I didnt read any of this. BUT here's my advice;; this is what i ran and kicked ass on.

Sorc- Had the 3 tals pieces, 5 7% mfscs and they had other mods too but only get them if theres other mods. Had a lidless and Occy i THINK but basically what i wanted to say was make your merc have fuckin like nasty ass armor like uhhh shit not levi but something like a eth balrog stone armor and a ebotd CD high ed and a .08 gaze, your merc will save ur ass, my merc did like 6k dmg or some shit it was crazy(act 5 merc sword holder ofcourse)

You only need aboot 375-500 mf really.