Bonehew and merc

[grasp]

Bonehew and merc

Just found and eth bonehew :howdy: ( though only 283 ed , but max damage is 837) and was planning to give it to my defiance merc on my blizzard sorc. But the question is : What should i put in those two sockets ? I read somewhere that shael/amn would be good.

And I was planning to give him my andariels visage too and have another question : does +skills boost merc's auras ? And what would you suggest for armor ?

 

[Evul]

Well Shael/Amn or even Amn/Amn would be ok I guess.

And +skills do boost merc-auras iirc.

 

[Myrakh-2]

And I was planning to give him my andariels visage too and have another question : does +skills boost merc's auras ?

Yes, +skills work.

 

[Day]

The following table might help

Settings
Character Mercenary - Act 2
Weapon Ogre Axe Skill Jab
IAS Frames per attack Attacks per second
0 % 8 3.1
9 % 7.5 3.3
20 % 7 3.5
37 % 6.5 3.8
65 % 6 4.1
105 % 5.5 4.5
200 % 5 5

Bonehew has 30% IAS to begin with - 2 x Shael gives you 70% and 4.1 attacks per second.

Howver, lifesteal is very important so unless you have it on the armour or helm I'd go at least Shael/Amn -

With one Shael the advantage is pretty marginal .3 of an attack per second and I think the extra life leech might make Amn/Amn a better bet.

I suspect the best is a jewel with some IAS and another mod and an Amn. Having said that Bonehew is nice but there is better so you might want to keep such a jewel for later so - if you have lifesteal elsewhere maybe Shal/Shael if not either Shael /Amn or Amn/Amn.

 

[Day]

oops double post

 

[grasp]

And is there any page where I can see what merc's ias breakpoints are ?

EDIT : doh , was typing when Day answered to this thread

 

[grasp]

But Andariels visage gives 20 % ias too , does that count in that table too ? If so , Maybe I should go shael/amn to get 4.1 attacks and 8+7 ll from andariels visage and amn ?

 

[Day]

On an Act 2 merc Andrials Visage's 20% will count. So Shael/Shael is a waste (unless you have IAS from the armour as well) as it only gives 90 and not enough for the next breakpoint.

Ps for armour I like Shaftstop (especially ethed up and socketed with something nice) for pvm - but then I'm rune poor!.

 

[grasp]

ok shael/amn it is then.

 

[sangfagel]

And is there any page where I can see what merc's ias breakpoints are ?

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