yeah, I'm excludig occy rings and constricting rings and some of the other stuf out there. I'll try to keep this legit.
I just realized that an Act 3 Merc with all MF gear won't have enough str to wear a 4xIst'd monarch. Have to cut him back by 25%, I think.
Here's the gear I was listing out. This was back in 1.09, but other than the Gheeds which I updated, I don't think much has changed. You may be right about getting a bit more out of your helm though.
Helm
80%: Griswold's Valor (20-30%) + two sockets. (Item has sockets inherently.)
Armor
148%: Skullder's Ire (52.5-124%, 1.25% per Clvl, 42 minimum) +1 socket, at Clvl 99.
Weapon
180%: Six-Socketed Weapon with 6 Ist Runes. Crystal swords can have 6 sockets, and low reqs to equip.
Shield
100%: Four-Socket Shield with 4 Ist Runes.
Belts
30%: Goldwrap, Unique Heavy Belt.
Boots
50%: War Traveler (30-50%) Unique Battle Boots.
Gloves
40%: Chance Guards, Unique Chain Gloves.
Amulets
50%: Magic Fortuitous Amulet of Luck (does this still spawn on 1.11b ladder? - may be caped at 40% now I think)
Ring
40%: Fortuitous Ring of Luck. (again, not sure if these are still valid)
30%: Naglering (15-30%).
Charms (299% total)
40%: Gheeds Fortune
7%: Small Charms. Equip up to 37 of them.
*edit - yeah, I think both you and your merc can get 30% more from that tiara, but I should probably drop 10% on each ring and amy for 1.11 items. that makes it a wash for your sorc, but 30% more on your merc.
**edit - just realized I forgot the adjust the barb total on my previous post. It should have read 1620, not 1647 - but if we add in 30 more from the merc's tiara that will make it an even 1650 maximum possible. (but I'd still rather have a 350% meteorb or a 150% lightning/infinity sorc. :grin: I don't I could actually kill anything with all this gear - my a3 merc certainly couldn't)