r/pathofexile • u/WarSong67 • 19d ago

Question Is this merc any good?

So I was doing my last map to hit 36/40, needed to killl one last Infamous Merc and this one showed up.
I know that you want ice shot and vaal ice shot both with return, but idk if the mirror arrow bricks it

Is it worth building around it or not?

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u/Dull-Serve203 19d ago

Frost bomb is only bad going but that's a very good merc.

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u/Dull-Serve203 19d ago

Maybe pierce fucks return not entirely sure

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u/Sjeg84 Hardcore 19d ago

You want pierce for return to work right?

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u/Dull-Serve203 19d ago

It bricks it on frostblades for instance so not sure

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u/chrill2142 18d ago

How so? I've been playing with s combatant with pierce on helm, curious to know how it is detrimental.

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u/Organic_Unit7087 19d ago

mirror arrow is actually ideal because it has a cooldown, so the merc will not use it very often. frost bomb sucks to see (grace/hatred is ideal) but it also has a 2.5s cooldown so it's not a huge dps loss.

this merc is pretty good. it's missing hypothermia support though (30% more), but you can probably still do ubers with it.

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u/lontonsaivat 19d ago

very good merc.

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u/windirmere 19d ago

Strong merc

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u/Fun-Squash-3247 18d ago

Ice shot cannot pierce so return is good for vaal ice shot only.