Desert Mercenary's Blessed Aim vs. Rogue Scout's Inner Sight

Suppose a scenario where I'm playing a character who just needs to land hits more often, not necessarily more painfully (i.e. a proc-based character). And also suppose that a frontline tank is available in the form of

Bind Demon. Assuming Level 80, would it be more beneficial to hire a

Blessed Aim mercenary or go with a Rogue Scout?

I never actually used the merc's

Blessed Aim before, but my understanding is that it boosts the affected characters' Attack Rating by a percentage. On the other hand, Rogue Scout's

Inner Sight reduces enemies' Defense and thus makes it easier to land hits. (Also recalling that fiery Iron Wolf's

Enchant also boosts your AR, but that is not considered an option as I hate Iron Wolf's voice acting.) The merc needs to hold an Insight weapon for me in any case.

What would lead to more successful hits?

(p.s.: I kinda want to try

Deckard Cain... here's a shot.)

@

Deckard Cain

Rest in Peace,

Deckard Cain.

Demon Limb's

Enchant charges are a free option.

Inner Sight is stronger and totally unaffected by your actual attack rating, but more unreliable. It's always the best choice when you have very low AR, effectively removing AR/Defense from the to hit mechanic. High IAS makes your Rogue cast it very frequently.

Blessed Aim has a huge range as soon as it is activated, but sometimes it takes a while until it gets triggered.

Iron Wolf

Enchant is also a very good option and once cast, you don't have to care about your mercs' position anymore. It's the most reliable, your Iron Wolf will have you enchanted as soon as you start fighting.

Both rely strongly on your attack rating. Low rating means low improvement.

For short runs, or if you don't using Enigma, I would go Iron Wolf. For longer runs one of the other two.

DasNarf wrote: 2 months ago

High IAS makes your Rogue cast it very frequently.

I had no idea, but that makes sense. The AI's decision to cast

Inner Sight has to come between attacks.

I'm leaning toward the Rogue Scout option right now as I doubt my alt's AR will be particularly high. The gear options don't really permit much dedication to AR...

D2Veteran wrote: 2 months ago

Demon Limb's

Enchant charges are a free option.

Good point! I've read about this trick, but I never actually put it to use before. Perhaps I will give it a shot.

hyeonsestoast wrote: 2 months ago

I had no idea, but that makes sense. The AI's decision to cast

Inner Sight has to come between attacks.

To be precise, the Rogues'

Inner Sight is just another attack. That's why it is affected by IAS.

If you don't want to deal with

Demon Limb's repair... you can use Obedience and kill some weak monster before starting your farm

And with Act 2 Merc, Infinity is better than

Blessed Aim for you hit chance (

Conviction reduces monster defense )

fredkid wrote: 2 months ago

And with Act 2 Merc, Infinity is better than

Blessed Aim for you hit chance (

Conviction reduces monster defense )

I totally glazed over that. I could go for a

Conviction bound demon, too.

Now I'm wondering if I should go for a

Blessed Aim desert mercenary with an Infinity plus a

Fanaticism bound demon. This adds the burden of acquiring an Infinity, but this might be the optimal approach...

EDIT: Alternatively, I could go for a Rogue Scout with a Faith bow, plus a

Conviction bound demon. Gah. GAH. Too many options!