My latest strat. for A3 merc.

[DoD_Vic]

Merc Aura Stack Glitch
by QQ-PaT

What it does?
Gives your mercenary an extra powerful aura attack

How do you do it?
1) Equip your merc with with 2 items that give the same aura. ie: 1 HoJ + 1 Dragon on an A1 Merc, or 2 Dreams on an A3 merc.
2) Rapidly remove/equip one of the aura giving items. The aura's damage will increase. You must do this MANY times for it to be effective. (50++)
3) You must repeat this for every new game you join, and every time your merc dies.

(Info from http://new*******.net/)

From his info it seems impractical to use HoJ/Dragon on an A3 merc. (Though I haven't tested) on my A3 merc. I decided to replace those two with Fortitude and Crescent Moon. Fortitude is obvious but why Crescent Moon?

Crescent Moon
10% Chance To Cast Level 17 Chain Lightning On Striking
7% Chance To Cast Level 13 Static Field On Striking
+20% Increased Attack Speed
+180-220% Enhanced Damage (varies)
Ignore Target's Defense
-35% To Enemy Lightning Resistance IMPORTANT?
25% Chance of Open Wounds
+9-11 Magic Absorb (varies)
+2 To Mana After Each Kill
Level 18 Summon Spirit Wolf (30 Charges)

But one thing I was never sure on was how the -35% worked. Was it on strike or on any offensive attack on an enemy? So if anyone knows of the way this works please inform me.

Anyhow I stack the auras and when he is in action he makes it look easy. So I do believe this is a good weapon pick for your A3 merc.

[Bloodangel26]

...YOUR newest strategy? perhaps you've missed the other like 10 threads on this?

anyways, on to your question. i'll try to be polite here, but its really really really obvious....if you are glitching dream runewords, you are going to be doing lightning damage from holy shock aura. therefore if you reduce the enemies lightning resistances by %35, you effectively increase the damage done by that percent. it works on any enemy your merc attacks, with aura or attack.

why is it impractical to use hoj/dragon? if you glitch 2 dreams and then hoj/dragon you will have 2 auras, holy shock and holy fire, owning monsters

[DoD_Vic]

I didn't know that both of those auras would stack. I haven't tested it, but I was just throwin' it out there for others who haven't really expermented with this. Obviously you are well informed in this so don't insult me trying to help others who may have not known this Blood.

[Bloodangel26]

if you were really trying to help you would have checked and made sure there werent 10 threads on it already.

and yes, both auras will glitch. havent done it myself but one of my friends uses dream+dream+hoj+dragon and glitches both auras

[Fuggle]

Well the basic idea of the Gmerc is old news Blood, but I haven't seen anybody quite use a Crescent Moon, but then again, I rarely look at these threads anymore.

[Bloodangel26]

my merc uses a 6 lite faceted crys sword...same concept

[Arc]

Merc Aura Stack Glitch
by QQ-PaT

What it does?
Gives your mercenary an extra powerful aura attack

How do you do it?
1) Equip your merc with with 2 items that give the same aura. ie: 1 HoJ + 1 Dragon on an A1 Merc, or 2 Dreams on an A3 merc.
2) Rapidly remove/equip one of the aura giving items. The aura's damage will increase. You must do this MANY times for it to be effective. (50++)
3) You must repeat this for every new game you join, and every time your merc dies.

(Info from http://new*******.net/)

From his info it seems impractical to use HoJ/Dragon on an A3 merc. (Though I haven't tested) on my A3 merc. I decided to replace those two with Fortitude and Crescent Moon. Fortitude is obvious but why Crescent Moon?

Crescent Moon
10% Chance To Cast Level 17 Chain Lightning On Striking
7% Chance To Cast Level 13 Static Field On Striking
+20% Increased Attack Speed
+180-220% Enhanced Damage (varies)
Ignore Target's Defense
-35% To Enemy Lightning Resistance IMPORTANT?
25% Chance of Open Wounds
+9-11 Magic Absorb (varies)
+2 To Mana After Each Kill
Level 18 Summon Spirit Wolf (30 Charges)

But one thing I was never sure on was how the -35% worked. Was it on strike or on any offensive attack on an enemy? So if anyone knows of the way this works please inform me.

Anyhow I stack the auras and when he is in action he makes it look easy. So I do believe this is a good weapon pick for your A3 merc.




u mean A2 merc right? cause ive never seen a hoj bow in my life

[DoD_Vic]

I didn't write the top part that was by a person called QQ-Pat, and yes Blood HoJ sword and Dragon work well together. I searched most of the A3 merc. threads and noticed pretty much all the same things covered. I just thought I'd contribute...to be nice...but uh...I guess I'll stop that.

[Bloodangel26]

contribute, but contribute new things

[Arc]

Merc Aura Stack Glitch
by QQ-PaT

What it does?
Gives your mercenary an extra powerful aura attack

How do you do it?
1) Equip your merc with with 2 items that give the same aura. ie: 1 HoJ + 1 Dragon on an A1 Merc, or 2 Dreams on an A3 merc.
2) Rapidly remove/equip one of the aura giving items. The aura's damage will increase. You must do this MANY times for it to be effective. (50++)
3) You must repeat this for every new game you join, and every time your merc dies.

(Info from http://new*******.net/)

From his info it seems impractical to use HoJ/Dragon on an A3 merc. (Though I haven't tested) on my A3 merc. I decided to replace those two with Fortitude and Crescent Moon. Fortitude is obvious but why Crescent Moon?

Crescent Moon
10% Chance To Cast Level 17 Chain Lightning On Striking
7% Chance To Cast Level 13 Static Field On Striking
+20% Increased Attack Speed
+180-220% Enhanced Damage (varies)
Ignore Target's Defense
-35% To Enemy Lightning Resistance IMPORTANT?
25% Chance of Open Wounds
+9-11 Magic Absorb (varies)
+2 To Mana After Each Kill
Level 18 Summon Spirit Wolf (30 Charges)

But one thing I was never sure on was how the -35% worked. Was it on strike or on any offensive attack on an enemy? So if anyone knows of the way this works please inform me.

Anyhow I stack the auras and when he is in action he makes it look easy. So I do believe this is a good weapon pick for your A3 merc.

im not quite sure but i think its just -35% all the time like no matter wat, cause if you look at infinity for light sorcs it reduces resistance all the time, not sure if ur merc has to hit them first, never tested it cause i always kill the monsters before my merc has a chance to attack

[DoD_Vic]

Yeah, I'm sure it's all the time now. But I tested everything mentioned to me today and I found HoJ/Dragon/Dream/Dream works best. Cresent moon was thrown out there for better lighting damage results. 6sock. crystal sword with lite facets was mentioned and I'm sure that work well too. But thanks everyone for the help. Even you Blood!