Mercs will be useless and insignificant. Link Skills ?
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i think they'll be awesome for pretty much anything you plan to do
might try starting with sanctum this time cause surely they'll help me not getting 1shot |
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It will turn out like Mark mentioned on the league reveal.
At first Mercs will be used as hybrid damage dealer and aura bots but as player & minion damage improves they will be mostly used as aura bots. If used as aura bots i expected them to be near invincible if geared more defensively and having the proper auras,skill gems + items for recovery & DR. Masterpiece of 3.16 lore "A mysterious figure appears out of nowhere, trying to escape from something you can't see. She hands you a rusty-looking device called the Blood Crucible and urges you to implant it into your body." Only usable with Ethanol Flasks Last edited by gandhar0#5532 on Jun 9, 2025, 8:18:36 PM
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" I'm not sure you can use gems on your merc, I don't think you can set them up as aurabots, a friend of mine rand aurabot you couldn't be killed in uber boss fights, that would be insane. |
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Aurabot with one aura and close to zero aura efficiency. LMAO
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" Since you watched the reveal stream i guess you know this already but here again. I will start off that Mercs can have unique skill gems not otherwise in the base game. This will most likely be the biggest power multiplier both for auras and damage. "I'm not sure you can use gems on your merc". If you mean by that that players can't change the Mercs randomly created skill gem set thats likely true (from what was shown and the Q&A). But can they (mercs) use skill gems at all? Yes they can and this can be verified if watching the league reveal again. So even if players can't change the Mercs skill gems they will still provide somewhat useful auras or active skills at the beginning and later as we fight and hire more (hundreds) they will with some RNG be usable as aura bots (to some extent) or damage dealers. It's a matter of time really nothing else. More WHEN than IF. On top their gear can be changed on the fly constantly as we progress so they will be tanky or glass cannony as we make them. Masterpiece of 3.16 lore "A mysterious figure appears out of nowhere, trying to escape from something you can't see. She hands you a rusty-looking device called the Blood Crucible and urges you to implant it into your body." Only usable with Ethanol Flasks Last edited by gandhar0#5532 on Jun 10, 2025, 8:05:31 AM
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They already said that their HP will regen when out of combat and they will have damage reduction vs. bosses and their special attacks. The jewelry slots they have can literally make them immortal.
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