Merc for end-game sorc

General Discussion
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Hi folks,

I have seen lots of videos and tutorials saying that Merc with Holy Freeze is a must. What about Doom runeword and defensive instead? Have you tried this setup?

  • 2 Act, Defensive (instead Holy Freeze → Rune Word grants Holy Freeze for free)
  • Doom Rune Word for Cryptic AxeLevel 67
  • Chains of Honor Rune Word (63lvl) (due to Demons / Undead damage bonus) + Life Stolen per Hit
  • Vampire Gaze + Cham Rune (can’t be frozen)
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I know nothing of the subject matter at all - but i will input anyway.

My thinking would be a barb with 2handed lawbringer. You get sanctuary, you get decrepify. Decrepify hits everything in the target area, slowing everything about them by 75%. It does good things for hitting with physical damage which might not attract you that much, but think of the crowd control! 75% reduced movement speed, 75% hit speed.

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Yes I have tried that setup
and its ok, but overall I use freeze merc Holy Freeze (nightmare act 2 defensive) with Gaze/Upped Duriels and the meta weapon for mana regen, he uses a eth 210 str vogue which takes out most of the imunes i cant i a few seconds.

I use a depending on run (keys/MF) use a frozen orb sorc, I have tried hybrids, but they are weaker and take alot longer to do the kills, Nihlak takes that little bit longer as there is alot of frozen imunes about bt my merc can one shot most of them

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I am using a act 2 merc with Might aura for my blizz sorc. He uses Eth Reaper Toll with a 15ias jewel for the moment, Andy with a 27%fire res 38%ed jewel and treachery for armour. It has very good survivability in Hell, even in 7+ games I can do a chaos run in 2-4 minutes.

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I use the same, with eth insight and a 30% fire rez + 9 minimum damage jool in a eth andy, and i prefer an eth treachery for the ias