Legit gears

I need to know what's the best legt duel gears for sorc vs all, include the merc's gear too.

Legit id say

Occy // Shako // Arm. Fletch // 08 Valor // stormshield // probably war travz // gloves its whatever u prefer i use frostburns // and get a lot of light or cold skill charms

1.08 shako with ber
Oculus with resist/life jewel
Armageddon Fletch
1.08 Valor with ber
SS with ber
if USEast, use Grim Spur boots for the fhr, resists, and stats
Magefist because you will need at least 70% fast cast, (30 oculus, 20 amulet, 20 gloves)
10x Cold skill charms with +life, do not use lightning charms because lightning damage is easily countered whereas the cold charms increase your mastery and everyone knows orb does a ton more damage

For a switch vs. other sorcs, use absorb gear and as much stacked resist as you can get to negate cold mastery.

For your merc use a .08 Windforce with ohm (IAS is not needed on a merc as it shoots each time you teleport, which is faster anyways). For its helmet use a blackhorns for the slow target and lightning absorb. Armor, use Vipermagi if there are a lot of other sorcs for the resists, or use .08 valor if not. Damage reduce doesn't work on a merc so there's no need for a shaft or whatever else.

The 10 small charms you'll have room for should all be 15+life and mana (both) on each charm. You have 50% fhr with the above gear so you don't need any more of it unless you go for the next breakpoint which takes a TON more and isn't worth trying for.

Syn, he didn't say he wanted to fight like a noob.

Ganga, do what he said, just dont use slow or absorb. but keep it handy in case someone else uses them..

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stop with your ignorance guys..he said LEGIT
armageddon fletch=hacked

syn : ias does increase mercs shooting speed, even when you teleport the time it takes them to shoot the first arrow is increased.

50% isn't a bp, 60% is
5*45 life cold skill, 5*12%fhr cold skills
10* light skills in stash for high level ts, precasting
10* 20life/17 mana scs
ill post more gear stuff later when im not busy..

48% is the second to last blocking breakpoint, the next one is over 100. The merc shoots an arrow every time you teleport regardless, so IAS basically means nothing. As far as Armageddon Fletch not being considered legit, it depends on where the guy is going to duel. It has legit stats but was hacked...so it just depends on whether he wants completely legit or legit as in real mods. Adrenachrome, what did you mean fight like a noob? Winning is winning.

slow is considered by most to be "newbish"

not, +58 mana, and +59 life can't spawn on rares thx
yes, but the merc takes time to move her arms so IAS is still important, and what kind of LEGIT dueling is it if you have a merc?

winning is winning with legit gears, and methods you consider 5k psn on a zon using goldstrike legit..? merc=bm
fletch=bm
08 valor/shako=bm

damage reduce DOES work on merc plz get facts straight

No, damage reduce doesn't work on mercs. Why do you keep correcting me when you don't know the facts? I'm not trying to be rude but that's the second time now...

no, you don't know alot thats why i'm correcting you.
i don't know the facts kid? i've been playing this game longer than you've been through puberty

everything i've said is true, most of what you said is bullshit your ebay le3t friend told you. refrain from posting unless you know what your'e saying is true/real.

yes DR% works on mercs
thats why people use eth gazes/shafts on them.

edit : but most of them would die in 1-2 hits anyway so they try getting most dmg out of them ie edmax helm/armor or edias depending on merc type

I like how you automatically assume I'm some random noob at the game when I've PROBABLY been playing just as long as you, if not longer. DR does not work on mercs..go do some research. Don't be so rude. And don't call me 'kid' either, because I'm not some kid.

I don't use eBay, and you're being quite a rude person for no reason. You corrected me but were wrong about it, so I asked why. Do some research on your own first, and you should refrain from posting until you learn some manners and know the facts.

You said that the fhr breakpoint on a sorc is 60% when it's actually 48%, then you said that DR worked on mercs. Both are just plain wrong. Go look it up, and come back when you find out that I was right and you weren't. Otherwise don't make a big deal out of something when you haven't got a clue.

Edit: here are the REAL block breakpoints: 18, 48, 125. You might note that sorcs have the SAME breakpoint numbers as the druid, just like amazon and assassin have the same.

NO CLASS has as many breakpoints as that drivel that you posted from some no-name source. Why would they start with sorceress?

i don't care, you are wrong
you might not be a kid, but i know what i'm talking about

i didn't say you ebay, i was insulting the intelligence of your friends, do research? i've used mercs for a few years i get the gist of what they're good for

i said fhr%. not fbr you read pls.

edit : bps are
0 5 9 14 20 30 42 60 86 142 280

here if u don't believe me.
http://www.hut.fi/~tgustafs/hitrecovery.html

edit#2:
Mercenary Equipment
(quote taken from mercenary faq)

http://www.rpgforums.net/showthread....ghlight=damage

The most important mod to have on your merc equipmment is Life Steal. While other mods (extra resists, faster attack, enhanced damage, damage reduction) are important, life steal and (to a lesser extent) life replenish will stop you merc needing a rejuv every 5 minutes. As they cannot heal themselves using potions (and their life regen isn’t fast enough to survive heavy combat), the life steal will help a melee merc keep tanking for far longer. As a merc grows in experience and does more damage, the life steal will keep a merc near max health during most fights.

Mana leach is useless to mercs, even the magic using ones. Don’t bother with mana leach when choosing equipment for your merc.

Because mercs naturally get quite high resistances, resist gear is not as useful to a very high level merc and it can be worthwhile equiping them with damage reducing gear instead.

Naturally any spare uniques you have lying around that could be used by your merc are probably best placed on your merc. If you’ve got it, use it!!! There is no point in equipping a merc with magical gear from Larzuk when you have spare Shaftstops and Vampire Gazes on a mule somewhere. Stick them on your merc and you’ll instantly notice an improvement in their longevity.

I'll just ignore you now..obviously your bad sources + ignorance that you've displayed in the first post are enough to know that anything you say will never be beneficial. You automatically assume so much just because you're wrong, then you insult my friends? You don't even know me, let alone any friends I have. Pure ignorance. That site is wrong too, just so you know. I wasn't talking about fast block rate either. Look for me and see if I said fbr anywhere? That's what I thought. I will go find the real FHR breakpoints later but for now I'm going to go eat.

You're now ignored..I'll just skip over your posts since these forums don't allow blocking of regular mods, which is rather odd.

Never try to correct me again, either. You are wrong. Live with it.

block breakpoint on a sorc is 60% when it's actually 48%

BLOCK breakpoint c'mon..
your ignorance isn't fooling anyone

lol... where do you get your sources?
please explain

i am wrong? any other member knows my sources are correct kid

http://diablo2.ingame.de/tips/calcs/...p?lang=english

here click act 1 merc speeds.
"bad sources" (these are most reliable on web)
are better than spewing shit from your ignorant mouth without anything to back it up.

next time think before you post, or get out of my forum

Syn, shut up. You obviously dont know what your talking about, that is why Apoq is a mod and you are a n00b with 21 posts. Have respect for people that know more about a game then you do, and maybe then, you will actully learn something from them.

Syn, shut up. You obviously dont know what your talking about, that is why Apoq is a mod and you are a n00b with 21 posts. Have respect for people that know more about a game then you do, and maybe then, you will actully learn something from them.

LOL, I am only on these forums because my CS clan got a hosting here, and I'm not a n00b. Like I said, I've probably played the game longer than him and I sure as hell know that I'm better at it than him.

YOU on the other hand also need to stop being rude. I really hope you two aren't a representation of what I'm going to have to expect from everyone else on these forums, because it's rather pathetic. You don't even know anything about me yet you're judging me already. That alone shows your great amount of ignorance. I'll talk to someone about you...

By the way, post count means absolutely nothing. I'm a senior mod at the RGN forums (where people are nice?) and have been a senior mod at two other forums, one of which went down a couple months ago and the other (by the way--dedicated completely to Diablo 2) is being redone as I type this, so if you're going to judge me by stupid things like "being a moderator" then there you go.

I really hope there are people who are intelligent at these forums, and you two morons can just kiss my ass, because neither of you had a reason to get rude to me.

ehh...slow is cheap but it's legit. I don't play nemore so fuck it use it...lol...ofcourse expect 2 be flamed for it and others will prolly also start playing cheap.

Syn, What are you trying to prove>? Let it go..

I'm not trying to prove anything, but those two have already proven that they need to learn some self-control and not be so ignorant as to assume things when they know nothing about me. I am especially ashamed that an admin would do such a thing.

Oh well, I'm done posting in this thread. I PM'ed another admin to take a look at this thread and tell these two to astraighten up..hopefully they will see who is in the wrong.

I'm not trying to prove anything, but those two have already proven that they need to learn some self-control and not be so ignorant as to assume things when they know nothing about me. I am especially ashamed that an admin would do such a thing. Oh well, I'm done posting in this thread. I PM'ed another admin to take a look at this thread and tell these two to astraighten up..hopefully they will see who is in the wrong.

sorry bud, All admins are the same in seniority, you cant report an admin, eh well maybe you can but thats stupid. Anyway, Apoq was upset at you for being so ignorant. Everything I said was my opinon, and I back up Apoq because hes been here and He tends to know what hes talking about. Just because I'm an admin dosent mean I have to not share my opinons and help out a friend in need. He was upset and i backed him up , it had nothing to do with me being an admin, it wasent a warning or anything official. I was just mad at you and I told you so. If your stupid, then your stupid, why should I sit here and pretend your not.