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xenohadden

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Ok so I've been experimenting today to try and actually make followers actually worth anything. Turns out with the new legendary patch I can make a follower whos actually sick for every class.

Things to bear in mind:

1) Legendary procs!
2) your followers gain 2.5 x base stats from items
3) gear them so they can survive = win


I build up all 3 of my follower then played around with some legendary procs and decided on 3 different builds which I have listed below, they all cost less than 30m to make, accept my enchantress (for my monk) who I kitted for high dps!

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Scoundrel (For Ranged Classes and Low Geared Meele)

My Scoundrel: 54% knockback, 85k health, 250 all res

The key item I found here is Windforce, go for one with 50% chance to knockback and then just get the highest as on it you can afford.
Windforce is the key to this companion, you want to get max AS on each item so as to increase proc chances. Also get a much vit, int and all res as you can.
Most people will go for dex so these items are cheap :P The key here is int gives you resistance, when x 2.5 actually adds up :)

Spec:

Crippling, dirty fighting, mutlishot and anatomy. You get passive dps buff and multi-shot with high AS means enemies are constantly knocked back.
Shopping List:

Weapon :
Windforce (50% knockback)
Amulet : 9% attack speed (priority), vit, % Life, all res, int, (I went for a kybo's gold with 4% knockback on)
Rings: 9% attack speed (priority), vit, % Life, all res, int
Token: As high as Vit as possible, all res, int

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Templar (For Ranged Classes Also)

My Templar : 210k health, 25% block, 500 all res, 5k armour

The key to his guy is getting sockets on every item, and max vit, with % life on everything.

Spec:

Intervene, Loyalty, charge, inspire

Shopping List:

Weapon: 340-350 vit, strength or int
Shield: 290-330 vit , % life , socket
Rings: 140 - 160 vit , % life , socket, all res
Amulet: 200-250 vit, % life, socket, all res

Gems = 4 x 58 vit or a close as you can get :)

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Enchantress (Melee Classes)

My Enchantress : 15k dps, 50k health, 15% crit chance, 350 crit damage

For this gal I decided to go all out dps with alot of health. Key is max int on everything and a skorn. the bleed is mental, can have up to 200% crit damage and 550 int!

Spec

Force push, powered armor, erosion, focused mind

Shopping List

Weapon: Skorn - 500 int +, highest bleed you can find, vit of 100+, highest dps possible after that

alternative suggested by Polyester is maximus for low geared people, as it has a high uptime and can offtank for you with the summoned pet :)

Focus: 200 int +, 100 vit +, all res, crit damage
Amulet: 8.5 crit chance, int 200+, vit 100 + all res
Rings: 4.5 crit chance, int 150+, vit 100 + all res

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Anyway hope you enjoy the guide, working well for all my characters so though I would share. Can be done for reasonably cheap or if you want to go all out like me, alot :P

Xeno!
 
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How much would you estimate you paid to gear your enchantress?

Thanks for the guide :)
 
No problem, to be fair though it would help those with range for botting as the knockback makes it a breeze :)

haha about 130m so far and looted one of the rings which could probably be sold for 30-50m :P
 
maximus is a good weapon for enchantress, the demon summon has a pretty high uptime and off tanks quite well, especially for those that are lower geared
 
I would rather equip mf items on my followers..

My enchatress gives me 24% mf and 10% gf with 5.5k DPS.

The main reason you have followers if for the mf/gf and their buff skills NOT DPS
 
I would rather equip mf items on my followers..

My enchatress gives me 24% mf and 10% gf with 5.5k DPS.

The main reason you have followers if for the mf/gf and their buff skills NOT DPS

considering paragon levels will make magic find item 100% obsolete I don't even bother with magic find, at paragon 50 atm and the magic find I have is plenty :P

And I highly doubt the MAIN reason for followers its to be a mf/gf mule, its just how YOU chose to use them.
 
Yea i guess it depends on your bot.

I'm over level 70 and have over 100k DPS.

So i don't really need a DPS follower.
 
Thanks for the tip! Definitely noticed a difference since pimping out my Scoundrel :P

I've linked to this guide in a guide I've written myself. Hope that's ok!
 
yup more than ok mate, going to check out your guide now, what did you get for you scoundrel? :P
 
the bul kathos that drains life would be a nice get for your templar; the percentage life it steals is noticeable on enemies with high hp
 
*thumbs up*

@xenohadden: is there a way to make the enchantress immortal?

Dies quit often because of fire/poison stuff or stuck in many mobs while my Barb ww's.

Heard 1.5 will nerf aoe/ground effects a bit, but not sure how much i should invest in my enchantress and i even don't know if it helps getting much loh/res/etc.

Already on ~8k dps and investing more in def will cost many millions i think.


I also never tried to max equip a scoundrel. To be honest, why should a high knockback make sense? The Barb has to kill the mobs anyway and mobs sticked together are better for WW procs.
 
*thumbs up*

@xenohadden: is there a way to make the enchantress immortal?

Dies quit often because of fire/poison stuff or stuck in many mobs while my Barb ww's.

Heard 1.5 will nerf aoe/ground effects a bit, but not sure how much i should invest in my enchantress and i even don't know if it helps getting much loh/res/etc.

Already on ~8k dps and investing more in def will cost many millions i think.


I also never tried to max equip a scoundrel. To be honest, why should a high knockback make sense? The Barb has to kill the mobs anyway and mobs sticked together are better for WW procs.


Well, dont use the scoundrel on your barbarian then, the knockback is kinda nice for wizards and demon hunter (doubt anyone bot a champion hunting profile with a DM tho), enchantress is ideal for barbs tho :)
 
maximus is a good weapon for enchantress, the demon summon has a pretty high uptime and off tanks quite well, especially for those that are lower geared
*thumbs up*

@xenohadden: is there a way to make the enchantress immortal?

Dies quit often because of fire/poison stuff or stuck in many mobs while my Barb ww's.

Heard 1.5 will nerf aoe/ground effects a bit, but not sure how much i should invest in my enchantress and i even don't know if it helps getting much loh/res/etc.

Already on ~8k dps and investing more in def will cost many millions i think.

Found that Maximus actually decreases my Enchantress' Survivability and thus DPS output.

Once the Maximus demon is summoned, she becomes a frail aggro magnet that won't last even 3 sec, even at 50k HP, 600 Int(Before x2.5), 390 All Resists. Maximus demon is paper-thin, only last 1 sec and he always die after swinging his sword down once.

She is much better off as a MF/GF Stat stick.
 
well... soon i dont need mf/gf on my enchantress (due to paragon) - so i am thinking about damage reduce oder+life-reg...
not sure what makes the enchantress live longer...

i think when a ww barb does 100k damage it's better to keep the enchantress alive instead of pushing the dps from 7k to 9(?)k...

what do u think?
 
my enchantress never dies but I have invested alot into her but yes you do want to be using her if you are a WW barb over a scoundrell, scoundrell is more for range classes who want to avoid being clobbered ;)
 
well... soon i dont need mf/gf on my enchantress (due to paragon) - so i am thinking about damage reduce oder+life-reg...
not sure what makes the enchantress live longer...

i think when a ww barb does 100k damage it's better to keep the enchantress alive instead of pushing the dps from 7k to 9(?)k...

what do u think?

Just my 2 cents, I will put my gold and $ into investing on a new PC/Bot Account and Barb Gear rather than improving the Enchantress.
 
just a tip for scoundiriel, if you use non ice dmg bow, than you need the old puzzle ring +% cold dmg, that way everybow slows on hit. Works good with windforce for example...
 
Xeno you enchantress survives azmodan? (what about diablo?)

mephuser setting up followers is cheap and it does help your survivability, dmg is mediocre at best thou.
 
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