My actual warlock:
eth maul fortitude
shako
highlord
ardul mephisto
enigma
bulkhatos and fcr ring
trangoul gloves
dual res boots
arach

eldritch plain sk * 5
20/20 anni
13/20 wtorch
3/20/7 mf sc * 2

mercenary:
Pride 16 aura / fortitude / andariel visage

Im level 90
STRENGHT: 221

and my damage is 34-80k without cta bo, but I have saw other players on this fotum with 50k-125k damage and I dont understan the reason

It's your merc a might one? Pride 16 is not a pride 20
You use mephisto but they could have used a phoenix shield
What demon are you using? They could have a fanaticism one (bad choice)
How did you level your skills?
Do you consume a goat?

you need to leave town, merc needs to hit few times, then he activates Might aura (assuming you hired the correct one in Act 2 - Might)

you should bind a demon with fanaticism and cursed (Hephasto forge - Act 4)

you cannot increase the level of Concentration aura on your merc, but you can increase the level of Might aura by using Andy helm you have already and armor Chains of Honor or Arkaine valor +2 to all skills

buff yourself with Hex bane, that will increase your damage further with magic damage

and as Cantero mentioned, use goatman and consume him (consume skill)

skills should be as follows:

Max out the following Skills in this order:
1. Echoing Strike
2. Mirrored Blades
3. Blade Warp
4. Hex bane
5. Demonic Mastery (up to Level 20 with +xx Skills)

This post was edited by UncleBens1650 on Apr 8 2026 02:55am

Sorry Im casual gamer, I restarted my skill and loss hephasto but the skills my doubt is:
1. Echoing Strike
2. Mirrored Blades
3. Blade Warp
4. Hex bane or Hex purge or levitation mastery?
5- Demonic Mastery

- should I change fortitudo for coh on my merceenary?
- I didnt consume a goat? If I consume my hephasto I will loss it

You can check this guide https://maxroll.gg/d2/guides/echoing-strike-warlock-guide
They recommend Hex Purge, I use only Hex Bane. Yes you need levitation mastery to decrease requirements on your weapon, just one point.


COH is relatively expensive, so leave it at the very end, it will increase your might aura from 200->220% or how much was it


You need 20 points in Demonic mastery, that will allow you to summon 3 demons (Bind 1 Hehpasto, 1 Defiler, 1 Goatman - but you will consume him, it will give you buff and it still counts as 1 demon used)

This post was edited by UncleBens1650 on Apr 8 2026 03:16am

- I saw this guide but the points are in Hex:purge instead of Hex Bane
-should I consume the defiler and goatman for each game or the buff persist?

Thanks

MAX:
1. Echoing Strike
2. Mirrored Blades
3. Blade Warp
4. Blood oath.
1 point levitation. You can dump the rest of your points here.
Enough points in demonic mastery to reach lvl 20 with items so you can have 3 demons. But it's ok if you have low items and only reach 2 demons
1 point in hex: siphon will give you around 15 life/mana per death wich is good.
1 point sigil lethargy

As I said above, I only used Hex Bane, have not seen huge benefit of Hex purge, you can put one point in it and try it.

You need to buff yourself each game, the only thing which remains is the bind demon - Hephasto or whether you bind, he will stay with you after you leave game (unless you or he dies)

This post was edited by UncleBens1650 on Apr 8 2026 03:39am

Blood oat?? instead of hex bane or hex purge?

100% sure. Blood oath is the best skill in game. You will take 43% less damage.