Merc Aura limit?

[georgegrozev]

I remember reading about mercs (specifically Act II ones) having an aura limit, is this true and if so how many?

[Ladvarian]

I just happen to have a good excel spreadsheet on my desktop by Zath from the Amazon Basin (look it up I'm not linking just in case mod has any objections)
Look in the amazon basin for Complete v1.10 Hireling/Merc Stats. These stats should be good for 1.12 as well.

Act II Mercenaries max out their aruras at the same level, but a different max level for the arura. The Might mercenary is the exception.
Prayer mercenary maxes out at lvl 76 and lvl 18 Prayer
Blessed Aim mercenary maxes out at lvl 76 and lvl 18 Blessed Aim
Defiance mercenary maxes out at lvl 76 and lvl 18 Defiance
Thorns mercenary maxes out at lvl 76 and lvl 15 Thorns
Might mercenary maxes out at lvl 96 and lvl 20 Might (the exception)
Holy Freeze mercenary maxes out at lvl 76 and lvl 16 Holy Freeze

[georgegrozev]

I don't think you understood my question... What I was asking for is how many auras they can have on them at one time. I was thinking of putting a Pride and Bramble on my Might merc, you see.

[Mad Mantis]

IIRC the limit was set at three auras. So you should be safe.

[georgegrozev]

Thanks, I love aura stacking.

[garion]

yeah its hard to stck more than 3 auras anyways =)...especially with a act 2 merc...

but yeah more auras the merrier....

[hardwaredin]

ok so if i have an act 2 might merc with bramble and infinity and me with my fanaticism, will all of them stack with my skellies and merc? or will only 3 stack and is there an order to which stacks?

[NumtyDoo]

I believe that I have had 4, might merc with infinity, bramble, and dream. But if he died and I revived him he would have none, I would remove/replace his items and then he would only have one and I would have to leave/rejoin game to get them turned back on.

[georgegrozev]

Yea, since new items negate old auras, that's not related to dying, but to game mechanics.

[NumtyDoo]

that's not related to dying
He had 4 auras, then died. When revived, the auras would not come back on unless I left game and then rejoined. Pretty sure that is related to him dieing...:crazy:

[georgegrozev]

The reason you get the auras is because of spawning.
Revive him, exit game, join game, take off all equip, put it back on. He'll have 1 aura. So you see, it's not related to dying. If you don't believe, hire a new merc, put on equip, and he'll have 1 aura.

[NumtyDoo]

Duh... like saying that the reason someone dies in 1 hit in PvP isn't because their life is too low, but because the enemy does too much damage... but the problem isn't life or damage, it's game mechanics...

Like I said, he has 4 auras until the merc dies, I'm not in the habit of removing all of his gear and replacing it at the beginning of each game, so it is an issue I have when the merc dies.