Hammerdin merc

[Zaneus]

Hammerdin merc

I've been toying around with my new mfer hammerdin. Mainly for collecting keys but i also run meph and baal with him. He's level 77 and can get around fairly easily now. gear wise he's finished. Only thing i really have left to do on him is get a merc.

Definately getting an act 2 merc with insight for the practically unlimited mana it gives. However, i dont know which one to get. Narrowed it down to either a holy freeze merc or a prayer merc. both have advantages and i can't really pick the best one myself.

Holy freeze will help me if i manage to get stun locked while teleing. in general it will make everything safer.

Prayer will synergize with meditation to give a faster mana regen and life regen. The less pots i have to chug the better.

What do you all think?

 

[Shanksie1337]

Re: Hammerdin merc

Prayer

(tho i've chosen Might on mine just for that little extra damage on bossses as i didn't really need anything else).

Unless you are HC playing a decent hdin is about as safe as it comes.

 

[bobygeo]

Re: Hammerdin merc

I use an act 1 merc ice arrow, with eth forti in wire fleece , ice great bow and kira 70 socketed with a nice jewel.
It's superior to act 2 merc in any way.

 

[Shanksie1337]

Re: Hammerdin merc

It's superior to act 2 merc in any way.

controversial

I don't know how a hdin can cope without a merc, sometimes i feel like a gf barb with my merc doing all the damage all the time whilst i just sit there and try to look pretty.

You put 2 hr's in a bow 1 in an armour and get 1 fairly pointless aura.
I popped a RalTirTalSol into a random polearm, chucked a Tals Mask and a Duriels at him and got 2 auras and all i need to do is pay 50k gold to resurect my cretin once in a while if i can be bothered, yup, your's is clearly better.

I hope your act1 merc vastly helps you mf, as it stands you're 3 hr's behind me already .

 

[UberB]

Re: Hammerdin merc

I don't think you ever need to chug pots in runs unless you get a really bad spawn, and then even synergised Prayer won't help. I never noticed the life regen to be that remarkable anyway, although it has been a long time since I tried a Prayer Insight merc.

I would pick defiance merc because holy freeze doesn't help at all when you teleport.

 

[Zaneus]

Re: Hammerdin merc

More defence isn't really needed. holy freeze will be useful when i stop teleporting and actually start fighting. Having all the monsters in the area slowed is a major benefit. Will prayer make much of a difference? looking at stats im starting to think that it really wouldnt.

As for might merc, how much of a damage increase does he have? More damage delt means more leached which well help massively in keeping him alive. along with +%300 from the fort he should be dealing massive damage, right?