They ruined classic wc3 with reforged, I hope they don’t remaster D2 unfortunately I’m surprised they haven’t ruined D2/Bnet yet.

To contribute:
A1 merc with edge + bramble for lvl 36 thorns is kind of neat

Giantskull with knockback is great for A1 or A5 pvp mercs

A2 mercs with less used auras - defiance and defense are seriously underrated for pvm safety, can add Doom for holyfreeze/defiance/chilling combo. Or insight + prayer. Even blessed aim should be more considered for things like melee sorcs / boss killing CB builds.

one big issue with blessed aim mercs is that infinity merc already gives -83% monster defense which is going to make it nearly 95% cth with nothing else

there's also the option of aura mercs for a3. But without stack, a3 merc caps out at 322 fire with -35% res or 418 light with -50% res. Which is absolute garbage for pvm compared to infinity merc for whatever aura build, but it does represent about 20-25% extra compared to the aura damage you can get on a sorc. Might make more sense for the light merc than pure caster setup at least. Still terrible. And for pvp, there's no reason for even a passive ts build to use it compared to an a1 merc with 6k arrows.

They all have there uses.




What's the dmg total on the act5 Merc? Ive seen 12k with characters natural attack buffs.


Act 3 Merc is a magic find Merc.... Max mf

Act 1 is a ranger Merc. Does good with something like fireball or spear.



It really comes down to what you need and who you play with. Pvp, pvm, team pvm, etc.

This post was edited by treezin on Apr 21 2020 02:09pm

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depends on setup and buffs available, and gear might be different depending on char who can buff it, like less %ed and more min/max on a pally with concentration available
for example, if the barb merc is

eth upped headstriker (30% ed, 10-18 damage rare jewel)
jewelers armor of the titan +20 strength (4x +18min / +18 max rare jewels)
jewelers diadem of performance +13 min (3x +18min / +18 max rare jewels)
and you give him a paladin auraslave quickly spinning through 50 might, 53 conc, 53 fanat, 5+1 wolverine aura
that winds up as 41966-63028 damage with 5% chance to double, for an average 55121 damage per hit

Wouldn't mind watching that with amp in there. Ty for sharing setup.

most pvp chars doesn't use 1h sword in the first place and has not that much shields required.
This make it viable mostly with zon as you swap shield for bo.
I prefer a inv cube that doesn't require 50k to be revived and can carry cta + mara + dual soj + arach for bo prebuff.
another niche use would be to swap cta for a cb/ow sword but i don't see them since 1.10 or so.

If you stack mf on a merc, the merc actually hast to do the killing blow. I dont see how an a3 merc will do this.