Mercenary Aura question

Can you aura stack a your merc like you can with dual Dream/dual Dragon? do you benefit from the aura if you have the synergy?
I was thinking about getting an act 2 cold merc and putting a Doom on him while i run dual Dragon dual Dream.
If I put hard points into Resist Cold will it increase the damage?

Is it worth it to toss a Dream and a Dragon on my merc?

Azer-Archon wrote: 4 years ago

Can you aura stack a your merc like you can with dual Dream/dual Dragon?
Is it worth it to toss a Dream and a Dragon on my merc?

Yes, but mercs does not have synergy skills, so the damage will not be worth it.

Azer-Archon wrote: 4 years ago

do you benefit from the aura if you have the synergy?

Yes. Synergies work both with native and item-provided skills.
A typical Auradin stacks aura-providing items (such ad Dream or Dragon), and invests skill points in synergies, not auras themselves.

Azer-Archon wrote: 4 years ago

I was thinking about getting an act 2 cold merc and putting a Doom on him

Pointless. Only item-provided auras stack. If one is from item, and one from the skill itself, only the stronger one will be applied.
Besides, Holy Freeze's main effect is freezing the enemies, not dealing damage, which is abysmal when compared with Holy Fire and Holy Shock's.

Azer-Archon wrote: 4 years ago

while i run dual Dragon dual Dream.

Impossible - both Dream and Dragon take a shield slot. But you can use dual Dream, Dragon in armor and Hand of Justice in weapon.

Azer-Archon wrote: 4 years ago

If I put hard points into Resist Cold will it increase the damage?

Only own (Paladin's) Holy Freeze. Merc's will be unaffected.

Trang Oul wrote: 4 years ago

Azer-Archon wrote: 4 years ago

Can you aura stack a your merc like you can with dual Dream/dual Dragon?
Is it worth it to toss a Dream and a Dragon on my merc?

Yes, but mercs does not have synergy skills, so the damage will not be worth it.

Azer-Archon wrote: 4 years ago

do you benefit from the aura if you have the synergy?

Yes. Synergies work both with native and item-provided skills.
A typical Auradin stacks aura-providing items (such ad Dream or Dragon), and invests skill points in synergies, not auras themselves.

Azer-Archon wrote: 4 years ago

I was thinking about getting an act 2 cold merc and putting a Doom on him

Pointless. Only item-provided auras stack. If one is from item, and one from the skill itself, only the stronger one will be applied.
Besides, Holy Freeze's main effect is freezing the enemies, not dealing damage, which is abysmal when compared with Holy Fire and Holy Shock's.

Azer-Archon wrote: 4 years ago

while i run dual Dragon dual Dream.

Impossible - both Dream and Dragon take a shield slot. But you can use dual Dream, Dragon in armor and Hand of Justice in weapon.

Azer-Archon wrote: 4 years ago

If I put hard points into Resist Cold will it increase the damage?

Only own (Paladin's) Holy Freeze. Merc's will be unaffected.

Thanks for the break down. I thought when I played the game originally you could stack auras on mercs and the more auras you had the faster they ticked so I ran Faith, Dragon, Dream, on merc, Last Wish, Exile, Dream, Dragon, Conviction (8total?) .... Might be remembering it wrong it's been a while, or maybe they reduced the damage on aura it because I thought the auradin did more damage than it does now.... Could've sworn I ran in games with higher player counts and still melted stuff. Now it seems like it's only viable in p1

I meant Dragon/HOj not dual Dragon

Azer-Archon wrote: 4 years ago

Thanks for the break down. I thought when I played the game originally you could stack auras on mercs and the more auras you had the faster they ticked so I ran Faith, Dragon, Dream, on merc, Last Wish, Exile, Dream, Dragon, Conviction (8total?) .... Might be remembering it wrong it's been a while, or maybe they reduced the damage on aura it because I thought the auradin did more damage than it does now.... Could've sworn I ran in games with higher player counts and still melted stuff. Now it seems like it's only viable in p1

There was such an exploit indeed. It got fixed in 1.13.
AFAIK there is still a bug which causes stacked auras to both combine their levels and being applied multiple times. So dual Dream results in two level 30 Holy Shock auras, resulting in twice the intended damage.