Max Hammers, bolt, fist of heaven.
Then max holy shield + defiance and rely on merc for concentration?
Or max holy shield + concentration?

Also, what merc should i use?

I thought that hammers were 50% physical 50% magic damage. Am i wrong?

max conc, your merc wont last long on boss fight and the lvl of conc on pride is pretty bad anyway for what you need.

Hammers are pure mag damage, they ignore mag res of demons and undead though.

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Hmmm... so which merc would you advice? A1 merc to shoot from far while u tank?

Oh and is there an ideal standing spot for the hammers to hit? Stand bottom left of the mobs?

For pure trash clearing I guess a1 merc yeh, you can also use faith javs against trash later to help her out even more damage and speed wise. Her damage will be very high with conc and she will clear well. Getting something with reanimates is usualy a good isea against trash. I generally use sandstorm trecks on my a3 mercs and run conviction, the beetles keep trash busy and keep the heat off us both.

bottom left of the mobs is the ideal spot if enemys are small, against the bigger bosses it dont really matter as they will not fit between the hammer trails.

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Max Hammers, foh,hbolt, conc, hshield, 1 pt conv (for team play)

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Oh dear god, why me?
This mother fucker hits hard
I'm out of cooldowns

I like a point in conversion personally, also prefer to make a spare hoto in a +1 conviction scepter to save from investing in it.

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I was never more at home than I was in battle. - Solomon Kane

^^ love it! especially on a hdin

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The whole conviction thing is just a party friendly thing right?

all depends on what merc you choose. I always use act 3 mercs on pallys since they work together much like nec and a1 phys

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But won't you be using concentration most of the time? So doesn't a physical merc work better?

yeh its personal preferance, I go a3 mercs usualy for trash coz a1 are used all the time and im not really into them.

An act 1 phys merc will work better for your build. If you are teamed with an AoE sorc though convic will be the aura of choice on trash. I have a melee pally that uses an act 3 merc to clear trash for me, even though I have a maxed fanat, i still run convic on trash, but like I say its what you would prefer that matters.

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