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LordManhammer
09-09-2015, 03:04 PM
Does anyone else's merc get nuked by poison damage despite their resistances? I've tried many combinations of gear on my act 2 merc. Even with 90 to all resists and 5x my health, he still get's nuked in comparison. In or out of combat. What gives?
sine25
09-10-2015, 06:15 AM
my act one merc doesnt die due to poison, but the act 2 merc has not been upgraded and i would not recommend using one. the other mercs are better now
FromTheRez
09-10-2015, 07:35 AM
you can also use items that add the Poison Length Reduction mod, which greatly reduces inflicted damage.

for example:
100 poison damage over 2 seconds (we can say that is 25 poison damage every .5 second?)

apply 75% PLR
would turn into 25 poison damage over .5 seconds
LordManhammer
09-10-2015, 09:38 AM
It sure would be nice if mercs could equip shields:)
FromTheRez
09-10-2015, 10:16 AM
oops double post
FromTheRez
09-10-2015, 10:17 AM
It sure would be nice if mercs could equip shields:)

you could use an act 3 merc!
I assume its the Inferno Lilith's doing work to your merc?
High Life Leech is also important :)
LordManhammer
09-10-2015, 10:41 AM
Right after I posted that I remembered that act 3 mercs can use shields. I rarely ever used them in the good old days of d2. That and I hadn't had my coffee yet:) it is in fact Inferno Lilith that tears my merc a new anus. It's not really that big of a deal. More of an annoyance. It just seems odd. She is the only mob that gives him trouble. She can even two shot him with her melee. I have him equipped with a Reaper's Toll for decrepify. That curse alone makes doing inferno runs much smoother.
Mephisto
09-10-2015, 01:06 PM
Kaluuts armor is amazing :)
Game
09-10-2015, 01:11 PM
my act one merc doesnt die due to poison, but the act 2 merc has not been upgraded and i would not recommend using one. the other mercs are better now


This is false, the Act 2 Merc got their stats increased by a great amount as well, they just didn't get any new skills ;)
sine25
09-10-2015, 03:51 PM
thats what i meant game the skills, the other mercs skill far surpass the act 2 merc imo for surviviability, the act 2 merc seems to run into the fray and die faster than the others