Best merc for PvM wind druid.

[PrinceOfAmber]

Title sums it up. I did some searches on forums with no luck, and I didnt see a merc mentioned in Fenris's guide. I'm up to act2 nightmare and wondering which merc works best for a wind druid. I normally like holy freeze but maybe thats not needed now? Might for extra damage? Will my defense ever be good enough to utilize the hell act2 defense aura?

[GDawgUnit]

Well, it depends on your style of playing, if you like to go headlong into a bunch of enemies and let them surround you, get the definance merc. If you like to stay on the sidelines of a battle and keep your distance, then go HF merc all teh way.

[det]

I am doing well with a HF merc.

Hurricane +HF +Decrep is quite nice. Of course, if you know your merc is gonna wear a Reapers Toll one day, HF could be considered overkill and you reather want another aura (well..not really BA or Prayer :) )

[[D]Rui[D]]

i'm using a HF merc cause i'm playing rather defensively.

of course act5 barb merc is nice if you are those who love to stay up close and personal with every mobs you face.

[DistortedRiff]

My act 5 merc is better with my wind druid than any of the others I've tried, but it might be my playing style.

[det]

My act 5 merc is better with my wind druid than any of the others I've tried, but it might be my playing style.

Until I traded for a Reapers Toll, level 3 of Worldstone would often be the end of my walk to Baal when Spectres and Temptresses spawn (both PI). Hurricane just takes to long to kill them, especially when they fire those magic balls like mad. With decrep around, removing PI, it is a lot easier.

So I wonder..how do you cope with an act 5 merc? Use Vile Husk? (don't tell me the obvious solution is ENIGMA and tele )

[Rauth]

Act 2 merc with reapers toll is 10 times better than any other for a windy. No contest whatsoever. You could put a botd on a act5 merc and it still wouldn't compare.

On the other hand, a windy doesn't really need a merc(unless you want to kill everything 50% faster and kill phys/cold immunes, in which case pick reapers toll), so pick whatever is fun for you.

What aura you choose is mostly a matter of preference. I choose defiance because things die too fast for holy freeze to be useful to me.

[DistortedRiff]

So I wonder..how do you cope with an act 5 merc? Use Vile Husk? (don't tell me the obvious solution is ENIGMA and tele )

Well I personally use engima, and my merc uses an eth Flamebellow. If I didn't teleport, I'm sure I would use an HF merc.

[Dimoak]

Act 2 merc with reapers toll is 10 times better than any other for a windy. No contest whatsoever. You could put a botd on a act5 merc and it still wouldn't compare.

On the other hand, a windy doesn't really need a merc(unless you want to kill everything 50% faster and kill phys/cold immunes, in which case pick reapers toll), so pick whatever is fun for you.

What aura you choose is mostly a matter of preference. I choose defiance because things die too fast for holy freeze to be useful to me.
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I also use defiance. Holy Freeze would have been better but I didn't want to level one 30 levels.

[wangboBW]

Blah, but I kind of find the act5 merc to be a much better tank than the act2 mercs though. Then again, Reaper's Toll is gosu.^^