Act 5 Barb-merc won't equip shield or 2nd weapon

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HartAttack

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Act 5 Barb-merc won't equip shield or 2nd weapon

Thanks in advance to the person who enlightens me...

Took all 8 of my chars thru Act 5, beat Baal, got "Slayer" titles, and decided it was time to start playing Nightmare. Went in to NM with an assassin using Lightning Sentry (mostly), wearing complete Sigon set and carrying a sword. Still had my original rogue archer merc from Act 1 normal, decided it was time to upgrade, so I went back to normal mode and hired one of the Act 5 barbs (never had one before). He's lvl 42, str 127, dex 80; wears the armor & war hat I gave him just fine, and wields the Viper Scratch Battle Sword which does One-Hand Damage... only.

I had picked up a very nice The Ward Gothic Shield with def=112 and several plus-this and plus-that bonuses in NM and tried to give it to the new merc, but got "I can't use that." Turns out he won't use any of about 6 different kinds of shields I tried to give him (kite, bone, Sigon, tower) and now I find that I can't get him to equip a second weapon either. What am I missing? It seems like he'd want either a shield, or a second weapon for double-swing, but no dice. Needless to say, this new merc died repeatedly in the battle with NM Andariel; the 'sin and Shadow Master eventually put her down with a few dozen lightning traps, but it wasn't exactly inspiring.

Help!
 
krischan

krischan

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Re: Act 5 Barb-merc won't equip shield or 2nd weapon

Act 5 mercs cannot equip a shield or a second weapon, so a big two-handed sword is the best choice for them.

Andariel is well known for killing mercs because of her poison attacks. You have to do something about his poison resist (and even that might not work well enough) or try to get her killed without your merc. You can try to feed antidote potions to him, they will boost the resists and if you give him a couple of them, their durations stack IIRC.
 
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