Merc Without ora!?

[KillerKlown]

Hello i have hired a lvl 16 nightmare offence merc to give my lagomancer his might ora yet he wont cast it. i have tryed letting him kill stuff leting stuff attack him leveling him but nothing seems to make him activate his might ora.

can anyone of you help me?

[krischan]

You have to be patient. Each time the merc has to make a "decision", there is a chance that he activates his aura. The quickest way to achieve it is to let him make as many decisions as possible. If you simply let him attack, he won't change his action before either he or the the enemy is dead. For example, run around, so he egages in melee, follows you, attacks another enemy etc.

[baffle]

Hm, lvl16? I'm not completely sure a NM merc at that level will have an aura yet. For aura levels, from the Strategy Compendium:

10/32 of a level per level of the hirling (hlvl). So a level 98 might merc aura would be 10/32*98 = level 30 might aura.
Offensive Might (hlvl 31 = alvl 8, There is no cap on Might level )

According to this, he should have a level 5 might aura, but as I said, I'm not sure if there's a minimum lvl requirement.

Merc guide (http://strategy.diabloii.net/news.php?id=580)

[KillerKlown]

well, i hired 1 lvl 16 he didnt activate i hired another one at lvl 17 and he didnt active and i leveled him to lvl 18 and he still doesnt activate i will try to level him once or twice more becaus i read somewhere skill level of ora goes +1 for ever 3 levels he gains and according to that sheet he should have more life, actually he only has 40 life

[KillerKlown]

He just gained a level, he is now lvl 19 still has no ora even tho ive done 2 tombs with him(in this game) and he is still at 40 hp, altho his str and resistance went up

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so... he gained his level and finally activated his ora sry for all the trouble, but im still worried about his hp

[KillerKlown]

It apears they start gaining life at lvl 22...

thx for yalls patience.

[Orphan]

The might merc should have gotten a level 1 might aura at level 19. And yea, they start to gain life from level 22 and above.

[Stompwampa]

.. he gained his level and finally activated his ora ...


BTW, it's A-U-R-A not O-R-A ;-)

[baffle]

The might merc should have gotten a level 1 might aura at level 19. And yea, they start to gain life from level 22 and above.

I guess the merc guide should be made a bit more clear when it comes to very low level mercs, then.