ok A3 merc on zealer

[donzi]

I got a cold A3 merc lvl 85

his gear is dream helm dream shield, HoJ wep and vipermagi for resists..

people say this setup should clear chaos fast even in games with multiple people in it..

everytime i get into a game i remove and re-equip his gear to make sure auras are taking effect, in single games yes it does or did clear rather fast.. but when i tried it in a 2 person game it barely scratched the mobs.. what gives? I've heard you do NOT need conviction for this merc setup to work well.. am i mislead?


thanks in advance

[jiansonz]

I don´t understand why that would be good gear for this kind of merc. OK, Skin of the Vipermagi is a good armor for them, but the other gear is not. HoJ gives Holy Fire aura and reduces enemy fire resistance by 20%, Dream gives Holy Shock aura. But this kind of merc does not hit the enemies (other than on rare occasions when they are close to him) so all these auras will be doing is the pulse damage, and that is not impressive at all.

Besides, the OB Knights are cold immune.

Act 3 mercs in general are weak, something you use for 'variant material', 'style points', etc. But if you do want to use one, you should get him:
* Faster Cast
* + All Skills
as much as possible.

[emar]

I got a cold A3 merc lvl 85

his gear is dream helm dream shield, HoJ wep and vipermagi for resists..

people say this setup should clear chaos fast even in games with multiple people in it..

everytime i get into a game i remove and re-equip his gear to make sure auras are taking effect, in single games yes it does or did clear rather fast.. but when i tried it in a 2 person game it barely scratched the mobs.. what gives? I've heard you do NOT need conviction for this merc setup to work well.. am i mislead?


thanks in advance

Err... You have to pump it alot more in an 8 player game, than a single player game obviously. If you also want the Holy fire to glitch you need Dragon. As it stands you are only pumping HS. Playing with conviction is much better than not. Also, wasting the 5-10 minutes to do this is pointless. My java can clear the CS (most of it) and kill big D in less time than it takes for my BO to wear off. If you want a CS character, you need a different build or another merc. Pumping the A3 is only good if you want to clear the entire game. The time investment is too considerable otherwise.

[donzi]

hmm then i have been led astray.. i thought i read on here the glitch from dual dreams was pretty uber, perhaps thast just for auradins with max conviction aura running.. guess i'll go try n trade em away heh

[frish]

dual dream is very much uber indeed! its possible to have holy shock around level 90...
im not completely sure how it worked, but i think you have to put on both (helm and shield), and then remove helm ( maybe other way around ) and put it on again several times. that should do the trick...

[MegaFlame]

Remember, the act 3 merc never swings his sword, rather he shoots whatever element at enemies like a caster. So items like hoz/dream will be a waste. The only way you want to benefit him is to boost his skill levels. So spirit sword is the weapon and shako or any helm for the same purpose.

[emar]

Remember, the act 3 merc never swings his sword, rather he shoots whatever element at enemies like a caster. So items like hoz/dream will be a waste. The only way you want to benefit him is to boost his skill levels. So spirit sword is the weapon and shako or any helm for the same purpose.

You are absolutely right about the gear choices for the A3 merc. However, the initial question was with respect to the 'glitched' merc-2x Dream, Dragon and HoJ. Repeatedly equipping and unequiping the items allows a sort of 'stack' of the level 15 auras. If you do the equipping for a 5-10 minute period of time (8 players) you can easily clear areas with pulses from the auras. It can wipe CS monsters (and all monsters- baals minions included) in 1-2 pulses. It is ineffective on Bosses however.

If one wishes to do legitimate damage with the merc and not utilize a bug, then the way is to add lots of + to skills, facets and -to resists. As stated by other posters.

Edit: You don't obtain a HS of level 90... You obtain 90 stacks of level 15 aura. It doesn't stack the same way on a merc that it does on a character, which is how the bug is enabled on the merc.

[MegaFlame]

Yeah I don't see any point in this since you character should do enough damage anyways.

[donzi]

he does plenty of damage just for leveling, baal games are always full.. I like doing baal and chaos runs but IM in chaos rocks a zealer hard, plus for CC would be nice to haev an aura whailin on the guys i cant hit all at once