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Act 2 Desert Mercenary

Reaper’s Toll, Might

Mercenary Gear Options

General

• Before starting your Magic Find/Experience run, cast Summon Grizzly, Summon Spirit Wolf (5x), Summon Dire Wolf (3x), Oak Sage, and Cyclone Armor anywhere inside or outside of town. Recast your Summons whenever they die. Refresh Cyclone Armor when you notice that it is completely gone and when encountering dangerous Elemental Damage enemies (e.g. Black Souls).
• Periodically cast Hurricane in your Farming Spot to keep it active at all times.
• If you have Enigma or an item with Teleport Charges, Teleport directly on top of Elite Packs ("Telestomp") and continuously cast Tornado until all nearby minions and Elites are dead. If you don't have an item sources of Teleport, continuously cast Tornado as close as possible to the target monster(s) with the cursor positioned directly behind the target(s).
• Be aware of Mana Burn Elite Packs when you Telestomp. These enemies will immediately reduce your overall Mana pool if they hit you. Use your Tornado from a distance against them to avoid losing your Mana.

Immunities

• Bone Break allows you to kill any Immune to Physical monster. You still rely on your Mercenary with The Reaper's Toll to deal significant damage because they still have 95% Physical Resistance.
• The Reaper's Toll Decrepify proc is your only means of dealing with Unique monsters that are Immune to Physical AND Immune to Cold. Without it you have to skip them.

Late Game

• Before starting your Magic Find/Experience run, first buff yourself with Battle Command from Call to Arms. Next, cast Summon Grizzly, Summon Spirit Wolf (5x), Summon Dire Wolf (3x), and Oak Sage on whichever weapon loadout has the most + to Skills. Finally, recast Battle Command and then cast Battle Orders. Refresh these Call to Arms buffs whenever they expire (approx. every 2-3 minutes).
• Using Enigma, execute the Telestomp technique, landing directly on top of monsters to more accurately aim your Tornado and to reliably proc Decrepify with your Mercenary's The Reaper's Toll.

Faster Cast Rate (FCR)

Faster Hit Recovery (FHR)

Faster Block Rate (FBR)

Gear Changes

• Damage Reduction: Equipping Stormshield is the surest way to keep a Hardcore Tornado Hurricane Druid alive, especially given the Druid's less than ideal Faster Hit Recovery and Faster Cast Rate Breakpoints. With 35% Damage Reduction and Increased Chance of Blocking there is no better choice. However, Crown of Ages, Harlequin Crest, and Verdungo's Hearty Cord can also be used to shore up your Damage Reduction.
• Maximum Life: Because Oak Sage scales so well with Life, it is highly recommended to use as many Life-granting Charms as possible on a Hardcore Wind Druid.
• Stacking Resistances: Stack your Fire/Lightning/Cold Resistances beyond their default maximum values of 75 each (175 total in Hell). Stacking 85 additional Resistances in Hell completely negates the Conviction Aura of any Elite Boss or the Oblivion Knight's Lower Resist Curse. Beware of encountering both at the same time! Consider the primary damage type(s) of the monsters in the area you want to farm. Heart of the Oak, Boots, Jewelry, and Charms are ideal sources of Resistances on this build.
• Lightning Absorb: Equip Thundergod's Vigor when farming or Teleporting through an area where Burning Souls are able to spawn such as Worldstone Keep/Throne of Destruction.

Stat Point changes

• Allocate enough Stat Points into Strength to wear Stormshield.
• Allocate enough Stat Points into Dexterity to achieve maximum Chance to Block (75%) while having Stormshield equipped.
• Allocate all remaining Stat Points into Vitality.
  
  See the "Hardcore" Build Variant below for additional suggestions and visuals.

• Teleport instantly moves you to a selected square on the visible screen in which you can stand. The game tries to to place you within a small radius around your cursor even if it would be impeded normally.
• Teleport is not obstructed by walls or other impediments but can fail if your cursor is not completely passed those impediments when cast. Your Mercenary and Summons travel with you.
• Summons in large quantities can become “stuck” in position after Teleporting. Move/walk away from that position to give them the chance to spread out.
• You can “extend” the visible screen by opening UI-windows like the Inventory or the Character screen. Continuously cast Teleport and drag your mouse to the edge of your screen.
• The Mana cost of Teleport decreases with additional Skill Levels down to 1 Mana per cast.
• You can use “ESC” to open the menu in Single Player to pause the game after a Teleport to determine if you are safe.
• Teleport casting speed is affected by the Faster Cast Rate Breakpoint that you achieve with your gear.

• The speed of this Skill is based on Cast Rate.
• Fires a single Size 3 tornado missile which deals Physical Damage on impact, and periodically in a 2 yard radius around the missile.
• The tornado moves in a randomized route in the direction of the cursor, but if cast continuously, the missile follows the same route until the cursor's position changes.
• Tornados travel for 3 seconds and apply their periodic damage immediately, and then every 15 frames after.
  • Collision damage has Last Collide and Next Hit Delay of 25 frames. In most scenarios, a tornado will only apply collision damage once per cast.
  • Periodic damage from multiple tornados can be applied simultaneously.
• Can only be cast in human form.
• Collision damage can be blocked, but periodic damage cannot be.

• Synergies add +% Physical Damage = 9*(Cyclone Armor.blvl + Twister.blvl + Hurricane.blvl)

• The speed of this Skill is based on Cast Rate.
• Summons a 6 yard radius storm dealing Cold Damage and Cold Length, centered on the Druid, that follows their location until it expires.
  • Damage is applied every 0.8 seconds (20 frames).
  • Cold Length lasts 2 seconds, which is drastically reduced due to difficulty penalties unless the target has low or negative Cold Resistance.
• Has a 6 second delay between casts.
  • Recasting the Skill only resets the duration.
• Can only be cast in human form.

• Synergies add duration in seconds = 2*Cyclone Armor.blvl
• Synergies add +% Cold Damage = 9*(Twister.blvl + Tornado.blvl)

• The speed of this Skill is based on Cast Rate.
• Reduces incoming Fire, Lightning, and Cold Damage prior to any other sources.
• Damage reduced accumulates regardless of type. If the shield would reduce 100 total damage, and the first source was 50 Fire Damage, then incoming 50 Lightning Damage would deplete the shield.
• Any damage dealt in excess of the remaining total on the armor is then applied to the Character following normal damage calculations.
• Cold Damage still applies its Cold Length even if the total damage was reduced to zero by the armor.
• Can only be cast in human form. Remains active after Shape-shifting.
• Total Damage reduced = 28 + (12*slvl)
• Synergies add +% Fire/Lightning/Cold Damage reduced = 7*(Twister.blvl + Tornado.blvl + Hurricane.blvl)