Sort of covered that in buffs but yes, increasing your life increases the fhr stun threshold

Stone is an excellent Merc runeword, especially if you make it in a good eth base.

I mean they have their own regeneration system. So it's understandable the two systems would be incompatible

I suppose, Judy not straightforward for new players. I always thought it had worked because there was nothing stating otherwise in game. PoE had a lot of these issues in the earlier days before they renamed a lot of affixes.

Has a summoner druid you want things that are going to enhance your army. Might aura , Fanaticism, concentration, thorns, ect. So hustle weapon, bramble armor, maybe a cure helmet. The general idea is to make an aura bot to buff up your army

@@GGMentor Will do/ thank you. It advice like this that make S2R fun.

Yes I was already doing this before cure runeword. My north Star smiter uses a double Regen Merc. The cure helmet just allows for triple Regen. The issue with this is that Regen does not effect the Merc only players. So triple stacking Regen makes them a bit weak.

As I said during the video, weapons with no damage can be an issue, but if you have an army like a Necro or druid they can effectively protect them from harm

In general he stays out of trouble if he can. His main issue is he can't stay out trouble if he gets in a stun lock so keeping his FHR high is important. A phoenix shield with redemption can also be extremely useful to him. It will suck up corpses and heal him.

@@GGMentor Also, why does Fireball pierce enemies (sometimes)?

@@Fakeslimshady probably just desync. Monster's there on your screen but the server says he's somewhere else

@@GGMentor Can;t be, it only pierce monsters that die on the hit

Oh and great video by the way.

Slow effects cap at 80% total. They do not stack additively, so a 50% slow and a 20% slow don't make 70%. But they do stack and they stack up to 80%.

Even if you get your mercs Defense to the point where he doesn't get hit by melee or ranged attacks, Spells can also still trigger FHR Stuns. The Act 2 Merc which is the most popular merc has the same FHR Breakpoint as a Sorc, and easily gets locked in FHR Stuns. Which will quickly result in a mercs death. Less of an issue for the Act 5 merc, as their FHR breakpoints are phenomenal. However you deal with FHR Stuns, whether it's Massive Defense, Increasing HP, or Using Faster hit Recovery it does have to be dealt with Or the merc is gonna die. FHR is not a useless stat for mercs, it's basically required unless you can bypass FHR stuns in another way. The Three Forms Of Stuns FHR Applies to are: Trigged by: - LifeTaken tresholds (1/8th, 1/16th, ect) - Knockback (ex: Baal Cold Wave) - Stunswirl (ex: Lister The Tormenter) Fortitude = Increases Defense (Stops the attack entirely) This type will protect the Merc by preventing Melee and Ranged attacks entirely. Or Rather lowering the Frequency of stuns to an acceptable level. This type of protection will not stop Knockbacks, or Stun Swirls, or anything spell based. This Form also has the bad luck of occasionally failing too many defense rolls in a row resulting in a dead merc. Barb BO = Increases HP (Decreases likely hood of a Stun by making the target hp point harder to reach) 1/8th, 1/16th, of HP. For Instance 1/8th of 1000 is 100, but 1/8th of 2000 is 200 and so on and so forth. Increasing HP Makes the target point harder to hit but not impossible. Pushing the issue down to harder and harder monsters. This FHR issue will reappear using this method when fighting bosses (10x Damage) or Monsters with high damage output (Might, Amp, Fanat, ect) This form of FHR Protection will not protect against Knockback or Stun Swirl Types of FHR Stuns. However it does help prevent Spell based HP Thresh hold FHR stuns. FHR = Decreases the Duration of a Stun when it occurs Most NPC Monsters Have A 15 frame AI delay between attacks, Unless altered by outside forces like Fanat, Champion status, ect. 0 FHR Act 2 merc stun lasts for 14 Frames which is more than .5 of a second. Plenty of time to get hit again, and get stunned again resulting in a stun lock. A Mere 30 FHR brings that down to 10 frames which is a big difference and can result in hits between stuns that allow the merc to life leech and stay alive. Your Standard Monster at 15 Frames with no Increase Attack speed Generally has no issue stun locking the Act 2 merc with little assistance. Even just 30 FHR Makes it impossible for a standard mob to Stunlock the Act 2 merc anymore at 10 frames. This form helps will all types of FHR stuns and ensures a faster recovery from any such events. It won't however prevent them from happening. but quicker recovery means more life leech, and less likely to get FHR stun locked to death. A Solid Defense for the Merc usually combines all three methods. High Defense + FHR + High HP Yes Over Capping resistances and Physical DR can help against lower Res, Conviction, Decrepify, and Amp. But all the resistances in the world will not prevent a FHR Death Stun lock from occurring. Once your merc goes into a Stun lock all Damage stops, and all Life leech stops. It's only a matter of time before he dies to attrition no matter how good his resistances are or how many potions for force down his throat. Fort is not always the best armor for every merc build, and it's important to know how to deal with issues that might happen when you are not using High Defense to fix FHR Issues. Also when Defense itself is useless to address the issue.

@@GGMentor in no way is FHR required. Just do your own research, look at BiS Builds (they come with merc builds). I mean maybe you can use FHR pre-enigma. maybe. But def no FHR when you can teleport unless you "accidently" got to get it. IE Treachery. Never intentionally go for FHR.

No, it adds that damage to your attacks with a weapon, not spells. For your spells you want "+x% to fire skill damage" for example.

Elemental damage, and enhanced Damage do not apply to spells. Melee and ranged only.

Exploding arrow is a base skill of the act 1 fire rogue. This was changed back in the Merc update. "Fires Explosive Arrows Or Bolts" does not work on mercs no. So the enchant damage is going to her actual real exploding arrow skill that she natively fires.

Yes top tier for a barbarian would be a faith but u can get away with other bows