Dreamer's Merc: Act 3 Fire with Dragons and HOJ?

[Tamer]

Im making a dreamer which will use holy shock auras. Im thinking the best merc to compliment him is an act 3 fire merc. Im thinking of gearing him up with Dragon Shield, Dragon Armor, and HOJ. So he gets a 44 lvl fire aura and the HOJ helps his fire damage output too.

Im worried about his survivability though... dont know what should go in the helmet spot though... prob some sort of Eth Gaze so he gets some good damage reduction (or Eth Shako)... anyways... yall have any thoughts on this?

seems like a cool idea.. lvl 44 fire aura from merc and im rocking the shock aura and convict...

please advise
-Tamer

[LiftedUp]

I know level 44 Holy Fire aura sounds fantastic, but the pulse dmg (and an A3 merc will only be contributing pulse dmg) is under 100 fire dmg per pulse. Even with your Conviction, it's still weak.

[Tamer]

true... but the merc is still casting fire spells though... which are more powerfull (Hoj) and work well with convict.. the 44 fire aura is just added bonus.. Albeit an expensive one which is why im asking..

[nicro007]

If fireball was the only spell they casted I'd say go for it, but unfortunately that's not the case. Inferno puts them into melee range with a lot of hard hitting monsters with zero leach, little life, and no way to protect themselves. They can't even leech off of life tap so unless you plan on shoving potions down his throat I'd skip the act 3 merc for something a bit sturdier and able to leech.

I went with a Faith Act 1 merc for my dreamer so I'd be able to hit the last IAS breakpoint.

[Tamer]

yea i decided to go with act 1 Ice Merc with a Ice runeword and giantskull for knockback. The ice damage + Convic is not bad and the knockback is just gravy. I Can get 11 Frame bow speed if I use a great bow and 1 IAS jewel in the Giant Skull.