Quote (Void511 @ 12 Dec 2024 16:08)

Nah you’re right. The points in Raven especially since that’s going to be most consistent dmg. For sure much more cost effective to go hoto circ. The all res and rep life are also quite nice especially since you won’t have cyclone or oak!

Quote (SinsOfTheSun @ 12 Dec 2024 16:19)

Stun/swirl is pretty useless in d2r

You can only have either oak or HoW up, so don’t max both lol.
Oak will make you and your summons ultra tanky.
HoW is obviously better dmg.
You decide :p

Like it was mentioned above, soft points from +skills also apply to the druid’s summon synergies.
They scale exponentially, cuz each extra +skill gives bonus % based on newly increased flat stats.
So the last few +skills you can get are the most important.

+6 pelt is BiS
I would base my choice about oak or HoW based on the pelt you can get.
+3 bear/dire/HoW would be gfg
But if you get some cheaper +3 bear/dire you could use oak instead.

You can get A LOT of bonus flat health on magic 2os pelt and even a 3summon/100life amy, which all scale with massive +% hp bonus from oak/cta

99fcr easy to reach without a circ.
The only spell you’ll cast is tele, so you don’t need more, that would only make your summons much more weak.

Quote (Stefbef @ Dec 12 2024 10:25am)

you forgot about needing to recast tel:127381273812127381273812[/URL] summons every 5 seconds :D fcr is very useful for summon druid

Quote (SinsOfTheSun @ 12 Dec 2024 16:28)

Not if you play lvl 53 summons with oak
Seriously, try killing them, they’re tanky AF lol

Quote (Stefbef @ Dec 12 2024 10:48am)

against what? :O

havent checked yet tbh but i remember grizzly, not sure about other summons, having like resistance per level ? 5 all resist per lvl or so, up to a certain thing?

but i don't think oak would ever be worth it over HoW, HoW just gives them so much damn attack rating

Quote (SinsOfTheSun @ 12 Dec 2024 16:53)

Oak + max summon skills will make them believe your summons are indestructible lol
Its good vs any low defense build.

HoW definitely help vs barb and paly.

Hard to pick one, sadly can’t really max both.
If bm, chant sorc + oak is gfg lol

Quote (Stefbef @ Dec 12 2024 10:54am)

how fast does act3 merc cast enchants on them?

you could always get an enchant ormus (it gives +3 on him, i tested) like a hexfire 5-5, flickering flame and eth spirit shield or so^^

iirc you can get pretty high enchant with it

Quote (SinsOfTheSun @ 12 Dec 2024 17:05)

Yeah its a solution.
I also tested what was the max slvl of a3 chant merc, can’t remember the exact value but yeah it can be very high (around 48 iicr)
He don’t have warmth and mastery, so the dmg is irrelevant, but the ar boost is insane.
To make him cast chant he needs to perform attacks. He will cast chant on unchanted target quite often if he’s in combat.

Fun fact
Last patch they silently fixed a bug that allowed him to chant ravens (that was gfg)
Edit: by last patch, I meant 2 patch ago

Edit #2 :
Oh I still had that merc on my planner for bo barb!
https://maxroll.gg/d2/d2planner/q83zk0r1

Lvl 49 chant!
Its a good addition for a bo barb to prebuff with a single extra char :)

And if you wonder why that planner is showing some mf items, its cuz I used to have him follow me around horking, not only buff. Could swap the gheed for an extra skiller.

Quote (Stefbef @ Dec 12 2024 11:24am)

Atf that would have been insane, ravens only problems is their low ar

Wish I knew that sooner xD

How do they even figure that shit out

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Fixed an issue where the Act III Mercenary would target Ravens with Enchant.

Quote (SinsOfTheSun @ 12 Dec 2024 17:33)

https://news.blizzard.com/en-us/diablo2/24111638/diablo-ii-resurrected-ladder-season-8-coming-soon

Well that wasn’t a “silent” fix