Follower Guide

[Valks 2,375]

On 5/3/2017 at 7:30 PM, Mastersword said:

Hey deadset, just have a question about wyrdward interactions with the Crusader class. If I equip wyrdward to my follower and my crusader is using the ability Provoke-Charged Up, will the wyrdward effect activate from Provoke AND if so, will that stun effect proc Ancient Parthan Defenders (APD)? Thanks.

No, you can't activate your followers rings with your abilities.

[Guest haxomgwtflol]

What about augmenting follower ancients? Is it worth the grind?

I am thinking about augmenting with level 70 dex my scoundrel gear, but not if the dps damage is marginal..

[Guest]

Followers don't do any damage.

Well, they DO damage, like 1 Mio or something like that. With you doing billions of damage you can safely state that the damage of your followers is next to 0.

Enhancing their items increases the damage they do a little bit. It still stays 0.

[Guest Teine]

I was wondering what breakpoints we're looking for for followers on Attack Speed and CDR.  I know that they're the priorities, but I don't want to spend mats to get the extra 1% if it's not going to do anything.  Is there a calculator for followers somewhere?  Not a lot shows up on a google search for d3 followers besides the Icy Veins follower guide.

[TheBZA 3]

On 7/9/2015 at 5:19 AM, Guest Altair said:

What about Azurewrath as an alternative weapon for the templar, with up to 25% chance to freeze mobs (including rift guardians)? Its cold damage can even be re-rolled to lightning damage if we want to use it in combination with the Wyrdward ring...

This is not a mechanical reason to dislike Azurewrath, but it makes enemies glow yellow for a moment when they appear on-screen (maybe 40y radius around the templar?), and the color is easily mistaken for an elite pack. When I figured out what was doing that, I changed out that weapon immediately.

[Guest Anon1931]

I can confirm that the legendary bow Buriza-Do Kyanon specifies (Demon Hunter Only) on the legendary power.  Haven't seen a Hellrack in a while.

[Zath 3]

Both Tunderfury and Eun-jang-do are listed as the Best in Slot weapons. Clearly, by definition of best, one of them is lying.

[positiv2 952]

20 hours ago, Zath said:

Both Tunderfury and Eun-jang-do are listed as the Best in Slot weapons. Clearly, by definition of best, one of them is lying.

Sorry for this. We will try to fix it and make it clear which one is the recommended one.

[Guest slothgodfather]

Do any of the legendary gems work when equipped on your follower?

[SIl 3]

Hi,

New to Diablo, noob question.

When you mention main stat, does this mean strenght for  Templar, Dexterity for scoundrel & intelligence for enchantress ?

[positiv2 952]

5 hours ago, SIl said:

Hi,

New to Diablo, noob question.

When you mention main stat, does this mean strenght for  Templar, Dexterity for scoundrel & intelligence for enchantress ?

Yes, that sounds about right.

[Guest Vymrr]

Oculus Ring proc does not seem to work anymore, at least with Necromancer. I stood in the ring, but my damage number did not increase at all.

[Arkpit 101]

12 hours ago, Guest Vymrr said:

Oculus Ring proc does not seem to work anymore, at least with Necromancer. I stood in the ring, but my damage number did not increase at all.

Works well for my Necromancer. Above GR75+ it realy helps.

The Oculus does not affect your sheet damage so you're not going to see any numbers changing on your stats but the damage is definitly working for Necro.

[Guest Aurora]

Hey just a question, for follower's weapons, why do you prefer Primary Stat than High Damage Range? I assume besides Cooldown Reduction and Increased Attack Speed you don't have any other concerns, and you think some additional damage will do; if damage is all you want, then High Damage Range is surely better than Primary Stat. Would you please briefly explain your choice of Primary Stats?

[Valks 2,375]

17 hours ago, Guest Aurora said:

Hey just a question, for follower's weapons, why do you prefer Primary Stat than High Damage Range? I assume besides Cooldown Reduction and Increased Attack Speed you don't have any other concerns, and you think some additional damage will do; if damage is all you want, then High Damage Range is surely better than Primary Stat. Would you please briefly explain your choice of Primary Stats?

Asking Deadset - will let you know.

[sickcat99 0]

If you are playing as a monk and use the templar, what gem do you socket the templar with? What stat would you want them to have on weapons and armour? 

Is it stupid using the templar when playing monk?

[Valks 2,375]

On 11/5/2017 at 9:35 PM, sickcat99 said:

If you are playing as a monk and use the templar, what gem do you socket the templar with? What stat would you want them to have on weapons and armour? 

Is it stupid using the templar when playing monk?

Depends on the build - what are you hoping to play as?

Templar is normally chosen for resource regen, but this is pointless for something like Generator Monk outside of stacking with Johan.

[Guest PSN: Two1Schfifty5]

Hey all -- is this guy going to be updated for Season 12? Does it even need to be? Just don't wanna use this guide as my main follower reference only to find out later that it's essentially obsolete. 

 

Thanks!

[positiv2 952]

2 hours ago, Guest PSN: Two1Schfifty5 said:

Hey all -- is this guy going to be updated for Season 12? Does it even need to be? Just don't wanna use this guide as my main follower reference only to find out later that it's essentially obsolete. 

 

Thanks!

Hey,

the guide should be up to date for Season 12 (Patch 2.6.1). If there are specific items or talent choices you are unsure about and feel that they are outdated or out of meta, please do let us know, as it is always possible that we missed something.

Good luck!

[Guest evilgrades]

im curious why thunderfury/wyrdward combo isnt listed on enchantress? obviously she does less damage (not using a offhand) but the crowd control is certainly better than a sultan of blinding sand?

[Valks 2,375]

9 hours ago, Guest evilgrades said:

im curious why thunderfury/wyrdward combo isnt listed on enchantress? obviously she does less damage (not using a offhand) but the crowd control is certainly better than a sultan of blinding sand?

Thunderfury procs don't cause Wyrdward to proc. You need lightning damage on the weapon to proc it. You can just use Sultan rolled to Lightning damage and then have the additional blind chance too.

[Guest Aurora]

Hey another question. For Templar's shield, why do you prefer Primary Stat, or Socket (gemmed with Primary Stat), or even Vitality? One thing for sure is my templar will never die, so vitality is definitely useless. As of Primary Stat or Socket, I think Cooldown Reduction is much more useful. Perhaps you should change the priority of those traits, such as

1. Cooldown Reduction

2. Block Chance

3. Critical Hit Chance

4. Primary Stat

5. Socket (gemmed with Primary Stat)

What do you think?

[Valks 2,375]

On 11/29/2017 at 7:45 AM, Guest Aurora said:

What do you think?

Asking Deadset - the Vitality at the very least should be replaced on the priority, yeah.

[gajgl 1]

If i have Overwhelming Desire on my Enchantress and she charms enemies with tormentor or her charm skill.Will the mobs still take 35% increased damage while charmed with tormentor and her charm skill?

Edited January 13, 2018 by gajgl

[Arkpit 101]

On 2018-01-13 at 12:17 PM, gajgl said:

If i have Overwhelming Desire on my Enchantress and she charms enemies with tormentor or her charm skill.Will the mobs still take 35% increased damage while charmed with tormentor and her charm skill?

Since it's saying the effect is for "when hit" I do not think it applies to all charm effects but only the ones from teh auto-attacks.
Usually how diablo items does it.