I've wanted to try the demon machine sorc build since the changes made it viable but want to go all out on it if I do make one.

For those of you who've made one and tested it would an inventory of 26-42 fire damage small charms be better than 9x 1+ fire skill / 7-14 fire damage grand charms + 10x 26-42 fire dmg sc's?

I hope it's the skillers because that would save me a lot of time and fg to find a set vs 26-42 sc's. But if it's definitely the sc's then so be it...

Edit:

Also, if I had an act 3 merc wearing HoJ/Dragon/Dragon would his holy fire aura that's on me get boosted by my fire mastery?

I know the answer is infinity act2 merc but as a general question - will my fire mastery boost the holy fire?

This post was edited by DDadams on Aug 17 2025 07:56am

I tested it with one and did bit calculation. the Skiller is better. However, perfectly you can use skiller to prebuff and then swap them out.
Holy fire on Merc does not effect your damage nor you him.
No, but if you give him a Flicker Flame, it will.

I have tested lv 55 and lv 53 Enchant and is it a over kill with 28K damage. I droped some and down to 48 and is still enought to one shot most stuff with 18k~20k damage. You don't really need more damage.

Wow I completely forgot that holy fire/shock/freeze don't go to the other party members.

I was reeeeeaallly tired this morning just getting home at 9am when I posted this but I feel so stupid now. Just haven't seen an auradin in a party with me in years as well so I guess brain fart. But man I do feel retarded.

Edit: is the skiller only better with the extra 7-14 fire damage on it or will a lower roll be better still? If I can only find say, 4-11 damage or something?

This post was edited by DDadams on Aug 17 2025 12:17pm

plain skiller is already better.

https://maxroll.gg/d2/d2planner/7w8ko0qm
I made this to test my gears change, you see here yourself how much damage +1 skill does vs add 3 more fire sc.