Re: Is Tyrael Armor junk?
It's rarity is much higher than it's uses, that's for sure.
But I've used it on a merc for WSK runs with one of my builds, and really liked it... the resists are an obvious plus, and the CBF isn't bad. A little extra strength, damage and FRW won't hurt your feelings either. But the big one was the RIP mod - the build I was using it with had consistent problems with Dolls so it was great for letting the merc tank & kill them, and not needing to worry about an Unraveller later resurrecting a Doll or two that my merc had already run away from. It was nice during the 2nd wave too, where I'd focus on the Unravellers and the merc could clear out half of the skeleton mages and they wouldn't get resurrected.
I would think that you could stick it on a merc during Nihlathak runs too. Tyrael's Merc + Natures Peace on the character = no more corpse explosion.