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[Orphan]

I've asked this before but the search didn't turn anything up. Which +skills items help out which mercs? I have heard that a +warcries coronet will help out the Act 3 merc. I wanted to know what to equip my Act2 defense nightmare merc with to enhance his skills. Thanks

Joe

Mercs don't benefit from +class skills or +skill tabs (like +1 bow and crossbow skills). They do, however, benefit from +all skills, +fire skills (like the hellplague), and +specific skills (for example, act 3 mercs can benefit from ormus's robes, assuming they have that skill).

For act 2 mercs, you'll want to wear items with +all skills

[hotpanfight]

I remember reading a while ago that certain skill trees help out certain mercs. I'm aware that any +skills items will help (Lore, etc), but I wanted to know if anyone could point me to the guide that explains which +skill trees help out which mercs. For example, a circlet that has +2 passive/magic skills helps out the Act 2 combat merc by granting him plus skills. There is a correlation between the trees and the merc types, but I can't remember where I saw this at. Thanks

[Myrakh-2]

There used to be an ancient bug where the skill tree on an item correlated with the merc skill trees: if the item has + to the "first" tree of any class, it would benefit the merc skills that also belong to the "first" tree of the class they came from.

That has been fixed long ago, sometime around the dark ages. Noone except for some of the oldest demons remembers it, and all that remains are rumors and a few ancient texts that survived the great cleansing.