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Bramble or Fort

Bramble or Fort?

Hey all! I know there has been much debate over what equipment a summoner's merc should wear, but I'm in the lucky position where I could easily go Bramble/Infinity/Might or Fort/Infinity/Might. My base armour is a sweet sup wire fleece with 554 def. I have Ohm/Sur and a Lo, so which should I make? Either way it's going on my summoner's merc. At the moment I'm leaning towards the fort, because it'll have more tradeablility, thus retaining or increasin the value of my investment. However, if you guys think that bramble will really make my summoner alot better, I'll make the bramble. So thoughts, comments?

Thanks for the input.

Gorf
 
A lot of people prefer another aura for all your minions over ED for you merc.

Personally I've never tried bramble on my summoner but he is using a perfect ED for at the moment which gives him a couple thousand extra damage.

I've heard good things about bramble though too...
 
bramble for sure on an act 1 or 3 merc...

maybe fort on act 2 merc if you're going for raw dmg..and having merc as your uber (not literally) killer (ie you'll kill baal allot faster)

however with bramble i acn kill andy/meph in about 10-20 secs (due to the massive dmg returned via thorns when they are amped), diablo takes about 30 secs...

but casters bosses like baal (or only baal =P) take almost 3 mins...so..if your gonna be going after baal allot..go with the fort merc...

if just general MFing..than go with the bramble =D

try this thread about MF summoner based around thorns aura/enigma =P

http://www.purediablo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=438153

another one based on using auras
http://www.purediablo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=308953

hope that helps
 
I'd say the Bramble.
I got a Summoner with Bramble... the monsters get 1k physical dmg returned, a lot. And with Amp Dmg that is increased even more.

Forti will make your merc better, but thats it.
 
i have been pondering the same question. Making an auramancer is awesome. Right now I'm in hell act 2 hc, with nothing more than a thorns runeword bow act 1 merc. Thorns owns melee monsters hands down. Once i get rich, i plan on upgrading to an act 2 might merc w/ bramble
 
Thanks for the input guys. When I do make my decision I'll be sure to let you know. My summoner is getting close to what I think might be uberable:

Shako(Um)
24Mara
MP nigma
aokl/beastZ
spirit/hoto(PDia)
Arach
Fists
Marrow
Anni,torch,1summon,2curselifers

Merc with infinity,?,andy's(ral)

Can anyone comment on how far I am from uberability? If I'm close to that, I figure the survivability of my merc will be worth considering too, so that might also affect the armour decision. Can anyone comment from that perspective? All and any input is V V V very much appreciated.

Gorf
 
Shako(Um)
saracen's... lookin for a +3 summon or somethin- mara's would be ideal
MP nigma
aokl/beastZ
upped homonculus (pdiamond
credendum - (why did i trade my arach?!)
trang's gloves
Marrow
torch,5summon, gc
Merc with obedience,fort,andy's


^that's my setup. not too far off from yours.

When you say uberability do you mean uber trist? I brought my summoner into uber trist and got destroyed, partly because uber trist lags me a LOT and also because, well, it's uber trist.

The 3 mini ubers were cake though. Lost my merc once to iron maiden when I was lookin for izzy but other than that no problems
 
Durban, thanks for the input. I've got the +3summon/10dex ammy I used to use still. If you wanted to trade for it, I'm USeast SCL.
 
Durban Poison said:
Shako(Um)
saracen's... lookin for a +3 summon or somethin- mara's would be ideal
MP nigma
aokl/beastZ
upped homonculus (pdiamond
credendum - (why did i trade my arach?!)
trang's gloves
Marrow
torch,5summon, gc
Merc with obedience,fort,andy's


^that's my setup. not too far off from yours.

When you say uberability do you mean uber trist? I brought my summoner into uber trist and got destroyed, partly because uber trist lags me a LOT and also because, well, it's uber trist.

The 3 mini ubers were cake though. Lost my merc once to iron maiden when I was lookin for izzy but other than that no problems
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damn..i have a similar setup (damn because i wanna uber trist too..and mini ubers were a cinch...so it sounds like im not ready =(....)

Maras
AP nigma
aokl/CTA (wanna make beastz..got the 5os z today :grin: ...short all the rune :sad2: )
homonculus pdiamond (whats the str req for an upped one?)
arahcnids
chancies gloves (can go with mage/trangs for ubering though)
war travs (would like +2 marrows for ubering)
torch, anni, 2 Summon lifers 22/24, 1 summon plain
Merc spirit/bramble/dream/dream

thought i was close to ready with 41/41 (SM/RS)...perhaps some more Summon gcs (i can get 4 more into my inventory +4 more scs....and swap out a few mfscs for more res scs....)

although he you got *destroyed*...thats not a good sing for my summoner either :cry:
 
If you're planning on using that armor on other charachters (or mercenaries)later, then a good "Fortitude" has a higher trade value.
 
Looks like Fort, mostly because I'm not too rich, and I may end up trading it. Thanks for all the input everyone.

Gorf
 
Your equipment is plenty to take on uber trist... The key isnt in the totally perfect stat gear - but in the revives and proper curse usage. Revive urdars and they will beat down the ubers very fast - especially maulers from durance lvl 2 since they are immune to lightning and meph with his conviction will do very little damage to them.
Confuse the minions, so that they are focused on beating down each other, and lifetap the ubers. This will make sure your merc, skeletons and revives survive just nicely.
 
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