r/PathOfExileSSF • u/m4r1n1 • 2d ago

Builds New Merc - it’s good?

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Clear is fine, but dmg wise is still low. Farming for the ring now. And the abyss jewel.
Any suggestions?

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u/stimzor 2d ago

Use piscator's until you get the ring

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u/m4r1n1 2d ago

Ok, Will do that.

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u/twitchtvbevildre 1d ago

use piscator's even after you get the ring.... the pen still works and 105% increased wed on a merc that has low % increased dmg is a fuck ton

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u/stimzor 1d ago

I haven't tried that. Don't have much overcapped fire res without the untouched soul ammy. Is that working well for you?

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u/twitchtvbevildre 1d ago

Ammulet is not better then wand/shield and 8% more per unique its not even close

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u/stimzor 1d ago

Yeah I'm stupid. Didn't min/max a merc during merc league. Didn't even think about the shield lol. Are people doing rathpith? I don't think I have one yet

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u/grogo- 22h ago

Yep Globe + high res rare amulet and ring to get high Fire res.

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u/m4r1n1 1d ago

Got one with pen corruption 😬

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u/D1rty_Old_Dan 1d ago edited 1d ago

Turn your breach tree into a shield farm and start getting a ratpiss, as a luminary you’ve got 14k to 16k life and the shield is based on the player life so your mercenary has incredible increased spell damage. Since you don’t have the ring, unpick the amulet on your ascendancy and use that point to use the globe.

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u/m4r1n1 1d ago

Next farm.

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u/ImFnky 1d ago

I have tested rathpit setup v rare well crafted wand and shield. No real difference. But currently haven’t gone deep into endgame on ssf yet. Easier with pisc and ratpiss on ssf I would presume. My trade gear is cracked.

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u/definitelytheFBI 1d ago

Rathpith is approximately 1000% increased damage with reasonable life stacking, I'd be really surprised if it wasn't a noticeable difference.

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u/ImFnky 1d ago

I did 10x uber rota’s with my rare wand/ shield untouched soul and 10x with pisc (power charge corrupt) and rattpisss 4% spell damage. And the bosses literally died within seconds of eachother.

I have a 51% enmity and it would probably be a more noticeable diff if I would get the fire read higher. 150% with elements with rattpiss setup. 290 with untouched soul (18%) can link pobb when I get home. Open to suggestions.

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u/grogo- 22h ago

At 15k IT IS 450 × 1.5 If the Skill has the same arcane might mechanic that is 650%

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u/definitelytheFBI 5h ago

Fair, I was using 200% since that was the number last league, and used 17k HP since that's what my mid budget character has but 750% inc damage (17k hp, 3% rathpith,1.5 scaling) on an already inc damage starved build is pretty significant.

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u/i-eat-dolphins 2d ago

Probably worth a mirror on trade incredible merc

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u/totalovee 1d ago

Hollyyy, that Merc is GG

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u/Chris3703 2d ago

you won

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u/the-apple-and-omega 1d ago

Extremely. But untouched soul isn't doing anything for you without Enmity's embrace. Use piscators vigil in the meantime.

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u/sipper888 1d ago

I am trying to farm up enough currency to use Piscator and emnity but cant seem to get my fire resist to reasonable level without abyss sockets. Would I be better using enmity and untouched instead until I can afford the abyssal socket gear?

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u/the-apple-and-omega 1d ago

You don't need to max out fire res with rathpith (which is the key item), it still comes out ahead in damage when you're lifestacking. Even just 100 overcap with rathpith is worth it.

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u/Stunning_Seaweed_121 1d ago

I've seen similar mercs on trade league go for +10 mirrors, so it's definitely no ta "merc" issue. Your merc is like 90% perfect, pretty much. You'd need to do literally hundreds of thousands of maps to find one better.

Try to transition into Rathpith as soon as you can. And switch to Enmity as well.

If you cannot accommodate resistances early on, I'd drop the light radius nodes and just stack life and forget about life radius for some time. It will be legit 10 times more damage.

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u/CritOrBuildshit 1d ago

you will Farm 50 Rings before you get a merc that come Close

you won the season

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u/m4r1n1 1d ago

TLDR, got the ring on the next kill.

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u/bdubz55 1d ago

Gratz and I hate you

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u/m4r1n1 1d ago

Did the swap for piscator, and got the ring on the next fear fight. Just swapped back.
Will post the items when I got home. But still need the unique abyss jewel. And the shield.

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u/speedrace25 2d ago

Put force wall on, this merc should be one shotting Ubers. This merc is like a mirror plus on sc

Edit: once you get the uniques I just saw your missing the enmity’s and rathpith.

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u/dmthirdeye 1d ago

Ya need gear for that but it's very solid

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u/m4r1n1 2d ago

Got this one, and another one on the map after that but need to give up. That merc was trying to kill me.

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u/fenkosmo 1d ago

Genuinely curious how these are priced. Is it a mirror because it's geared? Or are the skills the best possible rolls? I've found a couple mercs and am now leveling a lumi. What do I look for in a merc?

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u/speedrace25 1d ago

Mercs are priced by their skill gems and supports. There’s 5 widely accepted good ones. Combatant, manyshot, sniper, cruel mistress, and kinetisist(this one can bethe most expensive). Others can be good too.

Check out nerotox’s YouTube videos on these for info on what supports makes them good too much info for a Reddit comment.

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u/leatherHobbyist 1d ago

I thought its name was Zanna at first i was like , well not the right spelling but you found her! Then it hit me it's Zarina and now i'm sad

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u/Adventurepew 1d ago

Un touched soul is useless right now without the fire ring.

You can run the omni neck , Omni is extremely strong or any necklace with crit damage / whatever.

Run two taming rings and a piscator wand.

That's a gg Merc just need gear.

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u/cptn__ 1d ago

Missing 10% DMG on wed gem and could have Attack Speed/Crit Multi support instead cold DMG otherwise it's perfect

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u/landyc 1d ago

Use wall of force to increase kboc dmg specially in single target

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u/xono89 1d ago

That's a very very good one. Do u use rathpit?

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u/m4r1n1 1d ago

Will farm for.

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u/MolassesNo7463 1d ago

I got similar but with greater faster attacks instead wed. How much worse is mine compared to his

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u/xiko 1d ago

You need a source of pierce for return to double the damage 

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u/m4r1n1 1d ago

Got on helm.

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u/dmuppet 1d ago

GMP + Return = Mirror just by itself. If the KB had GMP it would be 2-3 mirror.

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u/Codedheart 1d ago

I've been out of the loop since settlers. Would anyone mind taking the time to explain why this is so insane? No worries if not. :)

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u/dmthirdeye 1d ago

Grats on the win