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Jul 5 2026 07:54am
Title.. what too choose.. is the pulse damage much higher with Dual dream? Vs griffon/and 4 facet palashield?

Or maybe go sorc with Dual dream light mastery and thunderstorm?

Thanks in advance

Also.. which merc for the paladin if i go Dual dream. Might/pride a2 or maybe a5 with double plague
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Jul 5 2026 02:16pm
Self cast makes higher dmg cause u can increase with offensice skillers.
You also use griffons to reach 75fcr with that and spirit and arach.
I aleays preferred selfcast
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Jul 5 2026 03:56pm
If dual dream, id go infinity merc if selfcast fana and fana merc if selfcast conv
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Jul 5 2026 07:20pm
dual dream i believe probably stronger.

iirc , it would be 2 auras ( 1 from each source) and the aura lvls are both equal to the sum of the 2 sources. (lvl 15 + lvl 15 = lvl 30 auras)

lvl 30 aura x2 , then you can have conv aura on paladin at same time.
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Jul 5 2026 08:29pm
Selfcast higher in dmg just lower in conv.
Selfcast gets:
Anni +1
Torch +3
Skillers +9
Bo +1
Items (griff, spirit, enigma, highlord, bk?, arach) +8
L42 holy shock vs lvl 30 holy shock

Think only thing is dreams hit twice
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Jul 5 2026 08:34pm
Title.. what too choose.. is the pulse damage much higher with Dual dream? Vs griffon/and 4 facet palashield?

Or maybe go sorc with Dual dream light mastery and thunderstorm?

Thanks in advance

Also.. which merc for the paladin if i go Dual dream. Might/pride a2 or maybe a5 with double plague


If you want sorc with thunderstorm see my guide on this page. Also in my sig
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Jul 6 2026 11:34am
dual dream has awful pulse dmg

self shock has good pulse dmg but no sustain and res issues. and you can easily go foh hybrid for massive aoe
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Jul 6 2026 11:42am
If you go 2xdream on yourself you'll be able to do p5-8 in hell no problem. I have one on single player and I've been experimenting with merc options.

I think last wish is bis on pally? Armor and others I think is up for debate. I use a blood ring/belt/boot/glove combo and I'm happy.
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