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Made my hardcore javazon a CoH today (pic related). I hate LK.

>>5327267
For every class, nightmare offensive (might) is endgame because holy freeze is mostly used to save your mercenary from itself, which becomes highly unnecessary with good gear. Even if your character doesn't directly benefit from might, the fact that it essentially doubles your merc's damage makes it more useful than holy freeze for fully geared characters.

...Having said that, if your gear is less than ideal there is nothing wrong with using holy freeze. It's particularly useful on hardcore, where you may actually need holy freeze to protect yourself.

>>5327259
The best way to make your mercenary tanky in general is to give it life leech, a weapon with high physical damage, and damage reduced by %. Defense isn't really important at first because it's only useful in very large numbers (such as through ebug fort). A good budget setup is insight in a cryptic axe (or bill if you're lower level) plus tal's mask. If you can afford treachery, that's a great merc armor until you can make a fort.