I get it is hard to just ask for these rare drops, so a Tal Tasha's helm or Andariel Visage are others to fill the gap. Guillaume's face with an IAS Jewel should get you to the break point while adding crushing blow. Treachery (again, Shael Thul Lem) gets you IAS, venom and resists. I got lucky in getting a Reaper's Toll on my first Hell Duriel kill with my necromancer, and that covers most of that without a runeword. Crushing blow, increased attack speed (IAS), procs or auras are important. Life leech is important for survivability. IĪgree with a general sentiment that you need to be looking for a few key things. I don't have much advice on helm for runewords. E bugging an armor for fortitude is probably medium budget (El Sol Dol Lol).

For armor, Treachery (Shawl Thul Lem) is widely available. Obedience might be a stretch in NM, but I know I had the runes (Hel Ko Thul Eth Fal) very early on in Hell. Insight is a great runeword on a budget that you should have access to (Ral Tir Tal Sol). However it can be quite tedious to find that bade and treachery's rune are not that rare so you would rather go for the first base you find than waiting for the perfect one. First you need an ethereal armor (with lots of armor) but no sockets, then you use the cube recipe to add sockets to it, then you get lucky and get 3 sockets (1 out of 6 chance unless it's a low lvl armor). Some armors have movement penalty (those that are heavy/medium) so usually people prefer light armors like archon plate or dusk shroud (sometimes even mage plate is prefered), however for your merc you don't care about this.Īnother thing that is important to know is that you can ebug an armor. You should only be concerned about the armor on the bases (and strength as your merc might not be able to wear it).Įlite are the same as exceptional but better and requires more strength (for example archon plate is a better mage plate, dusk shroud is a better ghost armor).

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