Baal minions & auras - binding for Warlock question

A couple times when I have bound a

Baal Minion I have had one with Freeze aura, two with

Conviction, and now one with

Fanaticism. Problem is I do not know whether all the minions cycle through an aura and I just need to time it correctly, or whether each of the minions has their own aura.

Right now the Fana one I just do not see as that good,

Conviction seemed to work better (or so it seemed). So how do I know which minion has which aura? Not seeing the typical aura graphic on them when they spawn, I did not even know any existed until now.

Is it also possible to bind Listener?

Typically, when a mob gets aura enchanted, they then roll a random aura upon spawning.

There are exceptions (e.g. uber meph always has conv) but as a general rule, the above tends to stand.

Similarly, if you have lvl 20+

Bind Demon, any demon bound automatically gains aura enchanted if they don't already have it. If that demon already had aura enchanted, it'll keep the same aura it had before you bound it. If it didn't have an aura before, it will gain a new random aura.

Keep in mind that aura enchanted itself is a limited list and doesn't include every aura in the game as a possibility.

And yes, Lister can be bound.

Just wanted to share a PSA with you all.

So when I originally made this post it was about the Brand new NL Warlock I made. When Ladder started I made a 2nd one and ran into an issue getting a bound demon to have an aura. I struggled trying to figure it out, then I Schnorki's post gave me the answer.

So last weekend I gave up on Ladder and made a new Warlock on NL, ran into same problem but forgot the solution. Asked in game, did Google search, none of it resolved the issue. Google (and couple Youtube videos) are badly informed.

Schnorki is 100% correct, you need to have "

Bind Demon" at level 20 (whereas Google & Youtubers were saying

Demonic Mastery needed to be at level 20". Even in game one player said DM needed to be lvl 20.

You don't necessarily need to have lvl 20+

Bind Demon to have a demon with an aura. You merely need lvl 20+

Bind Demon to add an aura to a demon without one.

E.g. if you bind a random demon with say extra strong, Stone skin and cursed but no aura:
- A lvl <20

Bind Demon will let you bind that demon but it will not have an aura
- A lvl 20+

Bind Demon will let you bind that demon and will then give it an aura from the pool of possible auras

If on the other hand you bind a demon that already has an aura himself, such as Hephasto:
- A lvl <20

Bind Demon will let you bind that demon and the demon will keep his aura
- A lvl 20+

Bind Demon will let you bind that demon and the demon will keep his aura, it will not receive a 2nd aura and the current aura will not be randomly replaced by a different one

Essentially, all lvl 20+ does in that regard is give you more options for a viable demon to bind as you don't need to find ones that are already aura enchanted.

The same is true for the other affixes added via

Bind Demon:
Extra strong, extra fast, spectral hit and aura enchanted. For every 5 levels in

Bind Demon, it'll add one more of those (unless the target demon already had it anyways).

The skill tooltip also tells you what it'll add automatically, based on your

Bind Demon lvl.

Thanks @Schnorki for the info.
I found a compilation of Warlock skills hidden features and bugs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gtM ... WE6fUdVg6Y . It confirms what you've written.

So... is it optimal to look for a demon without Extra Strong, Extra Fast, Spectral and Aura Enchanted, since these affixes will be added anyway, and look for other useful ones?
The only drawback is that the aura is random, so you may need to repeat the binding once you get the desired one.

Trang Oul wrote: 1 hour ago

Thanks @Schnorki for the info.
I found a compilation of Warlock skills hidden features and bugs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gtM ... WE6fUdVg6Y . It confirms what you've written.

So... is it optimal to look for a demon without Extra Strong, Extra Fast, Spectral and Aura Enchanted, since these affixes will be added anyway, and look for other useful ones?
The only drawback is that the aura is random, so you may need to repeat the binding once you get the desired one.

Theoretically, sure, you'd want your demon to have none of the affixes you get auto-added so that you can maximize the total.

But realistically, most other affixes really aren't worth the search. And if you look at say Heph, as still the top choice in most contexts, he always gets spectral + aura. So you could say "2 are wasted". Or you could say "great, only need lvl 10 bind to guarantee all 4". Or you go 20+ anyways and don't care.

Cursed is fantastic. Stone skin/magic resistant can be quite useful for added tankiness, depending on the demon. The rest really doesn't do too much in my experience or in the case of teleportation can even be counterproductive.

But one do want to bind a demon at the highest possible with

Bind Demon skill to snaphot the + % dmg etc that high level

Bind Demon provides? Unless the +% dmg doesnt get snapshot?