Life Tap or Deciprify?

[chrisng]

Life Tap or Deciprify?

Hiya :wave:

I've got a PvM baba and a Act2 NM Might merc with him. I was wondering, is Life Tap more beneficial than Deciprify for PvM?

1)My barb could use Draculs to offset the Life Tap, but I have to use Concentrate to activate it instead of WW. Then my Merc would still use his Eth Hew and do big damage with it.

2)Or I could continue using my IK gloves (Steelrends if I get rich) and go off and buy my Merc a Eth Reaper's Toll. That would make him do less damage stated on the screen, but actually more because of the amp-like effect of deciprify.

I think its a bit troublesome to go and offset Life Tap all the time, but I've heard it is very useful in many cases.

And as a side-note, which curse would prove more useful in taking down DClone? I'm thinking Tap because you can't leech from him, but Deciprify wouldn't make him much of a problem too.

 

[chessman4991]

I would just give your merc a reaper's. At least for me, it would be too much trouble to have to switch to a weaker attack and hit with it 20 times just to set off a curse. However, I'm not sure which I would rather have against dclone. Decrep would double your damage, but life tap would make it much easier for you to live. It really depends on if you think you can survive his attacks without life tap. If not, go with dracs. If so, go with reaper's.

 

[OldSkoolGamer]

You can buy items with Life Tap charges. My IK barb keeps a Military Pick with Life Tap charges on switch for particularly nasty spots. It can be a pain to weapon switch, cast, and then switch back, but it is more reliable than a chance to cast item.

Just a suggestion.

 

[krischan]

1)My barb could use Draculs to offset the Life Tap, but I have to use Concentrate to activate it instead of WW. Then my Merc would still use his Eth Hew and do big damage with it.
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And as a side-note, which curse would prove more useful in taking down DClone? I'm thinking Tap because you can't leech from him, but Deciprify wouldn't make him much of a problem too.

Oh, doesn't WW trigger life tap ? I didn't know that... probably because my WW barb wears the IK set :lol:

I guess a Kelpie Snare is the optimum merc weapon versus bosses, including the clone, preferably an upped, ethereal one because it slows targets by 75%. You are the barb, you have to deal the damage and you are the one who has to take the brunt of the attacks. Your merc just has to provide the aura, poke him with his Kelpie Snare and survive all that. Therefore I would go for Draculs+Concentrate for your barb and Kelpie Snare for your merc if I had a meeting with Ãœber-D.

 

[frankz]

Add a Blackhorn's Face to that Kelpie Snare for another 20% slow targets,
along with my Act2 NM Merc's Holy Freeze, and it's great for any big boss, even Dclone.
But, I keep them in my stash. Not really good for general adventuring.