Merc revamp

and a new act 4 merc with something like 3 Bone skills + Corpse Explosion + either Amplify Damage or Lower Resist would also put emilio under a lot of pressure

and a new act 4 merc with something like 3 Bone skills + Corpse Explosion + either Amplify Damage or Lower Resist would also put emilio under a lot of pressure

btw anybody knows if synergies work past lvl 20? i mean rogues get like lvl 40 Cold Arrow/ Fire Arrow, does it benefit the Freezing Arrow/ Exploding Arrow past lvl 20? or at all, dmg is stated pretty low anyways..

Cool ide indeed, to many build are dependant on Act 2 auras & Infinity / Insight, Andariel's Visage.

I'm using Act 2 Mercenarys on 90% of my characters, For the Summon Warlock, for my Frozen Orb Sorcc, for my Fire Bolt Sorcc & for my Summon Necro, only for my Barbarian I doubled down on more Physical melee dmg and went Act 5 Frenzy Barb Merc,
he does not provide me with any kinda of Aura, unless I swap out his Lawbringer Phase Blade for a Last Wish Phase Blade, but that's strictly for bossing.
would be nice if they had Might aura without a weapon or some other aura or synergys, like Sword Mastery instead of Taunt, I don't think I have ever seen the mercenary Taunt or if that's just passively applied but it feels like a useless skill that could be something better.

ganseng wrote: 3 weeks ago

sorry what is PD2?

not sure about different gear for different mercs, seems unnecessarily complicated. just adding Boots, belts and gloves feels so much more straightforward. imagine a rogue in full m'avina or with double horazon's

as for auras, also wouldn't go that path, surely we can get more creative

rogue with synergetic Arrows, Evade, Inner Sight and Slow Missiles would already be great.

PD2 = project diablo 2 , huge mod for LOD

I'm neutral on additional gear slots for mercs, i don't think it's necessarily what they need but i also wouldn't complain
I think just some changes to gear options could open up a lot of mercs, like Insight in swords for A3/A5 or more ctc helms like Delirium for A1
For A1, more than anything i think she would benefit from innate Pierce

oh, i just realized the mercs can't level past 98??

that certainly also needs to be addressed!