out those places, they are also the same sort of places you should level to make sure you get as much exp as possible), and let him get all the kills - if you use your necro, don't bother summoning anything except maybe a golem, they can't kill anything anyway. If you let skeles/mages/revives kill for you while trying to level your merc, he will get hardly any experience (if any at all) and then he will be useless to you once you try to level the character.

[garion]

or now you can just buy a new one and he will be at your lvl (recent patch), grant that new merc bought at a higher will be a tad weaker than one you've lvl from the beggining...

but id say act 2 mercs are the most versatile...(holyfreeze being very popular amongst most builds, summoners tend towards might mercs though)

[XRazorX]

oh okay thanks guys but 1 more thing, could you guys help me out with some weapon and armor recommendations for a merc lets say for a lvl 75 merc. I just need some decent weapon and armor ideas. Thanks for the help again.

[Evrae Altana]

Armor: Duriel's Shell, Shaftstop, Duress, Glads Bane
Helm: Tal's mask, Gaze, Crown of Thieves, Andy's
Weapon: Insight if you're a caster, Obedience if you're melee

[XRazorX]

thanks so far guys, another question, what would be better for a melee merc for my summon necro, a weapon with a 25% chance of an open wound, or 40% chance of crushing blow?

[garion]

crushing blow...

[dawgman]

ok im sorry... i play WoW more than this game but my friend got me hooked again. i never learned all the stuff(i thought enigma was a unique until my friend showed it to me and i noticed it was a runeword). so... i made an ice orb sorc and im in the process of getting the pgems and runes to buy the tal set from other players and i need a merc with meditation... is that even possible? and if so please tell me how... someone told me its a runeword but i cant remember which one and i cant find it anywhere...

[Evrae Altana]

If you want a merc with Meditation aura, you need to equip him with an Insight polearm. It's a runeword. Check out the Arreat Summit for more details.