Which one is your main and which one is your reinforcement. What do you think of the new buffs?
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Depends on the content I’m doing as to who I choose, but usually it’s between Varyana and Subo with Raheir as my reinforcement. I don’t see the buffs that increased damage doing anything if we’re being honest. However the increase to durations, damage reduction, etc. are helpful. Wouldn’t say they’ll change who I use, or the fact the mercs are still just kind of meh, but I wasn’t expecting much from them anyway.
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Wait, you’re telling me they have a purpose beyond earning Pale Marks? Just kidding. I mainly use Raheir for the total armor buff since my build was set up around him without me even realizing it. Too lazy to re-Masterwork, so the one-handed guy has stuck with me ever since. Varyana is my reinforcement pick. Honestly, other mercs should also provide reinforcement buffs to players like Varyana does. No one actually relies on their damage anyway.
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Subo is the primary because he provides enemy location.
don’t need other buffs as CDR, DR and AS are sufficient.
Varyana for the attack speed bonus and bleeds are nice to have too. As for the backup I haven’t seen any of them do any of any significance. But honestly the mercs add minimal impact from what I can see. Out little robot friend in season 3 was 100x more impactful.
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Aldkin for the mass Vul.
It depends on what i need
My sorc i am using tank main and caster reinforcement. Barb i am using subo main and tank vortex reinforcement. Druid i think i am using caster main and tank vortex reinforcement.
Whoever spawns potions.
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Aldkin is really bad desgined, this kid need some love. I hope he will get some attention and rework for the future than damage buff.
Raheir is way too usefull with Subo.
Varyana never used as main mercenary, only as second for the Attack Speed buff.
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Raheir with Subo currently. I’m trying to level up each merch via reinforce mode. As a sorc I’ve stuck with Raheir since the start.
Curiously, what do you dislike about Aldkin because I wonder if that’s what I like about him?
Maybe the lack of interesting increasing bonuses compared to Raheir or Varyana?
Atm he’s incredibly weak.
Don’t he curse you if you use him as the main. Curse of Darkness: You and your nearby enemies become Vulnerable. Curse of Flames: Your direct damage Burns enemies for 30% damage over 3 seconds, but you lose 10% of your Maximum Resource per second.
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Thanks to you to describes why Aldkin is overall bad compare to the others.
The only good ability he had is the thing who can Execute enemy below 40% of HP.
It’s all.
Talking about merc how do i dismiss them?
If you go back to the Den and talk to them in there, there is a ‘dismiss mercenary’ option.
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He does. But I’ve found in groups for clearing he solves many problems for me preemptively.
The answer that I should give: I look for some bonus or synergy that will help my class/build.
The actual reality: realizing that the mercenaries really only have minimal impact, I make either a partly emotional decision or a very cursory evaluation to pick something.
For example, on my Rogue I rolled with Varyana mainly because she is the only one who I actually liked, and didn’t annoy me in some way (and also because she has some useful skills for me).
For my Incinerate Sorc, I used Aldkin because he does Fire and Burning damage and I figure it’ll be complimentary enough, tbh I expected him to annoy me, but I kind of like the little guy now (especially when he turns into the fire demon thing, that’s pretty fun).
Since I play HC, I always have Raheir as reinforcement, with Bastion set to trigger if I get injured. I’ve never seen it happen, so I have no idea if it even works, but I sure hope so… because when I need it, I’m going to really need it. 
The only exception to that is if I am struggling to hit resist cap, I’ll use Raheir as the active merc for the +15 all res until I sort that out.
The best thing I can say about the D4 mercs is that they (maybe) vaguely help and otherwise are essentially invisible, they stay out of the way and don’t require any oversight or maintenance.
Subo is MVMerc
2nd one really doesnt do much lol
I would agree that Aldkin needs some major attention regarding his spreading curse mechanic. It lasts for 22 seconds, and either makes you vulnerable for that duration, or does indeed cause you to lose primary resource very quickly, and for, imo, a very long time.
I definitely like Subo for the resource node/monster location skills he has. I honestly like to use all of them as my hired merc, with the exception of Aldkin, who needs a lot of attention/love from the devs. Sometimes he is my reinforcement, though. Pretty sure his curse doesn’t spread when he is a reinforcement, though not 100% sure on that to be honest.
I didn’t initially care for Varyana, but not based on anything other than her personal story…yeah, she’s a competent merc, but…the whole cannibal thing disturbs me a lot. Now, she is my favorite merc, and I gave up ranting about her cannibal past. Not sure how she got mixed up in a Barbarian clan turned cannibal cultists…and not sure her quest even covers that tbh, but…would be nice to know how/why. And were they always cannibal cultists? Or did something change when Tyrant Brol took over? I don’t see the point in worshipping a giant, insanely dead/decaying infernal worm…but I know people have worshipped stranger throughout history 