obedience better than insight for meteorb merc?

[zebulin]

I hadn't noticed how cheap obedience is. I wonder if the -25% to fire resistance would make it more useful overall to a meteorb sorc than insight. Insight basically boils down to decent damage for merc plus ultra fast mana regen for the sorc.

Sacrificing the mana regen obviously would hurt some but -25% to fire resistance plus insane merc damage bonuses of various kinds will surely mean *a lot* of extra damage, especially vs act bosses who represent the number one most likely thing to kill a merc. I leave all mana potions lie when i have my merc, I wonder if it would be that hard maintaining my mana with potions. More importantly It looks as if the damage output of my merc will be outrageously higher with obedience than insight. Maybe my math is off there?

[whichever]

The -25% Fire res doesn't count toward your spells.

[Evrae Altana]

To clarify, the -% resist from anything only works for the char wielding that piece of gear. Your merc will benefit from the -% fire resist, but you won't. Insight all the way.

[jmsplat]

The CB might be useful for bosses, however.

[zebulin]

To clarify, the -% resist from anything only works for the char wielding that piece of gear. Your merc will benefit from the -% fire resist, but you won't. Insight all the way.


dang! I hope the conviction on infinity at least works in the hands of a merc. I'd hate to have to switch to a 2 handed weapon if I was ever rich enough to try an infinity light sorc.

[jmsplat]

The conviction aura lowers the res of all monsters in range, so it will work.

[Evrae Altana]

dang! I hope the conviction on infinity at least works in the hands of a merc. I'd hate to have to switch to a 2 handed weapon if I was ever rich enough to try an infinity light sorc.You're mistaken. I'm talking about the "-% resist" mod, whether it be fire/cold/light/poison. The Conviction aura is a different thing. Since its an aura, it will affect every monster within that radius. So you'll still benefit if a merc is wearing Infinity.