what type of merc?

[night woof]

i am a blizz sorc using an act 2 merc (w/ insight and some other stuff).
Could someone give some advice on what to equip my merc with?
Thank You.

[essojay]

Insight should stay, unless you feel comfortable with your mana without it. On the helm and armor, give him some leech, resists, defense, crushing blow, and % damage reduced.

Really depends on what kind of gear you have.

[night woof]

Insight should stay, unless you feel comfortable with your mana without it. On the helm and armor, give him some leech, resists, defense, crushing blow, and % damage reduced.

Really depends on what kind of gear you have.

can you give me some examples please? i really don't know how to pick out equipment, :P
thx btw

[sirpoopsalot]

There's really too many to list, and it really does depend on what you want to do with the merc. But here's a few examples anyways:

Helms:
- Vampire Gaze - life leech and damage reduction
- Tal's Mask - life leech and +15 resists

Armor:
- Fortitude - Resists, +damage, and a few other goodies
- Duress - crushing blow & resists

... etc.

Have a look at the Set Items, Unique Items, and Runewords here (http://classic.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/) (links at the top). There are a few other options, but ~95% of the desirable choices are from those 3 categories.

The mods essojay mentioned are what you want to pursue. I'd also add Faster Hit Recovery, Cannot Be Frozen, and especially Increased Attack Speed to his list. Hopefully the items you choose will have multiples of those mods.

The most important thing to get at least a small amount of is: life leech. With a decent weapon and life leech, your merc will be much, much more sturdy than otherwise. Some of the others are important, especially at certain times, but adding lifeleech if you don't have it will have the biggest overall effect.

[night woof]

There's really too many to list, and it really does depend on what you want to do with the merc. But here's a few examples anyways:

Helms:
- Vampire Gaze - life leech and damage reduction
- Tal's Mask - life leech and +15 resists

Armor:
- Fortitude - Resists, +damage, and a few other goodies
- Duress - crushing blow & resists

... etc.

Have a look at the Set Items, Unique Items, and Runewords here (http://classic.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/). There are a few other options, but ~95% of the desirable choices are from those 3 categories.

The mods essojay mentioned are what you want to pursue. I'd also add Faster Hit Recovery, Cannot Be Frozen, and especially Increased Attack Speed to his list. Hopefully the items you choose will have multiples of those mods.

The most important thing to get at least a small amount of is: life leech. With a decent weapon and life leech, your merc will be much, much more sturdy than otherwise. Some of the others are important, but lifeleech will have the biggest effect overall.

thank you very much, that was helpful :D

[Keishacoo]

Tals Mask, Duriels and an insight in a non-eth elite pole took me a long long ways. Level 85+ and would still do very well.

I was going to upgrade to an infinity now that mana isn't a problem but things in Solo Baal runs dies so fast it wouldn't really help that much. Big games to run Baal aren't that easy to find on the net so I now run an insight in an eth thresher.

Teleport is your friend to keep the merc alive.

Joe