What's the BEST Merc for a Druid?!

[Shatner3]

Hey i'm starting a new druid and i'm curious as to which is the best merc to buy for him. He is going to be a wind druid specializing in Rushing characters, not pvp or pvm really... so what's the best merc for this situation and what items should i give him/her?

Thanks! :yep:

[Beowulf]

In this case if you have the riches then go with a might merc with a doom weapon so as to have a hard hitting merc damage wize while still getting the holy freeze benefit....as an armour I like etheral duriel shell nice defence, life and resistance. An etheral gaze as help is not bad.

[Shatner3]

so an act 2 merc then? I got a BoTD and all that stuff you mentioned, so you think this is a good idea or what?

I also have windfore and some good zon stuff aswell, you think a cold act2 merc is better then a fire act 1 merc? (for immuned to cold)

Thanks

[Rauth]

Nothing will compare to an eth(or non-eth) reapers toll on any act2 merc. It has 33%chance to cast decrepify, good life leech/speed, and good damage. Decrep increases yours and the mercs damage by 50%. That is like having 9k tornados instead of 6k. This curse also removes physical imunities so you will be able to kill Anything. The actual aura your merc uses is not that important. I just picked the defiance one because I didn't have to level it.

Holy freeze aura from doom is nice..but nothing compared to the damage you gain from decrepify. Pretty much any other equip will work fine as long as you have some dr somewhere.

[RealityThreek]

The actual aura your merc uses is not that important.
You talk about how great decrep is, the Act 2 Might merc doubles your damage ar higher levels. That's -100%- against non-physically immune, rather than 50%. (This stacks on top of decrep's effects once it breaks a monster's immunity) I don't know the specifics of the defiance aura, but I'm pretty sure it's around double the def as well at higher levels. And these auras are all independent of curses from reapers toll or wand charges.

[Shatner3]

Ok, so which one do i use... holy freeze or the other one?

BTW what is reapers toll and what item(s) have decrep on them?

THankS!

[Rauth]

You talk about how great decrep is, the Act 2 Might merc doubles your damage ar higher levels. That's -100%- against non-physically immune, rather than 50%. (This stacks on top of decrep's effects once it breaks a monster's immunity) I don't know the specifics of the defiance aura, but I'm pretty sure it's around double the def as well at higher levels. And these auras are all independent of curses from reapers toll or wand charges.

He did say it was for wind druid....


Might adds nothing to tornado damage. Overall, a defiance merc is pretty nice at high levels. Your defense will be quite high(more than double), which prevents alot of attacks from connecting.

Reapers toll is a unique Thresher. It is the only weapon that I know of that has chance to cast decrep. In any case, it is the most useful merc weapon for a wind druid.