Merc skill levels for each character level

Wondering about the level scaling of certain merc skills (Act 3 merc skills to be exact, trying to do some hipster building lol). Is there a resource that tells you what the level of your merc skills should be for a given character level? Looking around and I swear I cannot find anything that gives a clear answer on this

I'm assuming you want to know the merc skill levels based on the merc's level? Since merc skill level is tied to their own level, not the character's level.

https://www.lurkerlounge.com/spirea/Hir ... tats.shtml

Iron wolve mercenaries gain +1 to their elemental mastery skill every 10 levels. It starts at Level 30.

https://maxroll.gg/d2/resources/mercenary

Knappogue wrote: 22 hours ago

I'm assuming you want to know the merc skill levels based on the merc's level? Since merc skill level is tied to their own level, not the character's level.

https://www.lurkerlounge.com/spirea/Hir ... tats.shtml

Yeah exactly, meant character level as in the "character level" of the merc. Not sure why I didn't think to check the Spirea calculator, have used that before for IAS and stuff. Unfortunately in this case it doesn't appear to show the skills that were added in D2R, was mostly interested in the fire sorceror's

Enchant skill (guess being more specific in my initial post might have helped)

mhlg wrote: 22 hours ago

Iron wolve mercenaries gain +1 to their elemental mastery skill every 10 levels. It starts at Level 30.

https://maxroll.gg/d2/resources/mercenary

I beg your pardon?

mhlg wrote: 22 hours ago

Iron wolve mercenaries gain +1 to their elemental mastery skill every 10 levels. It starts at Level 30.

https://maxroll.gg/d2/resources/mercenary

Do you have a source for this? And no, the linked article does not mention anything at all about elemental masteries. As far as I know, Iron Wolves don't have access to elemental mastery.

Antheris wrote: 21 hours ago

Yeah exactly, meant character level as in the "character level" of the merc. Not sure why I didn't think to check the Spirea calculator, have used that before for IAS and stuff. Unfortunately in this case it doesn't appear to show the skills that were added in D2R, was mostly interested in the fire sorceror's

Enchant skill (guess being more specific in my initial post might have helped)

You can use maxroll's d2planner for this.
1. Pick mercenary type
2. Set the mercenary's level
3. Check calculations tab for skill levels

Disclaimer: I'm not actually sure if it's 100% correct, but it does list the D2R-specific skill additions.

act 3 merc needs a rework, they are worthless. even if you go full aura on them they still suck ass lol.

ShadowHeart - Perfectly answered, thank you

MintBlancmanche wrote: 10 hours ago

act 3 merc needs a rework, they are worthless. even if you go full aura on them they still suck ass lol.

Yep.

They do zero damage to immunes and can't break them by themselves.

They are slow as fuck.

There's only a few options of having them use aura spending items, namely Flickering Flame and Plague.

The most useful merc in my view is the Lightning Wolf with maxed FCR (Spirit

Monarch,

Skin of the Vipermagi,

Griffon's Eye, Crescent Moon Runeword,

Wizardspike or Plague). His

Static Field proves impactful at higher player counts.

The Frost Wolf is totally useless and is outperformed by a Holy Frost Desert Merc or an Ice wielding Rogue.

The Fire Wolf's

Enchant is only useful for its high AR bonus.

But actually, that's pretty much it.

This merc NEEDS a natural aura or some other specialty more than any other. Give them

Conviction or

Meditation and we can start talking. Give them access to Sorceress items. Rogue can wear Amazon items, Barb can wear Barb items. Iron Wolf can wear.... swords???

All other mercs have situational benefits. I really like the new Rogue and Barb Merc since they were improved. I have several builds using them.

Iron Wolf has been improved and still sucks.

And one last thing: Forget about those silly guides. I have never used a

Shaftstop on a Rogue... and I never will.

DasNarf wrote: 8 hours ago

MintBlancmanche wrote: 10 hours ago

act 3 merc needs a rework, they are worthless. even if you go full aura on them they still suck ass lol.

Yep.

They do zero damage to immunes and can't break them by themselves.

They are slow as fuck.

There's only a few options of having them use aura spending items, namely Flickering Flame and Plague.

The most useful merc in my view is the Lightning Wolf with maxed FCR (Spirit

Monarch,

Skin of the Vipermagi,

Griffon's Eye, Crescent Moon Runeword,

Wizardspike or Plague). His

Static Field proves impactful at higher player counts.

The Frost Wolf is totally useless and is outperformed by a Holy Frost Desert Merc or an Ice wielding Rogue.

The Fire Wolf's

Enchant is only useful for its high AR bonus.

But actually, that's pretty much it.

This merc NEEDS a natural aura or some other specialty more than any other. Give them

Conviction or

Meditation and we can start talking. Give them access to Sorceress items. Rogue can wear Amazon items, Barb can wear Barb items. Iron Wolf can wear.... swords???

All other mercs have situational benefits. I really like the new Rogue and Barb Merc since they were improved. I have several builds using them.

Iron Wolf has been improved and still sucks.

And one last thing: Forget about those silly guides. I have never used a

Shaftstop on a Rogue... and I never will.

I think the better solution would be to give them more damage so they can compete with the other mercs raw damage.
physical mercenaries can easily hit for 4k with cheap gear.

act 3 mercs could use

Frozen Orb/

Meteor/

Nova instead of

Ice Blast/

Fireball/lightning.
of course the mercenary skills needs to be edited so they can hit harder without needing synergies or having to have 20 extra level from gear lol.

DasNarf wrote: 8 hours ago

MintBlancmanche wrote: 10 hours ago

act 3 merc needs a rework, they are worthless. even if you go full aura on them they still suck ass lol.

Yep.

They do zero damage to immunes and can't break them by themselves.

They are slow as fuck.

There's only a few options of having them use aura spending items, namely Flickering Flame and Plague.

The most useful merc in my view is the Lightning Wolf with maxed FCR (Spirit

Monarch,

Skin of the Vipermagi,

Griffon's Eye, Crescent Moon Runeword,

Wizardspike or Plague). His

Static Field proves impactful at higher player counts.

The Frost Wolf is totally useless and is outperformed by a Holy Frost Desert Merc or an Ice wielding Rogue.

The Fire Wolf's

Enchant is only useful for its high AR bonus.

But actually, that's pretty much it.

This merc NEEDS a natural aura or some other specialty more than any other. Give them

Conviction or

Meditation and we can start talking. Give them access to Sorceress items. Rogue can wear Amazon items, Barb can wear Barb items. Iron Wolf can wear.... swords???

All other mercs have situational benefits. I really like the new Rogue and Barb Merc since they were improved. I have several builds using them.

Iron Wolf has been improved and still sucks.

And one last thing: Forget about those silly guides. I have never used a

Shaftstop on a Rogue... and I never will.

bar can use a3 merc

Last Wish

Stormshield

Shaftstop flicker, it can cast

Static Field. but I only think about it, havent try

leox wrote: 8 hours ago

bar can use a3 merc

Last Wish

Stormshield

Shaftstop flicker, it can cast

Static Field. but I only think about it, havent try

Hmmm...

So you end up with an Ironwolf with no additional FCR and you need around +20 dexterity for wearing a LW

Phase Blade. My level 94 Wolf has 119 base dex.

Or... you put 5 high runes into a

Crystal Sword. Yay!

Whichever way I look at it, it looks bad.

Give that LW to a Barb Merc, add a Lawbringer and you are golden.

You can use a +20 dex shield to run test....
and yes, I also think it may not work. That's why I havent try it.

Even if you set up all correct, or lets say, he use

Static Field every tick. It may still not work...light immunity..

ShadowHeart wrote: 11 hours ago

mhlg wrote: 22 hours ago

Iron wolve mercenaries gain +1 to their elemental mastery skill every 10 levels. It starts at Level 30.

https://maxroll.gg/d2/resources/mercenary

Do you have a source for this? And no, the linked article does not mention anything at all about elemental masteries. As far as I know, Iron Wolves don't have access to elemental mastery.

I wasn't referring to masteries perse but rather the maxim of their elemental skills.

leox wrote: 3 hours ago

You can use a +20 dex shield to run test....
and yes, I also think it may not work. That's why I havent try it.

Even if you set up all correct, or lets say, he use

Static Field every tick. It may still not work...light immunity..

I still consider

Static Field the best Iron Wolf skill, because the monsters having highest amounts of life are not lightning immune. And its range is like 20+ feet, that's not bad.

I tested that build I was referring to, which brought him to 86 FCR and it worked quite well. Still sucked that he couldn't do anything against immunes. And AI sucks, too. If you are unlucky, the moron decides to fight that one lightning immune monster on the screen for 2 minutes.