Your Mercenary Kills EVERYTHING! Enchant Sorceress Build Guide | Diablo 2 Resurrected D2R
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Playing this Enchant Sorceress is easily the most fun i've had while playing D2R since the game released. It's super strong, incredibly tanky, has access to multiple damage types and uses the most interesting Mercenary setups i've ever seen. Once you fully enchant your merc and get the Conviction Aura going, she SHREDS even on high player settings. Definitely worth a try if you have the currency or add it to the list of bucket builds to try out this season!
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00:00 Intro
00:54 How The Mercenary Works
02:27 Mercenary Gear
04:25 Skills
06:25 Prebuff Gear and Charms
08:15 Farming Gear and Charms
11:10 Farming Spots and Gameplay
14:58 Final Thoughts - เกม
a1 merc being the star of the show??? never thought i'd see the day
Ever run a chanter? They make the mercs the main killer instantly.
Been running a cold a1 merc on my foh. Insight mat bow. Conviction makes her clap whole packs, medi aura, and the ai keeps her alive. The cc she provides is insane.
Nice, might have to try that. I wanna try with ice or myst bows.
Funnily enough my -150% conviction doesn’t break cold immunity
@@peterpetrov7073 That's the thing isn't it. Cold immunity rarely breaks, fire immunity breaks sometimes, lightning immunity breaks almost always. Conviction is a good solution to amplify damage on non immunes, but here should be another solution in place to deal with Cold/Fire immunes.
I never really used anything other than a2merc, we didn't have all these crazy runewords back in my day, there's so much stuff to try
@@EveryoneIsStupidButMe the new a5 merc is an absolute monster
I imagine these enchant based builds are also really fun to play with friends. They will love you.
Love the creativity, shakaku is a cool bow choice
Sup bro ! This is the best off-meta build i have ever seen ! Love it and keep up the good content
Thank you!
I've got a similar set up on my enchantress that runs Enlightenment and Demon Machine. But I'm using a Mist on my act1 merc with Treachery and Nightwing. I maxed Firebolt for the Fireball/Meteor proc synergies.
Thanks for all this exploration, it's so interesting!
Np
This build is crazy and awesome!
Really neat build! I love the creativity in it.
Thank you!
sick dude I can't wait to try this
Love the videos G. Keep it up 🍻
This was awesome. Thanks for outside the meta thinking.
I gotchu booboo
Love it...will be my first sorc build soon....
love it. TY for shearing.
Your not only the mercenary, but the mega fusion of all iron wolfs with a pinch of Emilio! Amazing!
That's what BT and I were saying. You're the best Act 3 Merc that can hold Infinity.
+ perfect aim for your merc lol. wont miss from wherever you've teleported to
I wish the necromancer Poison Dagger skill was replaced with a poison version of the sorceresses enchant. That being said, I want to try this build out before ladder ends.
Same
Very fun swapped out treachery for a 4os life armor with 4x 15ias w/ res and a ohm in koku :) very fun!!
Cool build, you should do a frozen build also. You might wanna use ES on your sorc.
I've always had a crush on Wendy 🤭. I mean .... look at her, on players 8 off screening Pvp style. All she ever needed was someone to cheer her on (and can teleport too) . Beautiful video ! 😉
Love this build, wish I had the infinity. Might still try it anyway lol.
Maaan this is so good
Kuko Shukakokokushakakuko GGooo! Thanks for showing this fun ass build off dude!
🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯
Have to keep reminding myself that this is infact p8 😱 unreal. He did it again, best character since bear sorc 😍
You can also run through all of norm with a Raven Claw before you equip the Kuko, if you're running a Holy Fire paladin. The Holy Fire + Exploding arrow has a very nice small AoE. I keep Raven Claw for each Paladin playthrough. Nothing like being able to farm a public players 8 game with ease.
Raven claw is too good. I wish it could scale into the late game.
I guess there is a point to think about missile weapons being able to pierce, when melee attack is always only single target
I've been playing a build very similar, but with changes I find enjoyable. I put a demon machine on my sorceress, and plan to put an infinity on my merc when I get enough to build one. My gear is not nearly as good as yours, but she is still blowing things up. She doe best in groups where I can buff everyone else. I have lots of extra skill points, and considering where to spend them. Candidates are energy shield, frozen orb, and thunderstorm.
I really like Nova on it for a third damage type.
that sounds fun
Necro with max bone wall, prison. Max skel+mastery. Bone chest piece. -60ish damage per hit with Sol runes everywhere. Using a Grief. Melee necro with basic stuff, did players8 start to finish. Ended up with monarch dumb-socketed with 4 sol runes, 3 in helm and another -7 on the bone chest armor. DR on the amulet was -20 amazingly enough. Blues/rares. I forced the concept of a non-bear self find/farmed Dark Knight necro that started with a poison bow (Tal runes).
Fun build. I going for delirium, mist, treachery and going with cold arrow. The cc should be great.
Definitely, but it won't carry the fire damage on the explosions which is kind of rip
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I think my criticism of this as a farming build is probably mainly the very low MF. I think one could drop some damage potential from other sources and put either COA or Fortitude on the merc while adding MF on your own gear. Loosing a small amount of speed in exchange for hitting 300-400 % mf is easily worth it.
Absolutely. Id also say you should really max out at P5 on the build. At that point you almost don't have time to fully static before she years apart the mobs. 400 MF is reachable for sure.
Enigma + Chance Guards + War Travelers + Gheeds + 6x 7% MF SCs will get you ~270% Magic Find. I think the build will be fine. Plus, when you're this geared you aren't looking for Uniques, you are looking for runes and rares.
Finally see this! I also found this buid, but I use the Mist and flicking falme for my merc!! better!! And my sorc hold a Infinity scythe for the decrease enermies resist. And my sorc wearing a Dream helm and maximum the lighting mastery. My sorc become a holy shot and exploding arrow laucher!
Yeah yeah okay, we get it... You just made me start my first sorc since 1.9. Thought I'd use the Death's Fathom I found, but whatever 😅😂
I would build this with firewall and energy shield. Makes short work of bosses, while your merc claps everything else.
Would be cool to see a PD2 variant. I guess the strafe attack does not mix well with the explosive arrow?
It does not sadly.
I just did one with Frozen Orb, Cold Mastery (maxxed), warmth/enchant (maxxed), rest into fire mastery. My merc uses faith great bow, treachery and cham andariels. She does 4k but I also have the ability to use frozen orb. I am considering using infinity on swap and keeping CTA in cube. Only use infinity where needed. sunder charm (cold/fire) also makes infinity less relevant and my version more viable. The key to my build is the merc has max IAS frames. It shoots much faster as opposed to slower but stronger enchant. I feel the exploding arrow skill is utilized most frequently so the kuku is not 100% needed
Kuku is key due to pierce being 50 from it, the lvlof exploding arrow
Loving this build, thank you for the video MBB !! I've increased my Glacial Spike skill distribution with good success! Questions though (for anyone) - while I like the IAS on the Shael (in Kuko), wouldn't a CHAM or JAH be more effective? -- CHAM - would the freeze target be negated/nullified with the exploding arrow? If not, I think slowing monsters packs might be more helpful ? Plus, if I'm getting cold help from my merc, this would free my sorc to switch from cold (G.S.) to some lightning skills. -- JAH - not sure how the ignore defense would work with this setup - would it help?
Have you thought about rocking a Kuko or Demon Machine on sorc and joining in on the exploding fun?
Testing right now
Interesting build, i love it. With the fix on metalgrid, would fanatism golem make this even better?
Fanaticism golem would help but immediately die
I saw someone on reddit doing enchantress also but running with demon machine crossbow
Yeah, the only problem is you don't double dip on Fire Mastery with Ranged Attacks, but it will do pretty well.
First off very cool and unique build. Love this kind of content. Earned a sub. One question. You said the life on BK ring gets boosted by battle orders. Did that get changed in a patch for D2R? I thought it didn't count for BO so I've always went for SOJs. Or have I just always been wrong about that?
Nah I just mispoke. That's what I get for saying unnecessary things. Also thank you kindly.
If firewall were to ever get a buff i could see this being a solid base for a FW/Orb with Enchant merc support; then you would also have wall for bosses and wouldnt have to worry about swinging.
Separate but related point: Skelly Necro with A3 Fire Merc? LR + a pack of fire enchanted chihuahuas seems like a good time.
The act 3 Merc enchant leaves a bit to be desired but helps a ton with AR issues
That amulet is insane! It is level 10 req.
Instead of going thunderstorm, Isnt it just easier to go max mana energy shield? We are tanking for the merc anyway, and enchanted infinity is a great source of secondary damage. That way we can reconsider putting points in the cold tree.
We don't need more tankiness, we need answers to fire immunes.
I am pretty sure BK ring's life/lvl does not get buffed by battle orders. But I could be wrong.
You right
Yeah I believe I've mispoke.
Wait the life per character level from BK is boostable by BO? Or am i hearing things?
Other than that, this is a really fun build. Definitely going to try this!
Thanks, I mispoke on that.
Can you please do us a huge favor and try to do a budget version of this build? Maybe one that can clear P3 easily
I can look into it. Really you drop the Infinity, stay on the fire set up and run Hydra/firewall and target farm areas without fire immunes.
7:08 Bul Kathos + to life based on char level doesn’t get increased from BO. Only hard points into Vitality and + to life items do.
Edit: nvm, you acknowledged that in another comment.
I wonder how an exploding arrow zon would do with a max enchant from sorc and 100% pierce in cows?
Other than better AI, that's what you're basically looking at here. Your Merc is very similar to that zon build, minus a bit of extra pierce and chance to hit.
Another fun thing with this build is to use an "exploding bolt" weapon on the sorc too! You don't get the fire arrow phys damage synergy that the merc does but that just means you can use ANY explosive arrow item and don't get value from upping it. Hellcast or Demon Machine can both work but since the damage from the sorc is about the same, might as well use hellcast for the lower dex req
No, you definitely want demon machine or kuko...pierce is definitely a must if ur using it on a sorc. And each weapon shoots a different "level" of exploding arrow so you should look up the level of the exploding arrow too, that equates to even more damage. Especially when maxing Fire Mastery on a sorc using this sort of build another 100 fire dmg multiplied by the 200% from FM is definitely something that shouldn't be ignored. Super fun build the bow enchantress.
Do you even stay alive without a shield?
@@marc-etiennemercier6584 I die constantly because I stand in one spot and don't kite monsters. I teleport into unsafe spots and just don't avoid anything or play smart at all...lmfao sarcasm aside it's definitely a bit different getting used to but yeah ur pretty squishy. Can't block anything but I believe demon machine does give defense haha. Soloed act 2, and 3 in hell needed help with chaos and Ancients but other than that it wasn't bad at all. Positioning is key, a lot harder to play than a brain dead summon necro or something lol. If you end up finding the gear, try a playthrough with it. I've got 3 lvl 80 sorcs now 🤣
We need a new act 3 Merc necro or druid summoner build with fire enchant
Act 3 merc already has enchant
Love the off-meta builds. Tried it off-Ladder and it works, although slowly (no Wisdom until ladder ends). Have you tried it with a Brand bow?
I haven't, although I don't think it's a great choice.
Was just thinking about building an Enchantress on my second pc instead of using a Boer. Would probably make my zoo Dudu hammer shit.
Absolutely
I saw someone call it the Smerc. Fun name ^^
That was my boi GrinningHazard!
Nice, just found a ormus enchant, guess im half way there for the build
That's big! The build is very fun to pilot.
This is... freaking hillarious. I wanna make this build (just need a donation of 7 HRs) so badly.
Now Enchant Sorceress can do Everything. Act pass, torch, newbie buff. good for character space.
Where should one farm Kuko?
Different sites give different recommendations. Action 5 bosses on normal or act bosses on nightmare?
Use the Maxroll drop calc
it seems pretty slow to call it "s-tier" but i do like the idea. seems fun if you have the pocket to shell out for all that gear though
I agree it's slower but this is all P8 and quite frankly farming on anything higher than P5 is really just for the XP.
This might be equally badass with a level 2(highest lvl?) lower res wand+spirit shield for some stats and block. GFG!
you should get hydras out to support the merc theme
Hydra is a 60 point build so I wouldn't personally recommend trying to use it as DPS but it wouldn't be terrible.
I always had fun running a chant sorc, joining games & partying then hearing all the lvl 1s freaking out because they were all doing over 5k dmg.
The small wonders in this world are the best
Why not a Mist + Flickering Flame instead?
I think brand(highest lvl of "exploding arrows") would be the best in slot for this
The level of exploding arrow doesn't really matter at all. Your enchant does all of your damage.
Ciao, bel video davvero! Ma se usassi un mercenario atto 1 ghiaccio non otterrei lo stesso l'aggiunta del danno dell'enchant?
Ciao! Un freddo mercenario aggiunge danni da freddo all'esplosione. non aggiunge danni da fuoco. Grazie
What about giving her a faith bow? Youd lose out on a lot of explosive shots but she would slap and you would both have fanat
Your understanding is accurate other than she would slap.
@@MacroBioBoi Hahaha well in that case it's very cool that the budget bow works better :)
You could test this by equipping the bow to a cold merc
Got the testing done and determined it doesn't work...which weirdly enough means the build is stronger than I thought.
Time to farm for my second Infinity
great content ... not gonna try it yet ... but great content nonetheless.
I appreciate that!
I have my second account join game and enchant my A1 Merc for my enigma pally with conviction. My enchantress is 53 because I still haven't found a 6 enchant orb
The 6 enchant 6 fire mastery 2 socket orb dream
I do the same thing on hardcore, I bought 3 copies on Xbox and then game share each one so I can have 6 accounts active, enchant sorceress, BO barbarian that is decked out to retrieve my gear if I screw up and die, and the rest I add for the MF/Exp and hellforge.
how would that work with faith and a zon instead so u can cast some lightning furies on top? maybe demon limb for chant
Not well. Demon Limb only adds like 150 fire damage and the Zone doesn't get Fire Mastery.
When ladder ends do you keep the equipment or does it go away. First time for me
Your character enters the Non-Ladder realm which is every Ladder character goes to. Your gear exists over there. You would have to make a new Ladder character at the beginning of the next ladder to participate in the Ladder season.
life per lvl isnt boosted by battle orders...
Only FLAT LIFE, FLAT MANA are increased by battle orders
no mana per lvl / life per lvl / increased max mana / increased max life / vitality / energy
none of those are affected by battle orders
If you want more bonus from battle orders it is either flat life and mana Or sub stats so u can add hard points into vita / energy
Thanks.
Hi @MacroBioBoi, I have been running this for a while and I don't think explosive arrows from Kuko actually work. If I am correct, then Mist and Flickering flame would make her hit like a truck. If you have the means, could you please test this? I only play non-ladder so I don't have Mist or FF yet. Thanks.
Yeah so that's a problem. It seemed to work but it was very hard to tell. Most might definitely be an option. I can try.
@@MacroBioBoi So I have just tried it in cows and I confirm the explosive arrows do not go off 100% of the time. This takes Kuko out of the picture, considering Mist MB gives 100% pierce as opposed to Kuko's 50, and also fires faster and adds another 3 to skills. With Treachery, she will shoot at 9FPA and FF will add another +3 to explosive arrow and -fire res. Let us know how it works. ;)
@@Srga4pb so there shouldn't be 100% explosive arrows. Only normal attack gets replaced with exploding, she should still do her fire arrow attack as well.
The last time i checked their reg shots which “proc explosive arrow” does not actually trigger splash damage. Has this been fixed? Been waiting for the fix, hope it is fixed or maybe in next ladder!
Just put out my much more rigorous testing video showing it sadly still doesn't work. But that actually means the build is stronger than I thought.
Are you sure bul-kathos life gets boosted by BO? I think only flat life is boosted, and not variable life.
I just tested. I BO and take off a "20 to life" ring, which removes almost 40 life. And when i take off the bk ring, it removes the exact amount of variable life bk is giving me.
That was a miscommunication on my part
How does this work with sunder charms?
just scrapped my shakaku the other day..
I thought that the +life based on level from BK is NOT flat life that is boostable by BO. Am I wrong or did this change?
You are correct
Could this work with Enchant charges from Demon Limb? not sure if the charges synergise with sorc skills or not?
They do but it's less than half the power.
u should also use kuko shakaku and both destroying everything ;]
You should check out the demon machine Sorc video I have up.
how do you import your build in game? in other words how do u test builds in game?
I have edited char files with all items in their stash.
Bout to watch
Wouldn't brand be better than kuko? I think it's got a higher level explosive arrow plus the amp damage when she gets hit
She does elemental damage so the amp doesn't do anything for us. It doesn't have pierce or increased attack speed so it doesn't help pump out exploding arrows either. Brand's a meme bow for bad Druid builds, sadly.
@@MacroBioBoi that makes sense thanks. Does the new sunder charm work for the Merc?
How about flickering flame and holding infinity on sorc?
Flickering flame doesn't do anything but you do good the infinity on the Sorc.
just thought of this build today and seached to see if anyone did it. what about getting beast in swap for extra atk speed on merc?
I don't like beast swap in most cases but it's definitely an option.
This sorc and full melee team would be something to see.
Bowazons, bowazons everywhere.
@@MacroBioBoi That is a good concept for a funny video :D
Can you update with the Sunder charm, please?
The sunder charm doesn't apply to your mercenary
hey man ,i saw your videos i got a question ,why you not using Blood Raven's Charge" its got lvl 13fire explosive the kuko got only lvl 7.. ,or the 180 fire dmg deals to much dmg?
The fires explosive bolts proc actually doesn't work on the mercenary it turns out. I cover this in the next video. But the important part on Kuko is that it has 50% Pierce
@@MacroBioBoi yes then if that dosent work , mist is top ?
@@cipriansam4669 absolutely
Maybe you can make a video with : mist / 20/20 fire armour and flikering + infy sorc , but in cows so i wanna see if it hits good ?:)
Scusa la domanda sciocca, ma l'arco Kuko (che ho trovato da poco) essendo Unico posso aggiungere 1 socket solo con Larzuk giusto?😄
Si, 1 socket con Larzuk.
The facets increases the buff for enchant?
Yes
Are you sure that in D2R explosions from "fires explosive arrows or bolts" deal any damage when A1 Rogue uses normal attack?
100% if u use the kuko bow on a cold act1 merc and she shoots fire arrows. Plus you never see her shoot regular arrows if she's fire. Works with magic arrows ect
I've since tested it and it does not work, vid coming out tonight with my much more robust testing method.
@@MacroBioBoi thanks for the follow up, it takes a lot of creativity and dedication to create and test this stuff
I've since tested and found that it didn't work. I just posted an explanation video with the testing methods.
@@MacroBioBoi thank you! Now I see it! Too bad they did not fix this bug in D2R
if only sunder charms worked with your merc this would be so good
Algo pumps
Neat idea but why no 1 point into energy shield?
Only 1 point into Telekinesis so I'd be taking nearly double damage to mana and that's unsustainable
Look at me. I am the mercenary now.
My thought the entire stream.
Would just act2 merc with me having the bow and be a sorczon
Ive been wondering what a minmaxxed enchant sorc merc would look like. And then use as many auras and team boosters as humanly possible.
How do you have every perfect gear peice in solo?
Hero editor for testing the build
Wow this is a really neat idea, I just found some old chars on my old laptop and started playing again, I found a Kuko, I'm gonna re-spec my sorc and try this out. That is a ridiculously GG sorc ammy btw, jeez, did you craft that yourself or trade
That amulet is hero edited, the build doesn't need it to function.
@@MacroBioBoi I read that bloodravens is bis for firezon, just dropped one on SP, i tried with kuko and she wasn't great
@@EveryoneIsStupidButMe A sorceress cannot use Bloodravens because it's an amazon only bow.
I did something similar to this but for pvp. I kept my original level 99 from 2001 on East and didn't really care to play sorcs anymore in like 2015. So I turned her into the most annoying shit people had ever seen in the Moor.
Just a TS/Enchant sorc with 200fcr and an act 1 merc with fort, 1.08 wf, and a 120/45/100 life diadem.
Just teleport. If merc dies go back to town.
It was better than it sounds and beyond annoying. Sure it's BM but who cares when you're having fun while Flavie is finally wrecking kids.