So rather new to Warlock. And I understand Hephasto is very good for summons.
Without a doubt cursed is a must have.

The second aura is what I'm curious on.
Many people say fanta is bis as it pumps up the sheet damage to look higher however I feel like something like holy freeze would be better as the moment I tele stomp or death mark the summons the entire pack is amp damaged.

Why would something like that not be better than fanta?

Fana is worse than holy auras especially vs phys immunes, once you get used to holy auras u can´t go back.

Another thing:
Holy freeze might is not ideal if you want to hork. Corpse can explode.
Pride can have the same effect but you can mitigate it by teleporting your merc away from herald to some extent. Can´t do that with holy freeze.
I prefer holy fire or holy shock because of this.

Considering to scrap pride entirely and go self-fort + merc insight for the same reason.

This post was edited by Schmeden on Apr 1 2026 06:10am

So holy auras is better right? Like holy freeze and lightning etc? As that auto amp damage is goat

yeah, edited previous post with more thoughts also.

Dude just go to trav and get Ismael Vilehand or whatever his name is. Thats all you need, hes always cursed and it takes you 30 seconds to do.

What makes him better than heph though?

Nothing, but you just dont have to look for cursed Heph. Cursed is all that matters.

https://forums.d2jsp.org/user.php?i=675279 made a nice guide for bindings demons here https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=108871709

20 soft points in bind demon is convenient but not entirely optimal for echoing strike, life is easier as blood boil

As echoing strike one could potentially have a few extra demon skillers for binding so u can take any mob in cursed game and roll for the aura u want.

Because people don't understand how much better the elemental auras are. They just see 5k more damage.