[TIPS] RoS Followers (lvl.70) complete guide
Linked From http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/12945954611
Introduction - A few things to know
1. Templar
1-1. Templar Stats
1-2. Templar Templates
2. Scoundrel
2-1. Scoundrel Stats
2-2. Scoundrel Templates
3. Enchantress
3-1. Enchantress Stats
3-2. Enchantress Templates
4. Legendary items (with followers proc) list
4.1. Weapons
4.1.a. One-Handed
4.1.a.1 Axes
4.1.a.2 Daggers
4.1.a.3 Maces
4.1.a.4 Swords
4.1.b. Two-Handed
4.1.b.1 Axes
4.1.b.2 Maces
4.1.b.3 Staves
4.1.b.4 Swords
4.1.b.5 Bows
4.1.b.6 Xbows
4.2. Shields
4.3. Jewelry
4.3.a. Amulets
4.3.b. Rings
4.4. Follower Special
4.4.a. Enchantress Focuses
4.4.b. Scoundrel Tokens
4.4.c. Templar Relics
5. Unity & Immortal follower combo
6. How do I gear my followers ?
6-1. Finding equipment
6-2. Enchanting
6-3. Gems
7. Ashera’s set.
8. So... Wich follower must i choose ?
9. Links
Introduction A few things to know
With
RoS followers were greatly improved and can now deal a very decent
amount of damage, even in higher tourments. Some of their skills and
stats were modified inducing new behaviors to adopt in gameplay. Some
of the max stats given here, such as MF or block chances, cc%, can be
made higher by combining actual and legacy items.
Disclaimer : some follower's templates efficiency depend on which difficulty they are used on.
• Set bonus do not applies to followers.
• Follower's buff goes away when he dies, that goes only for passive
buffs, equipment bonus stays active, same with active buffs or CCs that
were previously casted (note : a followers never "dies", just goes KO).
• MF/GF/%xp/+pts xp buffs applies to you with a 1/5 ration, they don't
fade away even if your followers goes KO.
• All
stats are effective on followers, such as elemental damage bonus, CDR,
bonus vs. elites etc. Exceptions : all ressources related stats,
mouvement speed
• Follower will appreciate legendaries you thought were crap for you.
• Legendary gems do not work on followers (except gem of Ease)
2.4 Oculus changes :
•No longer rolls with guaranteed Attack Speed, Reduced Damage from
Elites, or Resistance to All Elements
•Now rolls with a guaranteed socket
•Bonus damage increased from 30-40% to 70-85%
•The damage bonus provided by this item is now multiplicative with
other sources of damage
•The damage bonus provided by this item no longer stacks with overlapping zones
•Damage zone now spawns at a random location near the monster that was killed
•The chance to summon a zone is now 100%
Main
consequence of these change, max AS has been reduced ! However given
the enhanced proc, Oculus is still one of the best choices for follower
gearing. Legacy Oculus can still be used in adition with 2.4 Oculus,
however there will be no difference between proced zones.
2.3
cc changes : often seen as a nerf, cc are still relevant on followers
for control and legendary gems proc. This is even more the case if your
followers uses different cc than yours. Beside some cc items have been
improved (such as wyrward or pandemonium loop).
#2
1. Templar
1-1. Templar Stats
MF max : 50%
GF max : 365%
Block chance Max : 63%
Dps Max : 500k+
Exp Max : 75%
+ pts exp Max : 1 000
ChC max : 34%
ChD max : 150%
CDR max : 82%
AS max : 28%
Thorns max : 64 500
Damage against Elites : 118%
Damage : physical (Max: 80%)
GF weapon : Sun Keeper http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/sun-keeper or Devil Tongue http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/devil-tongue
DPS weapon : Doombringer http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/doombringer
Postion : in front of you.
1-2. Templar Templates
• Lightning Templar
Lightning weapon, such as
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/odyn-son
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/fulminator
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/thunderfury-blessed-blade-of-the-windseeker
Amulet : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/dovu-energy-trap
Rings :
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/wyrdward
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/justice-lantern
Shield :
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/defender-of-westmarch
This template offers a great CC/dmg balance.
• Full DPS Templar
Weapon : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/doombringer with socket + ruby, 20% physical damage
Amulet : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-ess-of-johan 20% physical
Rings : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/stone-of-jordan with 20% physical dmg
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/bulkathoss-wedding-band
Shield : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/lidless-wall 20% physical
• Scarecrow
Weapon : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/echoing-fury
Amulet : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-ess-of-johan
Rings : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/pandemonium-loop-3qRY5F
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/rechels-ring-of-larceny
• Icecube
Weapon : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/rimeheart or http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/azurewrath
Amulet : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-ess-of-johan
Rings : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/pandemonium-loop-3qRY5F
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/bulkathoss-wedding-band
Shield : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/freeze-of-deflection
• Life support
Weapon : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/solanium
Amulet : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/rakoffs-glass-of-life with 10%
ChC (if your templar actually kills, if not, any amulet with AS and 10
ChC
Rings : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/rogars-huge-stone with 6% ChC (synergy with Loyalty skill)
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/justice-lantern with 6% ChC
Shield : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/covens-criterion-dzvKS or any other shield with 10% ChC
Solanium Templar
Weapon : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/solanium
~ 7% AS
Amulet : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-ess-of-johan if packing is needed
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/rakoffs-glass-of-life as long as your
Templat actually kils and/or have a shield with bleed chance
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/moonlight-ward for high mobility builds and if ChC can be rerolled for
~ 7% AS
Ring : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/broken-promises
~ 7% AS
Ring* : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/oculus-ring
Shield : any "usefull" shield
~ with bleed chance, vs, elites dmg bonus
Token : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/enchanting-favor
~ dcc/block chance
Skills : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/follower#1100
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*or Unity As/dmg
Thunderfury Templar
Weapon : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/thunderfury-blessed-blade-of-the-windseeker
~ %dmg/As/socket/cc
Amulet : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-ess-of-johan
~ dmg/As/Chc
Ring*: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/wyrdward
~ with dmg/As/Chc
Ring : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/bulkathoss-wedding-band
~ dmg/As/Chc
Shield : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/defender-of-westmarch
~ Chc/bleed chance
Token : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/enchanting-favor
~ dcc/block chance
Skills : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/follower#1100
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*or Unity dmg/As/chc
Hack'n Thorns
Weapon : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/hack
~ %dmg/As/socket+topaz
Amulet : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-ess-of-johan
~ thorns/As/Chc
Ring: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/wyrdward if weapon has lightning damage
~ with dmg/As/Chc
or http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/oculus-ring
~ with dmg/As/Chc
Ring : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/bulkathoss-wedding-band
~ thorns/As/Chc
Shield : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/defender-of-westmarch
~ Chc/thorns
Token : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/enchanting-favor
~ dcc/block chance
2. Scoundrel
2-1. Scoundrel Stats
MF max : 50%
GF max : 330%
Dps Max : 500k+
Exp Max : 75%
+ pts exp Max : 800
ChC max : 22% (23,8% with passive)
ChD max : 150%
CDR max : 74%
AS max : 28%
Thorns max : 54 500
Damage against Elites : 91%
Damage : physical (Max: 40%) or poison (Max : 40%), or Arcane (Max : 45%).
GF weapon : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-ravens-wing
DPS weapon : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/burizado-kyanon
Note
that the scoundrel is the only follower who can't combine a GF/Elite
bonus weapon unless he uses a diamond socket in his Raven's Wing.
Position : where he wants.
2-2. Scoundrel Templates
• WIndforce
Weapon : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/windforce
Amulet : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-ess-of-johan
Rings : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/band-of-hollow-whispers and
http://us.battle.net//en/item/pandemonium-loop-3qRY5F
• Full DPS Scoundrel
Weapon : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/burizado-kyanon + socket and ruby
If you have acces to all scoundrel skills, go for Arcane damage, if not poison damage on amulet and SoJ.
http://us.battle.net//en/item/pandemonium-loop-3qRY5F
• Hellrack
Weapon : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/hellrack
Amulet : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-ess-of-johan
Rings : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/band-of-hollow-whispers and
http://us.battle.net//en/item/pandemonium-loop-3qRY5F
• Fear Rogue
Weapon : any 2H Bow with fear chance
Amulet : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-ess-of-johan
Rings : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/pandemonium-loop-3qRY5F
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/rechels-ring-of-larceny
• Lightning Scoundrel
Any lightning bow, (reroll elemental damage into lightning if needed), or
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/uskang
Amulet : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/dovu-energy-trap
Ring : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/wyrdward
• 0chc Scoundrel
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/windforce AS
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-ess-of-johan AS, 0% chc
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/broken-promises AS, 0% chc
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/oculus-ring AS, 0% chc, 85% zone
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/skeleton-key max chd
Benefit : 3% dmg increase, 53% uptime
3. Enchantress
3-1. Enchantress Stats
MF max : 50%
GF max : 325%
Dps Max : 500k+
Exp Max : 75%
+ pts exp Max : 800
ChC max : 24%
ChD max : 150%
CDR max : 74%
AS max : 28% (31% with passive)
Thorns max : 54 500
Damage against Elites : 123%
Damage : arcane (Max: 45%)
GF
weapon : Sun Keeper http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/sun-keeper or Devil
Tongue http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/devil-tongue or
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-grand-vizier
DPS weapon : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/thunderfury-blessed-blade-of-the-windseeker
Postion : behind you.
3-2. Enchantress Templates
• Lightning Enchantress
Lightning weapon, such as
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/odyn-son
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/fulminator
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/thunderfury-blessed-blade-of-the-windseeker
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/schaefers-hammer
Amulet : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/dovu-energy-trap
Ring : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/wyrdward
• Maximus
Weapon : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/maximus
Amulet : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/moonlight-ward
Rings : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/oculus-ring
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/pandemonium-loop-3qRY5F
Maximus Enchantress was great in vanilla, it has become even better in RoS.
• Tormentress
Weapon : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-tormentor
Amulet : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/overwhelming-desire-1I0LYo
Rings : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/band-of-hollow-whispers
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/pandemonium-loop-3qRY5F
Works even better with Enchantress CC skills.
• Furnace
Weapon : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-furnace
Amulet : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/halcyons-ascent or any with 7%AS
Rings : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/stone-of-jordan (with 7% AS)
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/band-of-hollow-whispers (with 7% AS)
or http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/unity (with 7% AS)
Furnace has been change in 2.1, now add up to 50% vs elites. Still a
good emplane but not as far as OP that it was before
Legacy Fumace Enchantres vs. Ghom in T6 video:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x22ikci_fumace-enchantress_videogames (do not expect tremendous gameplay)
Ghom
got 2 883 098 112 HP and was taken down in 4' 50, which gives a 9 941
717 eDPS Enchantress ^^. You can notice the first Fumace's proc at 478
121 088 damage.
• Sand Witch
Weapon : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-sultan-of-blinding-sand
Amulet : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/moonlight-ward with chance to
blind (max 5,1) or any other amulet with blind chances, or a regular
enchantress amulet.
Rings : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/oculus-ring
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/band-of-hollow-whispers or
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/bulkathoss-wedding-band
With enchantress CC skill, it is one of the best CC template, great synergy with Monks
• Fear sorceress
Weapon : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/echoing-fury
or http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/maloths-focus
Amulet : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-ess-of-johan
Rings : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/pandemonium-loop-3qRY5F
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/rechels-ring-of-larceny
•Blindchantress
Weapon : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-sultan-of-blinding-sand
~ As/socket/blind chance
Amulet : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-ess-of-johan
~ /As/blind chance
Ring : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/artisan/jeweler/recipe/hellfire-ring
~ As
Ring* : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/pandemonium-loop-3qRY5F
~ As
or http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/oculus-ring
~ As
or http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/wyrdward if weapon have lightning dmg
Token : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/smoking-thurible
Skills : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/follower#!!1111
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*or Unity dmg/As/
Solanium Enchantress
Weapon : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/solanium
~ 7% AS
Amulet : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-ess-of-johan if packing is needed or
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/rakoffs-glass-of-life
Ring : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/broken-promises
~ 7% AS
Ring* : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/oculus-ring
~ with 7% AS
Token : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/smoking-thurible 100% chd
Skills : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/follower#!!1110
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*or Unity As/dmg
Corrupted Ashbringer Enchantress
Weapon : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/corrupted-ashbringer
~ 7% AS
Amulet : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-ess-of-johan
Ring : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/nagelring
~ 7% AS
Ring : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/oculus-ring
~ with 7% AS
or http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/band-of-hollow-whispers
~ with 7% AS
Token : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/smoking-thurible 100% chd
Eun-Jang-Do Enchantress
Weapon : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/eunjangdo
~ lightning damage** and CDR
Amulet : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-ess-of-johan
~ CDR
Ring : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/wyrdward
~ CDR
Ring* : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/oculus-ring
~ with CDR
Token : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/smoking-thurible 100% chd
Skills : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/follower#!!1011
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*or Unity with CDR
** Eun_Jang-Do always come with cold damage, it must be reroll into lightning to use the Wyrward combo
Template explained in details by TastySouP here : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/20419913563
4. Legendary items (with followers proc) list
If an item doesn’t show in the list below, it simply doesn’t work on follower.
4.1. Weapons
4.1.a. One-Handed
4.1.a.1 Axes
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/genzaniku
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/hack
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-butchers-sickle
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/sky-splitter
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-burning-axe-of-sankis
4.1.a.2 Daggers
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/pig-sticker
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/wizardspike
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/envious-blade-3FoG39
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/eunjangdo
4.1.a.3 Maces
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/odyn-son
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/solanium
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/artisan/blacksmith/recipe/earthshatter
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/mad-monarchs-scepter-2F34bH
4.1.a.4 Swords
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/fulminator
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/rimeheart
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/thunderfury-blessed-blade-of-the-windseeker
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/sever
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/skycutter
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/azurewrath
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/ingeom
4.1.b. Two-Handed
4.1.b.1 Axes
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/butchers-carver
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/artisan/blacksmith/recipe/fire-brand
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/artisan/blacksmith/recipe/cinder-switch
4.1.b.2 Maces
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/arthefs-spark-of-life
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-furnace
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/artisan/blacksmith/recipe/cataclysm
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/schaefers-hammer
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/artisan/blacksmith/recipe/sunder
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/soulsmasher-6EmZ3
4.1.b.3 Staves
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/maloths-focus
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-tormentor
4.1.b.4 Swords
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/scourge
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/maximus
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/corrupted-ashbringer
4.1.b.5 Bows
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/cluckeye
4.1.b.6 Xbows
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/demon-machine
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/burizado-kyanon
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/pus-spitter
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/hellrack
4.2. Shields
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/artisan/blacksmith/recipe/wall-of-bone
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/defender-of-westmarch
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/freeze-of-deflection
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/artisan/blacksmith/recipe/wall-of-man
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/covens-criterion-dzvKS
4.3. Jewelry
4.3.a. Amulets
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/moonlight-ward
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/talisman-of-aranoch
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/ancestors-grace
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/countess-julias-cameo
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/dovu-energy-trap
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/rakoffs-glass-of-life
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-ess-of-johan
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/maras-kaleidoscope
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-star-of-azkaranth
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/xephirian-amulet
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/overwhelming-desire-1I0LYo
4.3.b. Rings
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/rogars-huge-stone
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/wyrdward
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/bulkathoss-wedding-band
(note that BK ring has undergone some changes in 2.3, the wearer must
hit or be hitten in order to proc its special effect)
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/band-of-hollow-whispers
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/unity
http://us.battle.net//en/item/pandemonium-loop-3qRY5F
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/nagelring
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/broken-promises
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/arcstone
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/oculus-ring
and all Hellfire rings
4.4. Follower Special
4.4.a. Enchantress Focuses
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/hand-of-the-prophet
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/smoking-thurible
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/vadims-surge
4.4.b. Scoundrel Tokens
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/ribald-etchings
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/skeleton-key
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/slipkas-letter-opener
4.4.c. Templar Relics
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/enchanting-favor
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/relic-of-akarat
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/hillenbrands-training-sword
5. Unity & Immortal follower combo
The ring Unity special effect is effective on followers, http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/unity
In
combination with the legendaries followers token wich gives immortality
to them greatly reduce the damage your characters suffers. One can
maximize this by taking off all vitality and %life stats on follower
gear, rerolling those for main stat, damage mitigation or utility. That
way the immortal follower HP are the close to a naked follower HP, the
damage taken are then even lower.
Some players claim that this
combo by himself is enough to play in T6 and hence is unintended. For
some other players, it´s intended, to have to sacrifice a ring in order
to pull the combo out is fair enough. Update : devs have stated that
the unity combo is intended for solo play.
• Templar Unity
No vit, no %life, and no life regen
Weapon : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-burning-axe-of-sankis
Amulet : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/moonlight-ward
Rings : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/unity
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/justice-lantern
Shield : any high damage mitigation shield such as :
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/artisan/blacksmith/recipe/wall-of-man
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/covens-criterion-dzvKS
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/stormshield
Templar relic : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/enchanting-favor
• Scoundrel Unity
No vit, no %life, and no life regen
Weapon : any
Amulet : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/moonlight-ward
Rings : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/unity
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/litany-of-the-undaunted
Scoundrel token : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/skeleton-key
Dirty fighting skill instead of Vanish
• Enchantress Unity
No vit, no %life, and no life regen
Weapon : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/the-burning-axe-of-sankis
Amulet : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/moonlight-ward
Rings : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/unity
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/litany-of-the-undaunted
Enchantress Focus : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/item/smoking-thurible
Powered armor and CC skills
6. How do I gear my followers ?
6-1. Finding equipment
Finding
gear for follower may seems tricky in regard of the smart loot system.
The Brighton side is that smart loot is not systematic so you do have a
fair chance to find gear white is not for your class. An other source
of gear would be IG trading in multiplayer games, (most of the time
that would be donations instead of actual trading).
Crafting is
a solution. Both blacksmith and jeweler have interesting items. You
will need at least a lvl one character in each main stat class to fully
use crafting. Note that the Brabarian is more effective to gear up
templar since he can't use crusader's schield.
Gambling Blood
shards with Kadala is a great way to obtain follower gear, yet it has a
downside : you will need a lvl 70 character with the same mainstat than
the follower you intendant to gear up. Again, Barbarian and Wizzard
will be more effective than Crusaders or WD.
Last but not least, some of the horadric caches specific legendaries are just great for followers and fairly easy to obtain.
6-2. Enchanting
Followers
ChD are now capped at 150%, and got a notice 50% ChD That makes
enchanting far more simple. Always look for near 100% ChD on follower
token. That way ChD are not needed anymore. Amulets and second rings
are now ChD free, wich leaves room for damage range or convenient
reroll.
For weapons, some of them already have a native 35% ChD
making this stats even easier to handle. When a weapon already have
your follower main stat, always look for a socket. In some case, the
stat to reroll into a socket will be very easy to choose.
Lvl 60
item are to be kept for followers : from a CC perpective and for some
special procs they are still usefull at lvl. 70, and cost way more less
to reroll (amys and rings).
For the Enchantress, you will need to have a lvl 1 Wizzard in order to reroll something into arcane dmg bonus.
With 2.3 and Kanai's Cube introduction, followers are quite easy to
gear, since you can target specific items by upgrading rare to
legendaries. Followers token can be obtain to the same process.
6-3. Gems
For
the reason exposed above, the 150 ChD cap, the only gem one will need
for a weapon socket is ruby. Diamond can be use for a specific + élite
dmg bonus stached weapon for boss fight (yes Malthaël, i'm looking at
you).
Main stat gems are good way to add extra damage, amethysts are quite useless.
500k dps follower gearing how-to : http://www.reddit.com/r/Diablo/comments/24shkc/how_to_gear_followers_to_over_500k_damage/
(Note that eDPS won't be as efficient as a 300k + %elemental + cdr follower)
Edited by #2353 on 9/18/2015 12:57 AM PDT
7. Ashera’s set.
A few things to know.
• Followers appear for about 30 seconds and there's a 30s CD.
• The way followers will aim, engage, and place themselves will dépend on your character direction.
• Gear bonuses given by followers such as MF, GF, exp, etc. do not stack.
• Passives skills buffs do stack.
• Legacy Puzzle Ring won't proc on summoned Followers, (it will proc
for your main hired follower in solo game).
•
Followers summoned by Asheara's do not have their attack speed
increased by Tasker and Theo. (Not sure if their damage is increased by
Mask of Jeram.)
• Unity won't proc on summoned Followers, (it will proc for your main hired follower in solo game).
The
Ashera's set bonus is great since it allows a large variety of build
synergy with your character and among followers. From a damage
perspective, they can provide over 1500k DPS, and even more eDPS. One
can use a combination of Templates stated above or multiply specifics
features x3.
For example, here's a great combination :
- ligthning weapons for every follower (+ ligthning skill and Buriza for scoundrel)
- Pandémonium loop x3
- Ess of Johan x3
- Wyrdward x3
Unity x 3 on summoned immortal followers does not work.
Arcstone x 3 on followers won't activate unless your char is wearing one (or have a cubed one)
In
solo play, one would benefit of unity+main follower damage mitigation
even if the main follower for immortality token, if there's no main
follower, the Ashera's 4p bonus will activate but the unity proc will
not be applied on each follower wearing immortality token. So on
summoned followers, immortality token will negates unity effect. For
non immortal followers, the unity will work as intended. Note that
summoned non-immortal followers will not share damage mitigation with
group in multiplayer.
Ashera' & Folllwers optimization discussion : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/12471427371
8.So... Wich follower must i choose ?
It's
a common belief among D3players that a follower would be the most
suited for a specific class. Not really a wrong thinking but it's quite
inacurate.
There's three way to consider a follower choice :
-
bonuses point of view : depend on your build to compensate a lack of
characteristic (then your choice is as+armor, chc or extra damage,
resource regeneration and heal). Or the parangon farming need :
MF/GF/XP.
- skill point of view : passive combination, cc in order to complete your gameplay.
-
field point of view : enchantress for corridors and enclosed spaces,
scoundrel for opened fields, and templar for bosses/single target
fights.
One must take into consideration that a specific
follower build will be effective at a given difficulty and become
useless at higher difficulty. Same goes with passive and proc synergy :
a follower build might be OP for a barbarian and utterly useless for a
DH. Same goes for instance if you use item like Strongamar Bracers : a
Windforce Scoundrel or a pushing Enchantress will be more effective
than a standard Tempar. Hence asking for shared followers or account
followers is a nonsense.
Edit : the Strongarm combo seems to have undergone some changes
07/29/2014 06:11 PMPosted by Grimiku
07/25/2014 04:13 PMPosted by Psychologic
Edit: Just retested. Forceful Push does not proc the increased damage
from Strongarm Bracers. Likewise, Windforce would only give the extra
damage if used by the character wearing the Strongarms, so it doesn't
help you if the Scoundrel has that bow (other than for general crowd
control).
I had to dig around to be
sure, but you're right. There was a change that prevented this from
working any more, and I just never bothered to adjust my followers
accordingly. Good catch, and thanks for letting me know. I'll go back
to my previous post and edit the info so that I'm not spreading bad
information. Thanks again!
In my opinion, the best way to
use follower at your avantage is to use all 3 of them according to the
situation (Caches farming, Rifts, Bosses, etc.).
Follower choice dissuasion : http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/12427733187
9. Links.
9.1. General
http://www.icy-veins.com/d3/follower-skills-and-gearing-patch-2-3
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/18121284731
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/12471427371
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/12427733187
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/16952246219
9.2 Barbarian & followers
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/17084369010
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/16284588626
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/6893550119
9.3 Crusader & followers
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/18596066876
9.4 Demmon Hunter & followers
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/17084518514
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/16952495813
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/16774528113
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/16492669361
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/16354225594
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/20419913563
9.5 Monk & followers
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/8196604273
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/5969046873
9.6 WD & followers
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/8197739716
9.7 Wizard & followers
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/15141724312
http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/5836095459