Hdin - Merc Equip Debate

[steezinNA]

OK, so I was using Ixles guide to making a Hammerdin, and for the Mercenary it says to use a Crown of Ages, but I really don't see why thats a good Idea? I mean yes, you can get it woth 2OS, and the defense is pretty superior to anything else, but Vamp Gaze has a perty darn good defense (252), LL% and DR%, but it does lack resists, but if you're using Fort armor for the merc, his resists will be maxed at around Level 80.

So, I wanna know, what Equipment do you use for your HDins Merc, and why?

[L4E]

u use a ral'd andy visage + einsight + fort on a hammerdin merc, all preferably in ethreal. discussion ended.

[FraterPerdurabo]

u use a ral'd andy visage + einsight + fort on a hammerdin merc, all preferably in ethreal. discussion ended.

Not quite. Actually, I find that a pretty bad setup for a merc. Why concentrate on damage? You are a hammerdin, you are the one that is meant to be doing the damage.

A much better idea, and one that I've found to work really well is using a3 cold merc with Lawbringer and Pheonix (choose any helm really). The aura on Lawbringer keeps the souls away (a pain for a hammer), also you can Chaos in peace, because your merc will never die. He is not affected by IM from Doom Knights, and as long as you keep killing, the Redemption aura on him will mean that he never dies. His Cold attack also freezes enemies, but I don't think that a Hammerdin really needs help on that part.

There is more than 1 way to build your merc, but I don't find yours reasonable in any sense.

[L4E]

ur merc kils what ur hammer misses, last time i played with my hammerdin i prefered to not need to tele all over the place just to kill one monster because hes moving away.
so why not make him do a shitload of dmg? get him with holy freeze so he can slow down enemies too. And insight will keep ur mana super high and even mana-burn monsters cant do shit to u.
and helm is andys because u want life leech cuz its annoying when ur merc dies really fast

and souls are no problem to any hammerdin with 75 res... and most if not all hammerdins have 75 resist. Unless the souls have convictions but thats a rare case.

also, something people rarely seem to notice, if u lag ur merc is what would probably keep u from dieing, so its best if he can survive and kill too

[Tap]

My hammerdins always wear

eth Cv insight
eth fort
and a eth Andys


Now, when using andies sometimes the council will fug up your merc which isnt a problem once you socket his andies with a +20 plus fire res jewel


also Frater, that seems like a pretty nice idea considering when i do chaos runs i find myself reviving my merc 3-4 times.....especially in Nm ha!


but i think chaos might be the only thing that i would perfer using a act3 merc for

[omgbbq]

my hammerdin merc uses:

eth cv insight
25%dr cham'd levi
delirium bv

holy freeze a2 merc

[lBBl-NoOb]

My hammerdin i use for rushing//baals//and chaos runs uses..

Vamp Gaze
Bramble
and Azurewrath blade( great for chaos and baal runs because nething undead gets stopped for like a full second if the aura hits) I.E -- Soul Killers and Burning Souls