Hammerdin mana issues and Act1 mercs

[degini]

Hi,

Getting tired of my Act2 merc dieing in CS and having to chug pots or keep redemption on. Been thinking of using an act1 merc with Ice, and I am wondering if there is a way with her to get around these mana issues. Maybe there is a helm or set of armor I don't know about that would provide the mana.

If there isn't, what recommendation do you all have for dealing with this mana issue. Any sort of boots/ring/ammy I can equip that might help?

Thanks,

Deg

[BAMFSpecialOps]

Mana per kill, some mana regen is about all you could look for if you do not wish to use pots/Redemption/insight. To me at least, its not hard to kill a group then flash Redemption to fill up both bulbs, you do not have to keep it on.

Or I guess you could go with a Phoenix shield...

[SmittySixTen]

Redemption and/or Meditation should be more than enough.

How much mana do you have?

[pacifickarma]

Maybe you could wield an Insight staff during your CS runs? Your damage would drop a bit, but your mana problems would go away!

[mystified]

phenix sceptre with 3 hammer, 3 conc. lacking fcr and res be only prob

[ronya]

Make your Insight in a normal low damage polearm, that will minimise dying in CS. Don't give him IAS or %ED items, too - no Andys, etc. Use a Prayer merc to boost his life regeneration, since he won't be able to steal life.

Mana/kill on your merc will not help you (nor your merc, since he doesn't have a mana pool).