Critique my Summoner

**nunbetr** · 17-07-2011, 19:29

Current items include a beast Z, shako, arachnid mesh, SoJs, homonculus, +2 summon skills +13 all res +24 str ammy, DS nigma, Marrowwalks, not sure what gloves to us but have magefist at the moment, torch (which I plan to trade for Nsum gcs to do ubers) 1 Nsum GC, some life SCs. Merc has infinity, Bramble, and Andys currently, though I've considered trading infinity for a pride (but no CB on pride :( ) Also considered trading the bramble for a great Efort, not sure how useful that thorns aura is...

Biggest question though is pride or infinity for my merc?

Note: This summoner is being built to take out ubers.

**nunbetr** · 17-07-2011, 19:35

Also...Duress or fort for my merc? Or keep the bramble?

**DH Amazon** · 17-07-2011, 19:58

Originally Posted by nunbetr

Biggest question though is pride or infinity for my merc?

Note: This summoner is being built to take out ubers.

IF you use CE or run bosses (pretty sure you do) then infy is way better than pride.

Obedience is good against Ubers.

Use that edit button, if you need to add something to your old post.

**magicrectangle** · 17-07-2011, 21:53

I don't see why people put bramble on summoner mercs. Thorns is meh, especially if you're doing ubers thorns is worthless.

infinity or obedience + fortitude, with treachery for prebuff while you're gathering your maulers, so meph doesn't rape him.

**nunbetr** · 17-07-2011, 23:34

So would duress, infinity/obedience, andys be me best merc build? I like my merc to have LL though I recognize he'd kill stuff faster with guillaums.

**Damric** · 18-07-2011, 07:43

Originally Posted by nunbetr

So would duress, infinity/obedience, andys be me best merc build? I like my merc to have LL though I recognize he'd kill stuff faster with guillaums.

LL from Andariel's Visage will be of negligible use against ubers as they are very resistant/immune to standard life leech. This means use Guillame's. Creatively use curses (alternate between lifetap/decrepify) to keep your mercinary and minions alive.

**nunbetr** · 18-07-2011, 16:07

Thanks for the info guys, much appreciated! My necro using andys, obedience (traded my infinity and made an obedience in an Eth CA because it does so much more dmg), and duress got me 2 org sets without trouble. Now on to ubers.

**MarShenk** · 18-07-2011, 21:56

Infy wont work very well (if at all i think) against uber meph.
For non uber running infy > pride.

**Black Lotus** · 18-07-2011, 22:08

For non uber running pride is bad, because merc cant kill with it and damage increase for skellies is rather small. It doesnt even add anything but damage (like speed/ar from beast).

**nunbetr** · 19-07-2011, 00:35

So i took out ubers for the first time today with my necro....but had to res my merc like 10 times and I died twice. granted my CTA isn't very good but I think I need to get some more l life scs for my necro. Any good ways to make my merc more robust? I can afford to change to fort or whatever if needed, but right now he has duress, obedience, and guillaums. However I did successfully kill them, so there's that.