Barb merc

[Ethan83]

hey im a frenzy barb godly, and i was asking on ur opion for the best merc for a barb and what gear set up? thanks

 

[concrete_sox]

you need a biggins bonnet ok

 

[Shadow-Hunter]

I think an Act 2 merc would be best... Becouse his Aura can help you..
Holy Freze: Help by slowing all enemys (cold Imunes too)
Blessed Aim: Boost your ar.
Might merc: Boost your dmg.

Now it up to you what you want/need..

As for weapon something with Leech and good dmg will do.. Could be Pride (Ladder only runeword that give Concentrate (boost your dmg too)), Bonehew (Cheap, socket with 2 amns or Amn sheal) or Botd Wp (good dmg, leech and stuff.).. Now there is alot of other good weapons for act mercs, this is just some ,.... (remember that eth items is better cus they dont lose Durability on a merc..)

For helm: Andariels visage is getting more and more used, it add str, speed, leech and some more stuff, Gaze add Dr% and leech and its fairly cheap, tal helm, add leech and res.. Again, more helms here this is ´just a few of them..

Armor: Shaft stop add alot of dmg reduce, Coh add very good res, 20 str and good leech, Fort add dmg, res and life and its Ladder only that can make it... Again, more armors this is just some i could think of ...
Hope it helpen a little..

~Shadow

 

[ChrisH36]

I am not so sure about Blessed Aim. Because Sword Mastery and Frenzy together can give you all the attack rating you need.

 

[Shadow-Hunter]

i know ... as i said, take the merc that you want/need ...

~Shadow

 

[ChrisH36]

I know for sure that A3 isn't that useful as it sounds. The only instance I would use him is if I use my Vengadin. Considering I have conviction, he can do more damage and still hurt Immune to Cold monsters because thier resistances drop by 100% (if they can).

 

[Pale_Horse]

Since your going to be meleeing a lot go with a act 2 Normal Combat merc.
This would give you prayer aura.

Gear is subjective since you are not casting, you will not need Insight, but IMO I would go with one of the following:

WEAPON:
Doom Runeword Cryptic Axe (For Holy Freeze)
Breath of the Dying (Poison nova)
Infinity (my choice due to conviction aura)

ARMOR:
Chains of Honor
Fortitude (Frozen Armor)
Beast (My choice due to Fanaticism Aura)
Stone (insane def)

HELM:
Gaze (My choice due to DR and Life Leech)
Andy (would be good if not for the -30 fire resistence)
Dream

 

[ChrisH36]

The Combat normal in my opinion is more better used with Amazons or someone with some health problems. When I used the a2 merc, I used either Nightmare Combat (Hfreeze) or Nightmare Attack (Might), but Might is good for a summon necro.

 

[Shadow-Hunter]

I dont belive Beast can be made in armors.. Also.. A Frenzy barb has Huge leech and should not need prayer aura to keep himself alive.. Then i think more dmg would be better as: more dmg = more life leeched.. also monsters die faster... So a Might merc with Doom Might work very good .... As it Slows enemys = Less attacks on you, and boost dmg = More leech and enemy dead faster... Think thats where i would go.. As for armor get good dr% and res on merc....

~Shadow

 

[Pale_Horse]

I dont belive Beast can be made in armors.. Also.. A Frenzy barb has Huge leech and should not need prayer aura to keep himself alive.. Then i think more dmg would be better as: more dmg = more life leeched.. also monsters die faster... So a Might merc with Doom Might work very good .... As it Slows enemys = Less attacks on you, and boost dmg = More leech and enemy dead faster... Think thats where i would go.. As for armor get good dr% and res on merc....

~Shadow

OOPS! Brain fart meant bramble for the thorns... No clue why I put that there. The fanaticism aura is more then just speed, it adds loads of AR as well, which could save on some stat points if need be.
Might merc is ok, but IMO life regen is always better, especially when you can't leech ... like undead for example.
So to recap with the correction ....

WEAPON:
Doom Runeword Cryptic Axe (For Holy Freeze)
Breath of the Dying (Poison nova)
Infinity (my choice due to conviction aura)
Bonehew
Reapers Toll


ARMOR:
Chains of Honor
Fortitude (Frozen Armor)
Bramble (Thorns aura. since you will melee this will be handy)
Stone (insane def)
Shaftstop (Upped)


HELM:
Gaze (My choice due to DR and Life Leech)
Andy (would be good if not for the -30 fire resistence)
Dream (Holy shock aura)
Rockstopper

 

[IDefy]

Since your going to be meleeing a lot go with a act 2 Normal Combat merc.
This would give you prayer aura.

Gear is subjective since you are not casting, you will not need Insight, but IMO I would go with one of the following:

WEAPON:
Doom Runeword Cryptic Axe (For Holy Freeze)
Breath of the Dying (Poison nova)
Infinity (my choice due to conviction aura)

ARMOR:
Chains of Honor
Fortitude (Frozen Armor)
Beast (My choice due to Fanaticism Aura)
Stone (insane def)

HELM:
Gaze (My choice due to DR and Life Leech)
Andy (would be good if not for the -30 fire resistence)
Dream

Beast isn't an armor...

5 Socket Axes/Scepters/Hammers

 

[D6E6A6D]

can beast be made out of great poleaxe, if so that would go nicely on a act 2 merc

 

[ChrisH36]

But isn't a poleaxe a POLEARM class weapon?

 

[Pale_Horse]

Beast isn't an armor...

5 Socket Axes/Scepters/Hammers

Yea yea I'm a idiot and put the wrong thing. I revised the gear in the post above yours. What I meant to put down was Bramble Runeword. No clue what so ever, on the reason I put Beast down instead.
To my knowledge axe and polearm are two different weapon classes unless I'm really an ass and screwed up again. I quit playing d2 mid summer and I guess it is showing. Appologies for the confusion.

 

[ChrisH36]

That is why http://www.battle.net/ was invented

 

[Pale_Horse]

Yea I know, I was too lasy to check out if the items were correct. God someone makes a mistake and gets mobbed lol. Just Kidding.