Infinity - Still the mercenary weapon of choice?

[Grimes]

A clever sort once said that skeletons have a high tendancy to miss and helping that as well as adding to their damage would lead to a faster damage pace rather than just boosting their damage alone.

So I was wondering if the "-defence" from the Infinity runeword's Conviction Aura would be the best possible choice for my mercenary to make those skeletons kill faster rather than just getting the Pride runeword for its Concentration Aura.

Take into account I'll get some CB from his other gear to make up for the lack of.

Do correct me if I'm wrong, Grimes.

Edit: Delete this topic as you see fit Mad Mantis, I didn't actually check to see if this topic was in the midst of being discussed.

[kenzomog]

Good question...

I stick to the same old Bonehew though... maybe it's time to do an experiment?

[NumtyDoo]

Skellies have a good chance to hit already. Their chance to hit is based off of your level, so if they are not hitting level some more.

Conviction will help skellies hit more, but that is not the reason infinity rocks. Your merc gets the 1st kill to start the CE chain 99% of the time, so a high damage weapon with CB (like infinity) greatly speeds up your killing speed. it also boosts CE damage as well, here is a quick pride vs infinity comparison...

It is pretty universally agreed upon that Infinity is better than pride on your merc.

Without ED on pride, your going to have a 200 damage weapon versus a 900-1000 damage weapon with infinity.

So not only is your merc's damage nerfed with pride, pride freezes target, which means popped bodies, which means no CE, without CE your killing speed is really going to slow down.

Infinity has 40% CB which really helps you get that 1st body faster for your CE chain, also infinity's aura boosts CE damage, which means faster killing speed, and less CE's needed to get the job done, which means more mana in your blue bowl. As you can see, even without mages, infinity is better than pride.

Obedience is probably the best after infinity.

I actually even prefer insight over pride on my merc, as the damage is higher and gets that 1st body faster, the unlimited mana is nice too.

The only way I recomend pride is in an iron golem, but that is too rich for my blood, cause they poof sometimes.