Convinction+ act3 merc

[jungeMann]

Hi all i wonder if there is any point in making a pala who uses convinction and an act3 merc to do the dam. Can u plz try it out with different mercs cuz i dont have a convinction pala yet. But i guess he should deal serios damage.
And plz tell me which attacks these mercs use aswell cuz i dont havemoney to buy em and try it out ^^.
Or maybe is it a common way for fistadins to deal with hell monsters?

[Omikron8]

1) These mercs are extremly stupid just like the act1 mercs, they will run into melee range and be slaughtered even though they have a safe ranged shooting spot

2) The damage of these mercs has NEVER been sufficient in multiplayer nightmare games or ANY kind of hell games for that matter. They have no elemental masteries so even a level 90+ act 3 merc will do piss poor damage. On top of this they have very crappy stats and hitpoints

Avoid them like the plague

[jungeMann]

Yes i know they normally suck ***, however backed up with convinction, cta and some nice fcr these guys could be an alternative to act2 couldnt they?

Sofar i know that ice merc casts some kind of cold armor on himself wich would give him some survivability along with cta.

Lighnt merc uses lightning and lighting bolts not very strong but it hits many monsters. besides if u use Crescent Moon runeword it gives him additional -35 enemy ligth res. Wich should be pretty kool cuz convinction is capped at -150 to enemy res all. So he would deal some damage i estimate it ll be like 300-1000 but with -185 to enemy light res it would hurt a lot. MY orb sorc only has like -100 cold res and its enough to kill most monsters on hell.

Fire merc i didnt try out yet.