Lich Lord: Carrying Infinity?

[slimejocke]

I've always wondered how well a Lich Lord would do if he actually carried the Infinity himself. Now I know the mercenary can carry it, but in CS and in pub games he dies and rezzing can be rather annoying if not time consuming.

I would try this, but don't have access to a computer at home (I'm typing this at school). I was thinking of this set up:

Helm: 3/20/2 Socketed with Shael/Um (W/e you need)
Amulet: Maras
Weapon: Infinity
Body Armor: Enigma
Gloves: Trang
Belt: Arach
Rings: Soj/BK/Raven
Ring 2: 10%Fcr rare ring
Boots: Hotspurs/Treks

Inventory with Grand Charms with FHR and Life. Small charms with resis.

So how practical do you guys find this in terms of speed and clearing CS/Baal in a full game casting LR and carrying Infinity and just constantly teleing to avoid getting hit?

[Ellok]

Imo when u use a twohander on a nec, a miss tele can mean your dead. you might want to use a strong bonearmor for this idea. But if its sc then the hole dying part isnt that bad.

The speed wart will be slower then a fishy, takes longer to get that first kill, but when u get it one or two CE´s will clear everyting. oh wait full game? hmm i never runnig full games with my nec (HC). But maby someone else has? let them answer that question.

-Ellok

[shijo]

One of the most important aspects of the Infinity is the crushing blow. Unless you replace that on your merc, your killing speed will be hampered. You don't really gain any benefits from wearing the Infinity yourself either. You lose out on a lot of +skills without the homunculus, most of the polearms take a lot of dex/str to be able to use (unless you plan to put it in a non-ethereal, non-elite polearm, in which case you're destroying the value of the runeword), and you're losing out on the fanaticism aura which you can't replace if you plan to use the best merc (act2 nightmare might). I'm sure it's a workable possibility, but there are quite a few more practical and efficient gear setups.

[Barbarrister Voldamus]

It does pose an interesting question if you want to try and use an act 1 merc with the faith bow and good ice possibly a Dream helm but you would still want some CB somewhere for the end bosses

[shijo]

The problem with the act 1 merc is that CB is seriously nerfed on ranged weapons. You lose out on a lot of damage when you make that switch.